My little journey to book a party at NTC:<\/p>\n
It took a painful week in December for them to get back at me, to say that they have five courts 4-6pm on 1\/22. But they would charge 20% booking fee for any party. Never heard of it but ok since I wanted to have it there.<\/p>\n
The charge from USTA on 12\/23 is $570. The court costs $38 per hour on weekend after 4pm. <\/p>\n
Hmmmm … I’m slow, not math wiz, didn’t learn calculus, couldn’t figure out what’s this $570 represent. 5 courts 2 hours is only $380. 20% is $76. The total should be $456.<\/p>\n
So I called. Called. And called.<\/p>\n
In early January, I canceled two courts, only three courts are needed. <\/p>\n
On 1\/22, they charged me $228.<\/p>\n
Feb 14 evening called, left message
\nFeb 15, the front desk .. piped me to its business manager, left message on her voice mail
\nFeb 16 contacted Amex, a business where profit\/loss matters, asking the $228 reverse to credit instead as an additional charge.<\/p>\n
I never learnt the math behind $570.<\/p>\n
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