Originally Posted by combatpigg

The fee covers what the older members know what a typical new member costs them. The new member who forgets to lock the gate after he leaves, the new member who uses the club garbage drum as his personal landfill, the new member who needs a back ground check performed on him, the new member who typically sees the club as just a "Drive In" type place like Burger Knig where you rush in to flip the ON switch on your latest electric RTF plane, get in an exhilirating flight, then rush off to grab dinner for your family at the nearest fast food palace.
The new member who evades payment of next year's dues like the Roadrunner VS Wiley Coyote.....
The club is nothing more than a facility that "other people" are responsible for keeping in working order, so the initiation fee is just chump change in exchange for that.