Portland Badminton Club

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Dealing with Ralph when you want to quit the membership is a horrible nightmare. He makes you take an appointment with him only on Fridays after 7PM. When I told him it was a bad policy to make customers having to come physically on a Friday evening after 7pm, he blabbered non-stop about how good his policy was and how I had a bad judgment. I told him it was the customers' right to judge his customer service and that I was going to do so on Yelp etc, upon which he raised his voice, pointed his finger at me and threatened to take me court for "slandering". He has made the process of cancellation unnecessarily hard and he is extremely rude when you want to cancel. He is unprofessional and his customer service is the most horrible...and oh, I should be waiting for a court notice now.



Bottom-line: Ralph is a horrible business owner to deal with and he's not that good a player. At best his skill level borderlines between beginner and intermediate.

This is definitely not the place for beginners. You will be surrounded by people who swish and swash and play like pros around you. It can get a little intimidating. And there is often a shortage of courts where you end up sharing court space. And it gets kind of awkward when the people sharing with you are better at the game than you are. It can also get quite frustrating for them.



Also, the owner Ralph is damn tight with the money. We signed up for a 6 mth contract and called on the 15th to cancel but he said it has already been charged for the 7th month just that morning. He was quite clear that he would do absolutely nothing to revert it back. We already spent 3 to 4 months of fee for no reason. A complete waste because we were bound by contract and now another month added to the list. A couple of hundred dollars down the drain.

Portland Badminton Club is a great place to play Badminton! You can usually find players of all levels that are courteous. Been to a few places where the players give you the cold shoulder because they think you are not as good of a player as they are or if you are not part of their group. Didn't find it here!