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Hot take: I spent $250 on a 'networking' event that was just a sales pitch
Honestly, I'm still annoyed about this. Last month I signed up for this 'exclusive Atlanta business mixer' downtown, thinking it was a real chance to meet people. It was $250, which is a lot for me, but they promised 'high-level connections' and 'industry leaders'. I got there and it was just a room full of people like me, all looking confused, while the organizers gave a two-hour presentation trying to sell us a $5,000 mastermind program. The 'networking' time was maybe 20 minutes at the end where everyone was just trying to leave. I felt so stupid for falling for it. Has anyone else been to one of these scammy events around here and actually found a real one that's worth the money?
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the_jessica5d ago
Ugh, that is the worst feeling! I had the exact same thing happen at a "women in tech" lunch last year. Paid like $180 for a ticket, got a sad sandwich, and then it was just this lady talking for an hour about her super expensive coaching package. The whole time I was just sitting there thinking, you used my desire to meet cool people to trap me in a sales meeting. It makes you not want to trust any event ever again.
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jana5094d ago
Oh man, that's the worst. I got burned like that once and now I have a rule. I only go to free meetups at actual bars or coffee shops. The ones where the only goal is to hang out. If there's a ticket price over twenty bucks, I dig around online first. I look for past attendees complaining on Twitter or Reddit. Saved me from a few bad ones last year.
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