We treat these requests on an individual basis. The spirit of the family membership is to get kids into something with their parents. Off the streets and family bonding. That sort of stuff. We have made several special arrangements and will consider any brought to us. TechShop wants to be your family place to be. Talk to us.

Thanks,

Scott

No need to go offline about this, everyone should know. But if you want, you or anyone else can always email me at scott at techshoprdu dot com

TechShop is a work in progress. Both locations are learning as we go and occasionally making special arrangements such as the one you found out about in Menlo Park.

This is the first I have heard of anything like this happening at Menlo Park, by the way. I assume they are giving this a try or, as we have, bending to the requests and demands of their members. Just like I was doing. If they learn that it seems to work out and doesn't cause any other problems, they will likely pass it on to us. We each try things and then report back to the other sharing lessons learned.

Truth is that more and more young adults are living at home. What is the definition of college age? Would this result in a large number of adult age members getting a better price than others just because they haven't left home yet? Is that fair?

How about an unmarried couple living together? How about a couple that aren't yet living together? We've already seen some of these and it is always a judgment call. We want happy customers but where does it start to be sort of just not right? Like I said, we take these on a one by one basis. If HQ has changed their official written family membership description, we will find out and follow suit. Some things should be the same in all TechShops.

Thanks,

Scott