Originally Posted by
NYC2SGN
This is happening to me. Hotel charged me two times after my stay because they said I broke their TV. I told them I watched the TV and it worked just fine. They sent me a picture of the TV. It didn't look out of the ordinary. I spoke with the manager and they said the charges would stay because I was the last guest in the room before the housekeeper. I didn't photograph or video record the room before leaving, so I don't know what other evidence I can provide besides my partner being with me the entire time in the room when I was there.
I have had stays where I didn’t turn the TV on. I have also had more than once stay where the TV didn’t turn on. Once or twice I swapped the batteries in the remote and that fixed it. At least once when it was a one night stay I didn’t feel like hunting down new batteries from the front desk and just ignored it.
I guess at this property (which one was it?) guests should be advised to do a full Hertz-style pre and post-stay video inspection of the room to avoid getting charged for damage caused by someone else.