super dubioser verein, der keinen rechtlichen widerruf einräumt, dafür aber sodort eine saftiger rechnung über 50 euro stellt. stark, dafür dass er keine lesitungen erbringt, und angeblich noch keine lizenz hat oder sonst irgendetwas nachweisen kann.

An abusive, legally questionable organization that has already attracted the attention of the NDR public tv channel and the Verbraucherzentrale.
I have been scammed with the same method reported by other reviewers:
1. Misleading information on a website gave me the impression that an active cannabis club existed in Frankfurt am Main. Note that other people were lured giving them the impression that the club existed in Mannheim, Frankfurt an der Oder, Koblenz, etc.
2. The same page invited me to fill out a form if I was interested in the Frankfurt club. One of the fields asked me to indicate which amount I would be ready to pay once the club started operating. I entered „€10“.
3. Afterwards I received an email informing that through that form I had acquired membership in the club and was expected to pay €25 for the membership plus €25 monthly.
4. When I requested the cancellation of the membership and annulation of the bill an agent called Nik avoided the subject of the membership cancellation request and refused to annullate the bill. He informed me that I am bound to the gang for a minumum period of three months and wrote in German „we are very sorry that you were not aware of the fees at the moment of registration“.
5. I also requested the deletion of my data according to the German data protection law but the request has been ignored until now. Another reviewer mentioned that he was requested to pay for such a deletion, which is clearly illegal.

Meanwhile I have found out that the „club“ not only uses misleading information to lure people but also:

1. Is not even registered as an association. The Göttingen District Court speaker confirmed this to NDR journalists and informed that the Court has repeatedly requested the „club“ to ammend its bylaws. These requests by the tribunal point out to the lack of legal conformity of these bylaws, which are the ones used to try to extort money out of those affected by its misleading practices.
2. As a non-existing legal entity, it doesn’t have any perspective of obtaining authorization to cultivate or distribute cannabis. Thus, the service promises used to attract and trap people are in the best of the cases misleading, and in the worst fraudulent.
3. The case has already attracted the attention of the press and the Verbraucherzentrale from Niedersachsen. NDR produced a report on the subject. Marcus Hagge from the Verbraucherzentrale pointed out to the lack of transparency of the website, considered plausible that the local clubs mentioned on the website to attract and trap people don’t even exist, and criticized the fact that the organization doesn’t inform users about the fact that it lacks legal existence.
4. According to the NDR report, the activist Matthias Friedrich from Hannover has received 18 reports from victims of the same organization.

Note that any funds transfered to the „club“ will fall into a non-exising legal entity. I suggest to report cases to the Verbraucherzentrale Niedersachsen and inform NDR and Mr. Friedrich, who apparently is not related with any control organ but could at least end up collecting statistical data. The NDR report can be found on: https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/braunschweig_harz_goettingen/Kritik-oder-Kampagne-Debatte-um-Goettinger-Cannabis-Club,cannabis880.html