False Advertising
On February 19, 2011, the Beijinger listed an event for this club with DJ Yao. The listing on the Beijinger and other websites said that the event would be free, specifically stating that there would be NO cover charge.
However, when my friends and I got there they announced a 50 kuai cover charge at the door.
Punk looked like a pretty good place and the music sounded good from the outside, but there weren't too many people in the club. My bet is that a bunch of people got mad that they had falsely advertised the event as having no cover charge, only to surprise people at the door.
Bottom line: You don't charge cover when you say in advertisements that there's no cover, and especially when there's little to no people inside.
I'll delete this review or change my rating if a) I get an official apology and explanation as to the discrepancy in advertising and the cover charge that was surprisingly assessed at the door or b) If I ever somehow go back and like the place.
You disappointed alot of people Punk; this bad taste in my mouth probably isn't unique to just me tonight. Please realize that such practices hurt your reputation and your business, and may have even permanently lost you some patrons.
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ericlihui
Re: False Advertising
sure many people like you and me were very disappointed at their performance in this event. actually it is a matter of credit, once you lose it, you lose almost everything. the punk should make an announcement to the patrons.
Iain S
Re: False Advertising
On behalf of all of us at the magazine, apologies to Chairman Tman, Ericlihui and anyone else who went along to Punk last night having seen the "free" listing in the Beijinger.
Rest assured, we hate when things like this happen. We'll be looking into both how this came about and taking steps to make sure there's no repeat in the future.
Best,
Iain Shaw
Bars & Clubs Editor
the Beijinger
Iain Shaw
Deputy Managing Editor
the Beijinger