You should have demanded to do some pre-groping.

an old neighbor owns a couple in strip clubs on East Side (E.STL).... no way I'd go fill 'em with money.
makes decent money on them. $10 about 10 years ago. Probably $20 now.

he knew the "right" people at the time.

All jokes aside, I think a $200 pre-authorization is not out of line. Give it 48 hours to see the actual settlement amount before you make a fool of yourself. They just authorize the $200 to make sure you aren't some broke-ass trying to drink for free. Then they capture/settle the actual amount you spend. Hopefully you still have the paper copy of the charge, just in case. If you don't and they captured $200 you are screwed.

DT

Yeah, your card was checked to see if they could post $200, if you actually spent that much.

sounds like the place had a 200 dollar min to open a tab

Never....and I repeat NEVER open a tab at a bar/strip club. It's way to easy to not check how much they actually charged you...and if you're drunk....you won't remember.

It must make the strippers feel good to be considered as the same as hotel rooms and car rentals.

We just use cash. Always cash. Hell, you have to get cash anyways for all the lap dances and such, so why not?

Well.....all three do get used and abused.

and cummed on