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Old Mar 29, 2001 | 9:26 pm
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Originally posted by ozstamps:
About the least expensive bottle of wine on the room service menu at the Waldorf Astroria came to well over $A100. US$35, plus $US 3.50 per person flat room delivery fee, plus tax at 10% or whatever, plus "service fee/gratuity" of 15%, and the room service guy still had his hand out.
You can buy a decent (Australian) wine in a bottle shop in the US for about US$8. That's about A$16 for a bottle that would probably be about $10 here anyhow. If you choose to pay 525% more because you want to order room service in a very expensive hotel, that's hardly the A$'s fault.
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