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    So I've been at this club for a while and am finally in the process of moving on to a more profitable one. But I was just curious to know if anyone has ever heard of a club taking such a huge cut from lapdances. I always knew $20 was a lot but recently a more experienced dancer friend told me of other clubs that only take $9 or $10 and I had an epiphany lol. Club also does 2-4-1 dance specials on Tuesdays, meaning the customer gets 2 songs for $30 and the dancer gets $10 for two songs, assuming the customer doesn't tip, which some guys don't. They also use to do them on Saturdays but recently stopped. That "special" has never made any sense to me.

    Just had to vent about this for a while. The other night I sold 3 dances, and of course had to hand $60 to the house while I walked away with only $40. It hurt my soul.

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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    That's over 60% of a cut?!?

    no....just no

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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    There's one club up north here that does a 60% split to the club, 40% to the dancers because it's had a rep for decades of being a huge money club therefore they get away with it... at least in this case the VIP host basically demands tips on your behalf so you do get tipped every time, and you get paid every time you go onstage, so that's kinda how they justify it. Also the fact that girls can still rack out there fairly often even with the awful split, so girls will come work it.

    But in your case it sounds more like a dying club trying to squeeze every dollar they can from the dancers.

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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    What the fuck? I would leave and go work literally anywhere else. Noooo that’s not normal! If I got hired somewhere and the club told me they take that much I would laugh in their face and walk out.

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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    No. Just no. That's essentially being pimped out.

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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    I would leave. But I have heard of this when I visited Panama City FL. A club should be letting you keep most of your lapdance money... Move on to greener pastures please.

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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    That is crazy no way would I work there.
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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    Quote Originally Posted by SuperJa View Post
    There's one club up north here that does a 60% split to the club, 40% to the dancers because it's had a rep for decades of being a huge money club therefore they get away with it... at least in this case the VIP host basically demands tips on your behalf so you do get tipped every time, and you get paid every time you go onstage, so that's kinda how they justify it. Also the fact that girls can still rack out there fairly often even with the awful split, so girls will come work it.

    But in your case it sounds more like a dying club trying to squeeze every dollar they can from the dancers.
    Yeah, it's taken me a while but I've had to come to terms with the fact that this club really rips us off. It was the first club I ever danced at, and I would spend hours scouring Hustle Hut, trying my hardest to hustle, upgrading my look, etc. I kept wondering what was wrong with me and why I wasn't making any money and I finally realized it's the club and not me. It's not a stage money club and it's not a lapdance club, the only way for dancers to make any real money are the VIP rooms which the club keeps hiking prices on so that even longtime club regulars no longer want to buy them. They also charge high house fees on top of taking so much from our couch dances. It is pretty much the same 5-6 girls consistently making money from their regulars while the rest of us are lucky to make $150-$200 a night. I wonder what the club will do when this crew of dancers moves on.

    The club is also Topless/Pastie only which is how I think they're able to get over on the dancers so well. A LOT of the girls working here are young and brand new to dancing and are uncomfortable dancing nude so they won't just go further into the city and the club knows that. More experienced dancers like you ladies do not stay long. Kinda a sad situation all around really.

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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    I went into one club as a customer that does that. They don't charge a house fee, but still, no way in hell.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ElleMae View Post
    So I've been at this club for a while and am finally in the process of moving on to a more profitable one. But I was just curious to know if anyone has ever heard of a club taking such a huge cut from lapdances. I always knew $20 was a lot but recently a more experienced dancer friend told me of other clubs that only take $9 or $10 and I had an epiphany lol. Club also does 2-4-1 dance specials on Tuesdays, meaning the customer gets 2 songs for $30 and the dancer gets $10 for two songs, assuming the customer doesn't tip, which some guys don't. They also use to do them on Saturdays but recently stopped. That "special" has never made any sense to me.

    Just had to vent about this for a while. The other night I sold 3 dances, and of course had to hand $60 to the house while I walked away with only $40. It hurt my soul.
    Those "specials" are even worse.....$5 per song?!?

    shit naw!

    I hope this is like air dancing.....with your clothes on
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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    Hell no you are being robbed. You should be keeping 90-100% of your dance money. Id either find a way to start making $25-$40 (my cut) per song or leave immediately.

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    This is what concerns me most about the industry tbh..greedy clubs. This is NOT acceptable, no way, no how, uh uh..walk out. These disgusting pimps don't deserve any dancers in their rosters.
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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    Sounds like Fairbanks/Backstage Theatre in Toronto lol

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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    In nyc, lots of clubs take up to 70% or more of your earnings in the private rooms. No wonder Sapphire scares the crap out of its girls at orientation against discussing room prices and works with the local pd to arrest its own workers when they do, after having made money off of them. Flashdancers as its been discussed on here is the worst sometimes taking as much as 90 percent but they can do that when a lot of their work force are illegals. Anyhow when a club takes that much plus charges you to work, its downright criminal.. The only thing I can think of to justify such a cut is if that's the price of the dance but you are expected to ask for a tip. If that's the case sometimes the clubs dont tell you and youd have to find out from the other girls how things work and theyll let you know if they are nice enough.

