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Open thread: When were you badly ripped off? When were you badly ripped off?
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A man walks into a central London bar and buys three small bottles of sparkling water. Sounds like a joke. And the punchline? The bill is £75.A man walks into a central London bar and buys three small bottles of sparkling water. Sounds like a joke. And the punchline? The bill is £75.
This happened to businessman Edward Heaton in the Crystal Bar of the Wellesley Hotel in Knightsbridge who have an interesting policy of charging a minimum spend of £25 per person after 4pm – yes you read that right, four o’clock in the afternoon. Heaton duly paid the bill because “he didn’t want to make a scene” in front of his client and it wasn’t until later that he complained to the hotel and tweeted a picture of his receipt that got others suitably riled.This happened to businessman Edward Heaton in the Crystal Bar of the Wellesley Hotel in Knightsbridge who have an interesting policy of charging a minimum spend of £25 per person after 4pm – yes you read that right, four o’clock in the afternoon. Heaton duly paid the bill because “he didn’t want to make a scene” in front of his client and it wasn’t until later that he complained to the hotel and tweeted a picture of his receipt that got others suitably riled.
We’ve all been ripped off in our time – tourist tat and farmer’s markets particularly spring to mind – and most can relate to walking off feeling slightly cheated and letting it slide, rather than kicking up a storm on the spot.We’ve all been ripped off in our time – tourist tat and farmer’s markets particularly spring to mind – and most can relate to walking off feeling slightly cheated and letting it slide, rather than kicking up a storm on the spot.
When were you most badly ripped off? Did you complain or does it trouble you to this day?When were you most badly ripped off? Did you complain or does it trouble you to this day?