View Full Version : Another 241K AMEX Dispute for Scores
Crissychan
10-26-2005, 10:57 PM
damn where was I that night! ;D
Mr Hyde
10-27-2005, 05:44 AM
OK....I might have changed my mind.
If this guy really spent 241k in one night at a SC, then he is a complete and total moron.
What an assclown.
VenusGoddess
10-27-2005, 05:47 AM
^ Assclown? LOL
I hope he saved up a nice chunk of his $600,000/year salary. He should have...it seems he likes to charge his personal stuff to the company credit card.
Can you imagine him getting another job elsewhere? "Why'd you leave your other job?" "Well, I took my buddies to Scores and charged $241,000 on the company credit card. I also used the company lawyer to dispute the charges and got the company sued by Amex for non-payment of the bill. I was put on unpaid leave for a while...but a big guy like me's gotta eat...so here I am..."
::)
I would love to be a fly on the wall for his interviews...that would probably top any "assclowning" he did in the club. :devil:
Bridgette
10-27-2005, 10:49 AM
^^HAHA exactly! Stoopid jerk got carried away playing with the company card then tried to sue to cover his ass. Of COURSE the company is going to 'stand behind him'. lol They've gotta at least TRY to get out of paying for that - apparently they're not doing so well financially.
TarynJolie
10-27-2005, 11:00 AM
I feel bad for his family. They are going to take alot of crap over his stupidity.
smartcookie
10-28-2005, 04:47 PM
Here's an editorial piece about this latest incident:
All Good Things
10-28-2005, 05:31 PM
Excellent editorial.
Finally, somebody who is willing to take a public stand by writing in the NYT that this guy was paying for a legitimate service (and no doubt tipping at the very edge of sanity over many hours -- been there, done that) in a luxury environment with a great deal of encouragement from his friends. My guess is that Scores was checking his card by phone in 15-minute intervals, complete with thumbprints and photo ID with the managers watching over him by the minute.
Can you run up a 241K AMEX tab in an SC over an evening? Easily. Doubly easily in Vegas. Hell, you can refuel a Gulfstream IV on the tarmac in Atlanta and fly back to Vegas for a night at the Rhino for about that same price. And they don't even take the thumbprint in Atlanta! ;)
The_Oceans
10-28-2005, 05:58 PM
Excellent editorial.
Can you run up a 241K AMEX tab in an SC over an evening? Easily. Doubly easily in Vegas. Hell, you can refuel a Gulfstream IV on the tarmac in Atlanta and fly back to Vegas for a night at the Rhino for about that same price. And they don't even take the thumbprint in Atlanta! ;)
You're not speaking from personal experience, are you TOO? After all, Elisabeth Eaves' editorial does refer to the "James Bond" fantasy. :D
All Good Things
10-28-2005, 06:14 PM
I've always felt a bit uncomfortable posting my Vegas spending, TO. I do post my average club spending in other locales, but that usually tops out at around $3,000, so it's not so remarkable at all. These days when I go out with my fabulous SO, though, we end up spending all our time at 5-star hotels and restaurants instead, and only drop by the SC at around midnight after the Cabernet has seriously kicked in. She just totally rocks. ;) (God I miss her so much -- time for me to jump on another cross-country flight to the coast.)
But I assure you that high-roller spending like this does occur and I've been solidly in the middle of it. It's irritating to see these high-rollers cry, "who, me?" after they've sobered up a bit. The suggestion that they are being uniformly ripped off is ludicrous, and the fact that they are trying to push this line off on the public is offensive. It's long ago time to grow up and own up to their responsibilities.
TarynJolie
10-28-2005, 06:59 PM
But I assure you that high-roller spending like this does occur and I've been solidly in the middle of it. It's irritating to see these high-rollers cry, "who, me?" after they've sobered up a bit. The suggestion that they are being uniformly ripped off is ludicrous, and the fact that they are trying to push this line off on the public is offensive. It's long ago time to grow up and own up to their responsibilities.
:lovestruc
You have got to love when a custy tells it like it really is !
Mastridonicus
10-28-2005, 07:07 PM
Though I think I would fall to my knees and praise the accountants for the mear ability to spend 241k legitly or not, I know 3 things about spending more than you should in an SC
1: Nothing sobers you up like the final receipt <--And I don't even drink!
2: After the second triple digit tip, she stops asking if you're sure
3: Its too easy to get money in most SCs.
I also know a lot of people with this kind of money to spend, and let me tell you, it can be done in a night. I've personally seen a No-Name exec of a powerful company spend a quarter mil on sunset strip in Hollywood in an afternoon, no excuses or worries, and we had a great dinner! But there is no doubt in my mind that some dying exec that just had his first break in years can do it in a night at a famous SC.
Think of the 20%+ charges on cc advances!
Tho I do not know scores enough to say they're scammers, I do know that in todays day and age even for the best launderers, 241k in a night is a little high to pull off when there is a signed receipt. I hope to god that the ripple effect here doesn't cause as much damage as I see it doing
The_Oceans
10-28-2005, 07:36 PM
I've always felt a bit uncomfortable posting my Vegas spending, TO. I do post my average club spending in other locales, but that usually tops out at around $3,000, so it's not so remarkable at all. These days when I go out with my fabulous SO, though, we end up spending all our time at 5-star hotels and restaurants instead, and only drop by the SC at around midnight after the Cabernet has seriously kicked in. She just totally rocks. ;) (God I miss her so much -- time for me to jump on another cross-country flight to the coast.)
But I assure you that high-roller spending like this does occur and I've been solidly in the middle of it. It's irritating to see these high-rollers cry, "who, me?" after they've sobered up a bit. The suggestion that they are being uniformly ripped off is ludicrous, and the fact that they are trying to push this line off on the public is offensive. It's long ago time to grow up and own up to their responsibilities.
Oh, I'm not doubting that legitimate four-, five-, and even six-figure spending doesn't go on in clubs, especially in hotbeds like Las Vegas and New York. I was just going for the easy riff based on your avatar and the James Bond reference in the editorial. No offense taken, me hopes.
I myself have had the morning-after regrets...though only once, and it was a situation where I felt I'd been legitimately ripped off, but didn't feel I had a case to fight the charge. (Referring to my semi-infamous night in 1999 at a Vegas club, when I took a girl that had been dancing for the bachelor party behind me to the VIP room, and she'd thought I was offering to pay for the three other girls (and their guys) too. So an hour and a half later, when I expected to pay $600...maybe $1000 tops...the damage came out to over $3000! But they had my fingerprint, driver's license, and credit card imprint, and saw the other guys & girls come in with drunk ol' me...so it's everyone else's word against mine. I never challenged the charge, but it's taken me til now to get out of the hole that one night dug for me. And I've never stepped in that particular club again.
So yeah, there's a part of me that kinda feels for the guy. But I also think that the guy should own up to the night he and his buddies spent. If lil ol' me can, then Mr. Power Suit Executive should too.
sincerly_paris
11-06-2005, 07:49 PM
you know how it is...the hot girls would over charge them dances and he prob bought funny money... girls hustle hustle...