Star Events
Chicago IL Taste of Randolph Street DONATION SCAM! Beware!

This Event is advertised on Start Events website as a FREE event and the $10 entrance fee is being DEMANDED... Yes... DEMANDED AS AN ENTRANCE FEE as you trying to enter the event... However, if you pay attention to the small letters on their banner it says "donation", which is voluntarily. They have positioned their staff strategically at each entrance... Blocked off the entire event, so that you have to pass their staff. They immediately ask for $10 and do not mention at any time that it is just a donation. When i asked them after they "requested" my entrance fee and i paid and then later realized it was pure voluntarily what the donation is for... They proceeded to tell me it's for the band... EXCUSE ME??? For the band??? They pay them little money, all vendors pay between $500-1000 for a booth. If you consider at least 5,000-10,000 people attending this event it's another $50,000-100,000 for STAR EVENTS in entrance fees... Now do you think they pay the bands $50,000-$100,000??? They are extorting money by placing their staff strategically at each entrance.

I can think of a few reasons why they are doing this:
A) they are not allowed to charge an entrance fee by the city and by calling it a "donation" they are getting around it
B) tax break? If something is called a donation?
C)... What do you think???

Join me in filing complaints with the city about the aggressive ambush techniques by their staff requesting $10 entrance fee.

Company: Star Events
Country: USA
State: Illinois
City: Chicago
Address: 1609 W. Belmont Avenue
Site: starevents.com

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