[BobL]

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

[j.havenfarm]

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

[Drew68]

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.

[paulcissa]

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.