Originally Posted by
RS
Did the casino charged you money in any way, shape, or form, due to booking the room? Did they put a temporary hold on your credit card? I know some places will charge you, after the fact, if you don't show up to check-in to a comped room...did they do anything like that?
I ain't no lawyer or nothing, but I believe there's some law-type stuff about accepting money and thus be entered into a contract, because that party is accepting. Sorta like how, at least supposedly, if a debt collector is after you, they may ask you to pay some small amount, like $10 -- by doing this, you accept that you owe them money, and now you're on the hook for the full amount. At least, so I've heard. Following that logic, if the casino accepts money from you (even if there's a temporary hold on your CC), then they should be on the hook for giving you the room.
I know, or at least I'm pretty sure, that's how real estate contracts work -- a contract isn't valid until money exchanges hands. Obviously this isn't a real estate case, though, so I may be mixing some stuff up.
As far as whether or not it's worth it to pursue, that's up to you. IMO, I doubt you'd win the case. Even if you do win the case, probably not going to be much money -- so on that side, not worth it. As far as "if no one stands up to them, they'll just keep doing it", that's a personal opinion. I'd love it if everyone went after the casinos for stupid stuff like this (not saying your side is stupid, but what the casino did is stupid), but I don't think I would do it myself. I've never been involved in any kind of litigation or what-have-you, but I've heard it takes a long time, lots of paperwork, bunch of this and that, and at the end of it, the person would have made far more money if they just dropped the case and worked on putting in the hours APing. Also, if you are involved in a current case, then (as far as I've been told) you absolutely do not want to end up in another case like that...where for instance, if you get 86'd and/or arrested at another casino for AP, that wouldn't look too good for the current case.
Best of luck to you in however you decide to pursue or not pursue this.
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