Events and Adventures

Here’s a tip: if it’s not a scam they will let you come back anytime and sign up.
First, the service isn’t worth it. More importantly, the sales tactics are outlandish and a part of their corporate culture. Just read reviews from SF and Chicago and you’ll see that nationwide they train their staff in high-​pressure sales techniques that would only be necessary if their product was terrible (which it is).
They won’t quote you over the phone, you have to go there in person (it’s over $ 2,000 for two years). Then they’ll try and tell you if you leave before signing up then you can’t have a good price (or won’t even let you sign up at all). My advice: leave. You’re not missing out.

My review got filtered, so whether E&A paid to get it gone from their site or otherwise, I feel compelled to re-​post so that all of you out there are conned into turning over thousands of your dollars for a useless waste of your time and money…
Here is my post:
I moved to Atlanta almost a year ago. I came across E&A and thought it may be a good way to meet some people and make some friends in town. I should have known that E&A was a terrible idea when the sales rep wouldn’t discuss with me the cost of joining over the phone. She insisted that I take time from my work day to drive all the way up to North Atlanta before I could find out how much the service cost.
Once I got to the office, the sales rep did a great job selling– in 45 minutes of cheerleading, she convinced me to fork over several thousands of dollars to have the «opportunity» for E&A to plan my activities. What a waste. If you are at all able to use google to look up the events in your town, you do not need this service.
What makes it more frustrating, is that E&A will not refund any amount of your money, no matter how dissatisfied you are with their customer service, their offerings, or the other E&A members. When I called the customer service to discuss canceling my membership and getting a refund– she told me that it was not an option, that I didn’t give E&A enough of a chance, that I needed to give it more time because it was a «process» and required time to really see the membership benefits.
Our conversation got heated– because I felt duped into paying several thousands of dollars for absolutely nothing (which I know is my own fault) — but the rep raised her voice and yelled at me over the phone. She told me that if I felt duped by the sales rep, law provided me 3 whole days to cancel the transaction. It was confusing– on one hand she was telling me that I should give E&A more time, more time, more time… on the other she was saying, «if you didn’t like the service, you had 3 days to cancel it.»
I will never participate with this organization again. It is a waste of money– and a lot of it. The staff is unprofessional and has terrible customer service skills.

My friend told me about this place.
I don’t like the fact you have to go all the way to Marietta to do interview and only then you get a pricing for membership. So they can’t tell me anything about pricing over the phone. Seems to me it will be a pricey thing that they don’t tell you up front what the cost is and only after you spend your time and energy to get there. I felt a strong marketing and sales pitch coming my way…
I am opting out!