Any Rights to Medicate in Hotel Room ?

[McLuvin]

I found myself in the same situation, only they nailed me for $250.00!!! I did the same as you. Smoked in the bathroom, hot shower running, etc.

But I decided that it is their hotel, and they have the policy, signed by me to back it up from when I checked in. And if they can smell or prove I was smoking anything in their room then you have two options. Deny and risk them having proof, or take the hit and pay. I paid in the name of honesty, and keeping a low profile.

Next time I will take that cash and buy a portable vaporizer, then I can honestly say I was not smoking in the room.

Please do let us know what happens.....
:vap_smiley:

[5280and420]

I paid in the name of honesty

Karma, baby :thumbsup:

Next time I will take that cash and buy a portable vaporizer, then I can honestly say I was not smoking in the room.

Great idea! :vap_smiley:

[mchud11]

I guess I am just a dumb old 57 year, was thinking my six years of college and having worked in the paralegal field was relevant. But I was wrong, its all Karma, sorry mom that 75 thousand dollar education went to waste, I didn't develop my Karma.

After re-locate to Colorado in a few weeks, get my state DL, a residence, a recommendation and fill out my state registry application, gosh I don't have to wait 35 days to get some decent meds for my migraines, no I will rely on Karma to get me past the front door.

Thank God, I have a back plan with my pixie dust and an eye lash from a Unicorn...

[Denvertoad]

I guess I am just a dumb old 57 year...

Yup, got that right.

[McLuvin]

I guess I am just a dumb old 57 year, was thinking my six years of college and having worked in the paralegal field was relevant. But I was wrong, its all Karma, sorry mom that 75 thousand dollar education went to waste, I didn't develop my Karma.

After re-locate to Colorado in a few weeks, get my state DL, a residence, a recommendation and fill out my state registry application, gosh I don't have to wait 35 days to get some decent meds for my migraines, no I will rely on Karma to get me past the front door.

Thank God, I have a back plan with my pixie dust and an eye lash from a Unicorn...

A college education does not make you smart. I respect your hard work and back ground, but if you have not figured out that what comes around goes around then you have a lot to learn. Just because you can get away with something doesn't make it right. I guess you missed the ethics class that day...

BTW. You can get meds as soon as you send your paperwork in. You just need a copy of your paperwork and the proof of sending it in certified.
And just think I was able to figure that out without one law class.

Four years of collage. = $75,000.00
The ability to read and figure shit out for yourself. = Priceless

[Zedleppelin]

Maybe its the hotels karma by getting taken to court or getting a chargeback from their credit card processor by arbitrarily charging a ridiculous amount of money for smoking. Do you believe you caused $200 worth of damage for taking a few puffs? If the answer is yes then pay it and forget it, if not then its unjust enrichment and I would tell them to go F themselves.

[McLuvin]

It is unjust enrichment on the hotels part but I did sign a contract saying I would not smoke in the room. They must have found or smelled something for them to bring up the charge. To me it was worth paying for a lesson learned rather then going to court, or explaining to my CC company why I was smoking in the room.

As much as I hate to take the hit for this I guess I just have to do what I feel is right. If that makes me a sucker then so be it. God knows I have been called worse.

[mchud11]

What I saw in DryEyes post was that he was upset at the hit to his wallet. The cost to him was expensive. I have not been in that circumstance, I have been in another circumstance that I will relate in a second, anyway,the law is kind of funny, it does have loopholes, a lack of clarity, and cracks or spaces. Although the law is very formal, procedure wise, its not science. DryEyes situation is easy to handle if you look at it from a legal point of view.

Deny it - why is this so hard for some of you. Look, everyone speeds. Everyone. No its not a different subject, we speed and we deny it, like all the time. Oh, thats the speed limit, not a second thought about it. So, first point deny it, you never, never admit guilt, that is our legal system, that applys as well to Dryeyes circumstance. Any Karma guys, want to tell me about their driving Karma, I think not.

Defend it - the charge is not anyway in line with the damages. Maybe even DryEyes did not understand the contract. He saw smoking and thought tobacco. There was no meetings of the minds, so to speak, whoops, no contract...now the question is merely what was the real damage. Whats wrong with the defense just being it is too much money, same thing, yes he agreed to a contract, so what, the damages are out of line. Does anyone think that hotel went in with steam cleaners, pulled off the drapes and dry cleaned them, spent in anyway, two hundred dollars on toxic cleanup? I think not.

So DryEyes says, hell its fraud,I want to see the cleaning bill. Are they going to produce it ? Nah, all DryEyes has to do is call his CC company and say its fraud. deny, deny, deny. If the company feels so strong about the damage to their building, let them prove it in small claims court, they get to bring in the maid, i.e their evidence, show their bills for the cleanup...guess what, they aren't going to come to court, they are not going to serve DryEyes, they are going to blow it off. The law applys here..a contract is more than an agreement, its more basic, its a meeting of the minds, I think DryEyes assumed they were fair when he signed the contract, i.e. the damage part, well he was wrong and there is nothing wrong with confronting that after the fact.

I did say after the fact, the denial, he could call them and offer them 50 bucks.

Anyway that is just me, I did 40 hours of community service for spitting on someone. Yep. My Attorney said, the guy probably deserved it. Like, whatever, I didn't regret it, oh it cost a thousand bucks to the Attorney, so what, the guy deserved it. I still laugh about it.

In short, I stand up for marijuana and marijuana users. I vote, I write nasty letters to politicians for the basic in-equities that exist for marijuana, the crime of possessing an oz of pot in much of this country does not equal the punishment. In Iowa, have any amount of pot and you lose your license. so, you got it ? I say fuck em and their overpriced damages, DryEyes you are not alone in your struggle. Stand up to the man !!

[DryEye]

Sorry for being absent from this thread so long, I do have an update:

I contacted the hotel after receiving a paper copy of the bill confirming with valid paperwork that the additional charge was for evidence of smoking in the room. I called again, saying the only evidence could have been tobacco from my grilfriends hand-rolled cigarettes, because she makes a mess rolling them, and that we did not smoke any cigarettes in the room. This time, the very first person I talked to said they would reverse the charges, and it is the hotel's policy to charge the 200 cleanig fee for any evidence of smoking in the room, but will usually reverse it if the customer contests it. And they refunded the $200 to my credit card about a week later.

[ThaiBuddhaMan]

Congrats!