@daylove wrote:
@scottwagnon wrote:any prime card with NO annual fee is a card worth holding up. they are the ones that should be embarrased that they are willing to shell out 450 dollars a year unless the card with af is a benefit to them and not a financial loss. i work part time as a grocery bagger. (have two jobs) i always see those silly platinum amex cards, and i think nothing of them. when i see the non preferred chase saphirre, i am impressed.
Have you ever thouth that the ones who carry those cards don't care about the fee? I mean the ones who drive Ferraris do not care if a gallon of gas is $4 0r $20..it only matters to those who can't afford it
You're on to the right idea. They probably don't pay the fee or the charges -- they were probably all business expenses (no matter what the purpose of this dinner was). 
The only time I was embarrassed was paying with my Hooters card in a very crowded line and being high-fived by the young male cashier. I am a 50 year old female...he held it up for everybody to see. Felt a little dumb...
@scottwagnon wrote:
@ArisGreek wrote:Haha, a nice fat $100 bill or a few of them. Shows you can pay now and not later too
And yes, why didn't Mr. Centurion fit the bill
no kidding. if the guy wants to carry a black amex and spend 2500 dollars a year just to hold a card, he should also be generous enough to flip the bill. centurion amex has an expectation of high expenses. if daddy wants to carry his certified daddyspender card, he need to live up to this expectation and pay for dinner of 20. and no i am not being fecisous either.
This mentality pretty much sums up the problems of the US. Sense of entitlement for something that isn't yours.
@Anonymous wrote:
@scottwagnon wrote:
@ArisGreek wrote:Haha, a nice fat $100 bill or a few of them. Shows you can pay now and not later too
And yes, why didn't Mr. Centurion fit the bill
no kidding. if the guy wants to carry a black amex and spend 2500 dollars a year just to hold a card, he should also be generous enough to flip the bill. centurion amex has an expectation of high expenses. if daddy wants to carry his certified daddyspender card, he need to live up to this expectation and pay for dinner of 20. and no i am not being fecisous either.
This mentality pretty much sums up the problems of the US. Sense of entitlement for something that isn't yours.
@Anonymous wrote:
@scottwagnon wrote:
@ArisGreek wrote:Haha, a nice fat $100 bill or a few of them. Shows you can pay now and not later too
And yes, why didn't Mr. Centurion fit the bill
no kidding. if the guy wants to carry a black amex and spend 2500 dollars a year just to hold a card, he should also be generous enough to flip the bill. centurion amex has an expectation of high expenses. if daddy wants to carry his certified daddyspender card, he need to live up to this expectation and pay for dinner of 20. and no i am not being fecisous either.
This mentality pretty much sums up the problems of the US. Sense of entitlement for something that isn't yours.
+1
Guys and girls night out is always Dutch -- period. The only exception is when taking someone out to celebrate a momentous occasion (i.e. birthday, etc.), in which case the friends may split the tab for the celebrating friend. There should be no expectation of this, unless it is customary among the group.
Business dinners should always be paid for by the inviting party, unless the business the invitee works for has rules that preclude accepting the dinner (in which case the dinner becomes Dutch).
If someone is generous to pickup a check on their own according during a Dutch outing, a sincere thanks is required. However, no expectations should ever be made about someone picking up a check -- unless the inviter tells the invitee that during the invitation (for example, I call my buddy and ask if he wants to go to a steakhouse for dinner. He says he can't afford it, and I say "Don't worry about it, it's on me".).