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Tourist claims she was charged $200 for using wall socket at Las Vegas hotel
Daily Mail ^ | 10/09/2025 | Alyssa Guzman

Posted on 10/09/2025 6:26:55 PM PDT by vespa300

A tourist to Las Vegas is now warning others after she was charged more than $200 for using a wall socket at a popular hotel.

Sharina Butler, of the Bahamas, was staying at the Paris Hotel Las Vegas when she received a bill for $224 due to her son unplugging a tray used for mini-bar snacks and drinks.

The policy, which is written on a small card in the front of the tray, says there's a $56 charge for every day the tray remains unplugged.

'You've got to be kidding me,' she told the hotel employee, she recalled in a TikTok video. 'The tray isn't attached to any electricity, the tray isn't attached to anything, it's just a plug.'

She explained that they had unplugged the tray to charge their phone while sitting at the small desk inside the room. Butler also said she didn't read the note on the minibar because she knew she wasn't going to touch any of the overpriced items.

'The writing on the tray is this small,' she said, holding up two fingers close together. 'Why am I reading a tray when I'm not touching it... The only thing it should be saying is that if you move something off the minibar, you will be charged, right? But that wasn't the case.'

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KEYWORDS: lasvegas; nevada; scam; vegas

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It was better when the mob ran it. Things were free back then. They just wanted you at the tables.
1 posted on 10/09/2025 6:26:55 PM PDT by vespa300
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Cities were better when the mob ran them


2 posted on 10/09/2025 6:28:51 PM PDT by Palio di Siena (Kralik…..you get the wallet)
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To: Palio di Siena

Does she know if its got a hidden camera in it?


3 posted on 10/09/2025 6:32:51 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: vespa300
Why does a tray have to be plugged in? Why isn't the outlet a standard duplex outlet?

4 posted on 10/09/2025 6:33:29 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: vespa300

Obviously a fake story, but Las Vegas deserves the bad PR anyway, given all the other crap that they do.


5 posted on 10/09/2025 6:36:02 PM PDT by BobL
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To: vespa300

People are gambling less.


6 posted on 10/09/2025 6:38:00 PM PDT by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: vespa300

BYOG. Bring your own generator. This is old news. LV hotels are charging extra for electricity use. Don’t be surprised if coin-operated TVs come back, too. The place isn’t worth any of this nonsense. The mob knew how to treat customers.


7 posted on 10/09/2025 6:38:34 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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Why does a tray have to be plugged in?

Probably because of the sensors used to track charges for anything that's removed (or in some cases, moved). It's not like they can trust the staff to keep count.

8 posted on 10/09/2025 6:39:11 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: BobL

Maybe not fake, but not newsworthy. Fluke, atypical event. They gouge, but not on electricity. But newsworthiness doesn’t seem to be the standard for whether information is put out as news these days


9 posted on 10/09/2025 6:40:22 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: vespa300

She wasn’t charged for the electricity, she was charged for the drinks or whatever was on the tray.


10 posted on 10/09/2025 6:43:50 PM PDT by madison10 (There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of philosophy.)
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To: BobL
Obviously a fake story, but Las Vegas deserves the bad PR anyway, given all the other crap that they do.

Yeah, I suspect Sharina is leaving out some pertinent details.

I do wonder however, are there so few wall sockets in the hotel room that you'd have to unplug something to charge your phone?

I haven't been to Vegas in ages but I stay at hotels all the time on travel and both sockets and USB ports are plentiful.

11 posted on 10/09/2025 6:44:24 PM PDT by Drew68
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12 posted on 10/09/2025 6:44:56 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: vespa300

That’s why you get one of those dual sockets, so the tray can remain plugged in.


13 posted on 10/09/2025 6:47:05 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Socialism's promises, like a Djinn's wishes to the greedy, lead to punishment when due. )
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To: mikey_hates_everything

Go solar!


14 posted on 10/09/2025 6:48:50 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: George from New England

I was just there. Part of Paris checks in at Horseshoe.

I had no snack tray like that. I had an empty fridge .

It’s probably a weight sensitive tray similar to a fridge.

“Resort Executive Suite” is a great suite if you can get a deal on it but don’t stay facing the sphere. Super noisy due to Flamingo road. There must be some employees from somewhere that drive super charged loud motorcycles


15 posted on 10/09/2025 6:50:56 PM PDT by RummyChick (If I did not provide a link in my post none will be forthcoming )
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To: BobL
Not fake at all. I was in a swanky Vegas resort for three days in Sept. for a business conference. I arrived late and tired after 10 hours of travel. I decided my company would buy me an overpriced refreshment from the mini-bar/fridge. I made the mistake of taking four containers out to read what they were. Of course, when I checked out my bill included $56 for refreshments on day one.

They fixed the bill and I ultimately paid for what I consumed. The fellow at the counter was openly critical of the policy and complained about how much extra work gets created by it.

16 posted on 10/09/2025 6:52:12 PM PDT by paulcissa (The left hates you and wants you dead.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
The tray has a sensor in it that will note when something is removed.

Some guests will unplug the tray take stuff like a bottle of vodka from the tray and then replace it with a bottle that has been filled with water for example.

17 posted on 10/09/2025 6:52:20 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
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To: bigbob

Water meters on every room next.


18 posted on 10/09/2025 6:53:04 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: vespa300

What is the wi-fi fee, I wonder


19 posted on 10/09/2025 6:53:18 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: madison10

Except that everything on that tray would likely cost more than $56 each day. So I think they have come up with a magic number as a penalty.


20 posted on 10/09/2025 6:55:23 PM PDT by RummyChick (If I did not provide a link in my post none will be forthcoming )
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