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    If that's the only club around these days I'd do something else in this industry. I'm so glad I stopped dancing, seems to be going more & more downhill lately in terms of club greediness. Yuck.
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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    That is so fucked up. Clubs that take that much of a percentage (basically pimping you out) should be shut down. It is such obvious, blatant thievery you would think all the girls would go on strike or sue them.

    The house fee and tip-outs that we pay at the end of the night should be enough.

    We should make a list of every club on the continent that pimps out their dancers so that people know to avoid those clubs. Both dancers and customers will stop going to these clubs, and eventually they will go out of business.

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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    Quote Originally Posted by ScarletKitten View Post
    We should make a list of every club on the continent that pimps out their dancers so that people know to avoid those clubs. Both dancers and customers will stop going to these clubs, and eventually they will go out of business.
    And/or tell ladies to bust out those calculators and be ready to gather a group of dancers to demand fair fees or be ready to walk when that shit ain't adding up right. Do not trust the clubs/managers/owners to have your financial interests in mind.

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    I didn't work at these clubs but was told about them while in the area. Gold nugget in Panama City takes $20 out of $30 dances to leave you with $10. I didn't work there because once they saw my driver's license wasn't Florida it was an automatic hell no. Not that I woulda stayed 2 minutes with those cuts. That club also charges a house fee and takes some % of stage tips. I received the fees info from a bouncer whom I grilled for information while I was there.

    Sammy's in Pensacola and Fort Walton Beach take 60% of your VIP money if you sell a VIP if I remember the % correctly. But I think the host or waitresses there also expect some % tip too lol. I think I read somewhere here that the FWB Sammy's also has a high house fee and penalty for leaving early.

    The Florida panhandle is just fucking weird. Why girls in this industry work there is beyond me. There are so many places with better cuts/fees.

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    I didn't work at these clubs but was told about them while in the area. Gold nugget in Panama City takes $20 out of $30 dances to leave you with $10. I didn't work there because once they saw my driver's license wasn't Florida it was an automatic hell no. Not that I woulda stayed 2 minutes with those cuts. That club also charges a house fee and takes some % of stage tips. I received the fees info from a bouncer whom I grilled for information while I was there.

    Sammy's in Pensacola and Fort Walton Beach take 60% of your VIP money if you sell a VIP if I remember the % correctly. But I think the host or waitresses there also expect some % tip too lol. I think I read somewhere here that the FWB Sammy's also has a high house fee and penalty for leaving early.

    The Florida panhandle is just fucking weird. Why girls in this industry work there is beyond me. There are so many places with better cuts/fees.
    Yes! Sammy’s in FWB takes 60% of your VIP money, AND you have to tip 10% to the bartender/waitress off of VIP and drinks. DJ- 10%, house fee for leaving early is $100. You get discounts for when you come in at certain times but if you want to leave early, you have to pay the rest that makes it add up to $100.

    Red rose: House fee is $10, $20, $50. Bouncers are $5 each. DJ is 10% (minimum being $10). They take out $5 for every song you do for dances. Dances are $25 a song, but have to pay $5 a song to the house..

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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    Yeah I think Red Rose was the only 1 there with reasonable cuts I knew of in the area, but I went there once and the crowd was a little rough for my personal tastes. But their vip cuts were reasonable unlike Sammy's. And club 10 in fort Walton takes 50% of vip price but also they expect the waitress to get 10-20% each time...

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    Default Re: Club Takes $20 out of $30 dances, anyone else ever heard of this?

    Lol is this in Toronto? I started off working at a club that took 60% of my pay...it's the only club in Toronto that doesn't require a licence so lots of girls would work here without working visas lol.

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    That’s not exploitation...lol. Makes me so angry. Like all exploiters they’ll continue as long as the can get away with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScarletKitten View Post
    That is so fucked up. Clubs that take that much of a percentage (basically pimping you out) should be shut down. It is such obvious, blatant thievery you would think all the girls would go on strike or sue them.

    The house fee and tip-outs that we pay at the end of the night should be enough.

    We should make a list of every club on the continent that pimps out their dancers so that people know to avoid those clubs. Both dancers and customers will stop going to these clubs, and eventually they will go out of business.
    That’s what happened in Minneapolis- finally some girls sued. We should start a thread, so girls that want to can get some ideas about how to go about it.

    What I can tell you is it’s human nature to continue to do something as long as it works. My interpersonal communications professor said it’s our job to hold others accountable. Although, there is a power imbalance that makes holding owners accountable very risky Until we hold the owners accountable we can expect more of the same if not worse.

    I wish I would have documented the abuse I went through, but I was too busy trying to survive. I think I got a letter in the mail from a lawyer from an old club I worked at to join a suit, but without another income I was afraid to lose my livelihood.
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    omg girl hell nah that is fucking stupid af. you work your ass off and you only get 40%? thats insane ... ! if its 50% i kinda understand that but 60 is not acceptable at all. you are pretty much their bitch honestly. i would look for another club if i were you

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    Eww, what?! Leave, leave right now. Don't put up with that crap!
    It's clubs like that which need to be taken out back and dealt with.
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