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Ever feel like you were overcharged by server?
Posted on 4/22/19 at 8:36 am
Posted on 4/22/19 at 8:36 am
Yesterday went to get breakfast at a local place we've never been to.
I got the breakfast sandwich which was $6,wife got two eggs breakfast for $5. We each got coffee and I added on hash browns with cheese.
The server was nice and it was easter so when she pushed a brownie basket, I said yes.
Bill comes it's $40.
$40 isn't bad to eat out. But when you have two $3 coffees and $5 meals it felt high. Then there was no itemization on the receipt. Just had the total.
With brownies it should have been 20 something tops.
Just paid bill, tipped normally and left.
Either I got the most expensive hash browns ever or I was scammed out of $15.
Le Petit cafe in Kenner.
I got the breakfast sandwich which was $6,wife got two eggs breakfast for $5. We each got coffee and I added on hash browns with cheese.
The server was nice and it was easter so when she pushed a brownie basket, I said yes.
Bill comes it's $40.
$40 isn't bad to eat out. But when you have two $3 coffees and $5 meals it felt high. Then there was no itemization on the receipt. Just had the total.
With brownies it should have been 20 something tops.
Just paid bill, tipped normally and left.
Either I got the most expensive hash browns ever or I was scammed out of $15.
Le Petit cafe in Kenner.
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Posted on 4/22/19 at 8:40 am to Napoleon
Was there no itemized receipt?
Posted on 4/22/19 at 8:53 am to Napoleon
She cleaned you out like a salad plate in a commercial dishwasher.
Posted on 4/22/19 at 9:00 am to Napoleon
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I got the breakfast sandwich which was $6,wife got two eggs breakfast for $5. We each got coffee and I added on hash browns with cheese.
That's probably $19 right there. $3 coffees and a $2 side of hash browns.
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The server was nice and it was easter so when she pushed a brownie basket, I said yes.
This only needed to be $8 to get you to $37 which with tax would be $40.
Posted on 4/22/19 at 9:12 am to Napoleon
Yes, it’s happened to me. This is one reason I like restaurants with clearly written out specials. It’s not hard to use table tents, chalkboard signs, and menu inserts. It’s also a staff training issue—when mentioning desserts, why not clearly state the price? While it might be considered gauche in a fine dining setting, I’d think it would be SOP in a diner or casual establishment. Even the best dining experience can be ruined by a surprise on the check.
Posted on 4/22/19 at 9:13 am to Napoleon
Yes - I am certain it has happened.
Sad thing is I let it pass without saying anything because I was reluctant to raise a stink about it.
I'm just a chump I guess.
Sad thing is I let it pass without saying anything because I was reluctant to raise a stink about it.
I'm just a chump I guess.
Posted on 4/22/19 at 9:24 am to Napoleon
You must’ve read over the .99 at the end of each.
5.99, 6.99, 3,3, 2.99, .99....that is 23 bucks there so I don’t know where you got 20 dollars as your top end
And my estimates don’t include the brownies.
5.99, 6.99, 3,3, 2.99, .99....that is 23 bucks there so I don’t know where you got 20 dollars as your top end
And my estimates don’t include the brownies.
Posted on 4/22/19 at 9:35 am to Napoleon
An entire basket of brownies? $13 easily if it came from a restaurant
But I won’t pay for anything unless I can see an itemized receipt
But I won’t pay for anything unless I can see an itemized receipt
Posted on 4/22/19 at 9:53 am to Napoleon
I am overcharged every time my wife and I decide to eat out for lunch or dinner.
Lunch @ St. James Cheese Saturday was $30 for a sandwich and salad.
Lunch @ St. James Cheese Saturday was $30 for a sandwich and salad.
Posted on 4/22/19 at 10:22 am to Napoleon
Were their not prices on the menu?
I can't recall ever having a sit-down meal at a place that didn't have an itemized receipt. Even places that take only cash and give you simply the order ticket, you can still figure out what the prices were and add them up.
I can't recall ever having a sit-down meal at a place that didn't have an itemized receipt. Even places that take only cash and give you simply the order ticket, you can still figure out what the prices were and add them up.
Posted on 4/22/19 at 10:39 am to Napoleon
Yes. We made the mistake of eating at Lulu’s restaurant in Destin, Fl. We receive the bill only to find that a 2% “Village Tax” was added to our receipt
When asked about the tax it was explained to us that the restaurant leases the land and in turn they pass the charge on to the consumer. I couldn’t find it anywhere on the menu,not even in any sort of small print. It was only mentioned by the waitress after the check was given to me and later when we found the same thing on Yelp from past diners.
Thought it was pretty shitty way to handle the situation. I wonder how many diners have paid it without even knowing?
When asked about the tax it was explained to us that the restaurant leases the land and in turn they pass the charge on to the consumer. I couldn’t find it anywhere on the menu,not even in any sort of small print. It was only mentioned by the waitress after the check was given to me and later when we found the same thing on Yelp from past diners.
Thought it was pretty shitty way to handle the situation. I wonder how many diners have paid it without even knowing?
Posted on 4/22/19 at 10:39 am to Napoleon
Chinese take-out places are notorious for overcharging. Oriental Pearl on Sherwood/Coursey did that shite 3x to me.
Posted on 4/22/19 at 10:49 am to Donka Doo Balls
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We receive the bill only to find that a 2% “Village Tax” was added to our receipt
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that the restaurant leases the land and in turn they pass the charge on to the consumer. I
That's horse crap. That's a cost of doing business and they need to include it in the prices. How do they even know if 2 percent of the bill is enough to cover the rental costs?
I know some developments charge additional sales tax that goes to the developer, but it's all places in the development and you generally are aware of it.
Posted on 4/22/19 at 11:42 am to Napoleon
At first, I thought you were talking about PaneraBread. That's the most expensive place in the world. 2 salads, 2 drinks and a kids mac and cheese = $44.00
Posted on 4/22/19 at 11:48 am to Donka Doo Balls
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When asked about the tax it was explained to us that the restaurant leases the land and in turn they pass the charge on to the consumer.
So every person that eats there pays an extra tax for their rent? That’s fricked up
Posted on 4/22/19 at 12:02 pm to Ed Osteen
That was my thought at the end of the dinner. Now the funny thing is the place is huge. Lulu is the sister of Jimmy Buffett. Place looks and feels like Margaritaville in reference to size. I couldn’t begin to compute how many diners walk through the place in one day.
This post was edited on 4/22/19 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 4/23/19 at 6:15 am to TH03
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breakfast sandwich which was $6,wife got two eggs breakfast for $5
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$3 coffees and a $2 side of hash browns. That's probably $19 right there.
$6 + $5 + $3 +$3 + $2 = $19.....ok, still following....
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only needed to be $8 to get you to $37
$19 + $8 = $37....uh....
This post was edited on 4/23/19 at 6:20 am
Posted on 4/23/19 at 6:33 am to Fe_Mike
That's probably why no one laughed. 
I was trying to be sarcastic with an $18 plate of brownies.
I was trying to be sarcastic with an $18 plate of brownies.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 7:23 am to Napoleon
Happened to me at Ernests in Shreveport. What should have been a $1000 turned out to be $3000. Some of it was fudging the numbers, some was straight up lies.
Posted on 4/23/19 at 7:32 am to thewarmth
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What should have been a $1000 turned out to be $3000. Some of it was fudging the numbers, some was straight up lies.
Well, what happened?
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