A POPULAR hotel has been blasted by a guest over a $26 bottle of water.
The guest revealed that they only paid a few dollars more for the tax on the whole room.
At MGM’s Aria Las Vegas in Nevada, one customer was charged a whopping $26 for one bottle of water.
If you were to buy a 24-pack of water at this price per bottle, you’d end up handing over $624.
You can buy a 24-pack of water from Walmart for $49, or roughly $2 per bottle.
The water at this hotel was so expensive that the guest was forced to go downstairs and buy it from the Starbucks instead.
The guest told View from the Wing: “Also, the person restocking the mini bar.
“Knocked on my door while I was taking a break between conference and dinner, was grateful to get in.
“I hadn’t looked in it, he cleaned out of the mini bar – food crammed in the fridge from two guests ago. Told me they are short staffed and can’t keep up.
“Told me the price after I had already (out of thirst, in the desert) consumed (fortunately only one) bottle of water.
“Fortunately the Starbucks downstairs sold water for “only $7.45”.”
A screenshot of the guest’s bill confirms the outrageous price he paid for the bottle.
To put it into perspective even more, the guest only had to pay $32 for a resort fee and $30.51 for tax on the room, two standard charges.
SHOCKED REACTIONS
This was shared on the social media platform X, with many criticizing the price of the water at the hotel and Walmart.
One person wrote: “Many casinos are gouging customers these days which is why Vegas is seeing a decline in visitors this year.
“$30 for coffee and donut, $50 parking and pool fees, $20 for glass wine at the casino bar. Casino greed is off the charts.”
Top 5 receipt checking tips from a lawyer
Camron Dowlatshahi, a Los Angeles attorney, spoke to The U.S. Sun about receipt checks and customer’s rights and options when it came to being asked to show your receipt.
- There has been a lot of debate around the legality of a retailer asking to see your receipt, but if it is within the store, it is completely legal. “There’s seemingly nothing illegal about that. You’re still on the company’s premises and their reason to do it is to prevent thefts,” Dowlatshahi confirms.
- However, if they are chasing you out of the store, that changes things, Dowlatshahi said. “Location matters,” he explained. “If you’re outside of the store you’re in the parking lot and they come and start accusing you of theft and that you have to show your receipt, I think that’s a bit of a different situation because now you’re on your way.”
- While customers are allowed to say no to receipt checks, it may cause issues if you do and the store suspects you of stealing. “You can say no, maybe it creates an unnecessary hassle for yourself because now you may have the police come to your house and follow up,” said Dowlatshahi.
- If you are being barred from leaving a store because you refused a receipt check, you could have a legal case — but the store must have held you for a long time. “Let’s say it’s for hours, that’s certainly false imprisonment, and they didn’t have any impetus for doing so,” Dowlatshahi explained. “If a customer has been emotionally traumatized by being held for false imprisonment, I would definitely encourage [them] to sue.”
- “I would say, show your receipt,” he concluded. “It’s just a really simple thing to do. If you didn’t steal anything, it’s relatively simple to do,” the lawyer advised.
(According to Camron Dowlatshahi, a founding partner at Mills Sadat Dowlat LLP)
And another chimed in: “I stayed at Bellagio a few weeks ago.
“Their mini fridge prices were absolutely insane, right around what this post says.
“Why is Vegas trying to nickel and dime everyone?”
But some aimed Walmart‘s pricing strategy, too.
A comment slammed: “$49 for a case of water is ridiculous too.”
While someone else noted: “Hey btw, $49 for water at Walmart is almost more ridiculous.”
