You can't charge me for stolen stuff....

[Bagga]

I can't understand why someone would complain about paying a high deposit for a hotel room. Hell, I would actually prefer to pay for my entire stay when I check in. That way I know I have somewhere to stay if I lose my wallet, I know that if I waste all my money on fripperies I can still sit in my room reading and eating candy, and I know how much I have got left from my budget to use outside the hotel.

Paying up front makes the whole trip a lot easier, imho.

[Gurndigarn]

She threatened to call the bank and tell them that she did not authorize any of the charges for the stay if we do not remove the $25 "overage" charge (thats the way she put it). I think she fails to realize that she signed a registration at check in, that states she will pay all the charges, and has her signature and imprint of credit card. And no, she stole those towels, she's not getting her $25 back.

"Ma'am, please just pay the $25, because the effort of getting the police to issue a warrant for your arrest for theft over a set of towels is going to be a real pain."

[poofy_puff]

The last hotel I stayed in had a price list in the room for all the stuff that gets nicked with a note saying these charges will be added to your bill if required. They charged $25 per towel!

When we stayed in NO during Mardi Gras, the hotel had a price list for EVERYTHING including the MATTRESS and the WALL UNIT but it was presented as if the patron would like to buy these items in the first place. The mattress was actually pretty comfortable, for one with springs.

What got me was the mini-bar. We opened it to see what was in it, and so that we could use it to keep our milk and leftovers cool, but we looked at the prices and didn't take anything from it. When the lady came to check it the next day, she found that someone (not us, we are sure of that) had eaten the Pringles but put the can back to look like it was still sealed.

My theory is that we could have bought things and put them into the mini-bar and then they would quadruple in value so that the hotel would owe money to US when we left.

[Geek King]

Three months after we got home, my friend found out that there was an unexplained $3000.00 charge on his credit card. When he called the hotel for an explanation, they told him that they charged him for trashing the rug in the room.

$3000.00 would have carpeted several rooms, they weren't that big.

With the cheaper carpet that most [cheap] hotels use, $3k would have likely done the whole floor of rooms. Glad he finally got it sorted out.

On a side note: Many apartment complexes will also try scams like this. Look up the fair and resonable use laws in your state or providence for how much they can charge for used carpet. I once had a place try to charge me for carpet that was over twelve years old. Resonable use laws only allowed them to charge for four year old carpet though. Saved me $300 from my deposit.

[greensinestro]

After finally listening to me when I raised my voice, she says "we didn't take any towels, and even if we did, you can't charge us for those". I asked her why she felt that and she said "once I leave and have my receipt, its final". So I ask her if she thinks its right that she can take whatever she wants from the room and not get charged for it, and she says "if you don't catch it before i leave, you cant charge me".

You caught her lying to you there. She denied taking the towels, but then defends others that steal with the sale being final once she leaves, and how she can't be charged unless she is caught first. I'm pretty certain this crap goes on every day at hotels. Somehow, someone else stole those towels and passed up everything else in the room.

When I was a kid though, my parents often would swipe one towel from the Holiday Inn, back when they were those white towels with the green embroidered name on them. Or, there was the time we took the drinking glasses, which is why they now have disposable plastic ones. To top it all off, every hotel I have stayed at in the past five years or so has a disclaimer right where you can see it, in front of the towels, stating how much you will be charged if any items are missing from the rooms. I'm sure SC's like this woman also make the claim "I didn't see any sign in my room!"

[Tria]

"Ma'am, please just pay the $25, because the effort of getting the police to issue a warrant for your arrest for theft over a set of towels is going to be a real pain."

But FUNNY! *Cues COPS theme song*

[Namrepus221]

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[AmericanZero8503]

I have admired some of the pictures on the walls in the hotel we were staying at once, but I never thought of stealing them.

LOL...we stayed at a hotel in Hollywood when we went out to LA for spring break. They had all these autographed pictures...and kick ass posters of Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, the Entire Rat Pack...etc. That was the only time I thought of stealing pictures...but I knew it would have been hell getting through airport security...

[slick]

LOL...we stayed at a hotel in Hollywood when we went out to LA for spring break. They had all these autographed pictures...and kick ass posters of Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, the Entire Rat Pack...etc. That was the only time I thought of stealing pictures...but I knew it would have been hell getting through airport security...

I stayed at the MGM Grand in Vegas and my room had a poster of Sammy Davis Jr. to the left of the bed, he was smiling at me and creeping me out. Needless to say, I was not going to be taking it.

[smileyeagle1021]

I stayed at the MGM Grand in Vegas and my room had a poster of Sammy Davis Jr. to the left of the bed, he was smiling at me and creeping me out. Needless to say, I was not going to be taking it.

the closest experience I've had to that was at my grandma's house... she keeps time magazines in a rack in her bathroom... last time she had it opened to the article on Barrack Obama... so I sit down and there is Barrack staring at me... I did NOT want to take that magazine...

[slick]

the closest experience I've had to that was at my grandma's house... she keeps time magazines in a rack in her bathroom... last time she had it opened to the article on Barrack Obama... so I sit down and there is Barrack staring at me... I did NOT want to take that magazine...

I really hate how some pictures come out. I had a tough time sleeping that first night because it was so creepy looking, I think he was smoking a cigarette in the picture. The picture was bolted to the wall, I was going to remove it and turn it around so I didn't have to see it.

[Enjis]

Along those same lines, a shoplifter could tuck something under his shirt, and if he isn't caught with it before crossing the sidewalk in front, it's not stolen and he can't be arrested for it.

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Some people actually believe this is *true*!
It's not, of course. Hiding merchandise on your person is enough to set off the security guards, and they *can* arrest you before you leave the store. All you have to do is pass ANY payment station, and not pay. (and if you have hidden merchandise on your person while in a fitting room, they can get you at any time after that.)