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Cash Is Now Second Class Money

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We are back from Harrison where we had a wonderfully relaxing time.  The weather was perfect, the beds were firm and the pools are great.  But there was one black cloud that was hard to shake,

In the past we have always paid by VISA but this time, when we checked in, we took the option of paying via debit card rather than credit card or, to put it another way, to use cash rather than plastic.  We even accepted that they could immediately take the full price of the room and taxes plus a $200 deposit against extra charges.  And from that moment on we were treated in important ways as second class citizens.

We could not charge to our room a lemonade at the pool bar, for example, or a drink with dinner in the Copper Room.  In both places we were told in a stern and disparaging voice that we were “cash only” customers.  When we checked out, we were obliged to have our room searched for missing items before we could leave — an inconvenient and embarrassing check on our integrity that credit card customers are not obliged to endure.

What is the point of taking a $200 deposit for additional charges in advance if you cannot use that to charge additional charges?  You have to think that the credit card companies are paying off the hotel to discourage cash payments.  And frankly, that kind of treatment discourages me from ever returning.



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