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Old 08-01-2011, 03:31 AM
 
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A guest at the Hilton Garden Inn in Santa Rosa, Calif., filed a class-action lawsuit against the hotel over a 75-cent charge for a newspaper, officials say.

Rodney Harmon, 55, filed the suit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco Wednesday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. He alleges the hotel chain deceived him and is also hurting the environment.



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Old 08-01-2011, 04:57 AM
 
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He may have a point if it's deceptive. A couple hundred rooms in the hotel? Same practice in other Hiltons? That's going to be a lot a $$$.
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Old 08-01-2011, 05:02 AM
 
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I agree, I was charged before too...I thought it was free. I don't care about the whole wasting tree part, but it's a deceptive business practice.
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Old 08-01-2011, 06:49 AM
 
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Another useless lawsuit .With the print age starting to go into decline,in favor of the digital age can I file a lawsuit about that ? With the loss of more jobs that what it creates ?
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Old 08-01-2011, 07:09 AM
 
Location: Dallas
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These are the kind of suits that give class action lawsuits a bad name and increase the cost of products for all of us.
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Old 08-01-2011, 07:45 AM
 
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I like this suit. What kind of "kickback" is the hotel industry getting from USA Today to dump their "McPaper" at everyone's doorstep?
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Old 08-01-2011, 08:27 AM
 
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A guest at the Hilton Garden Inn in Santa Rosa, Calif., filed a class-action lawsuit against the hotel over a 75-cent charge for a newspaper, officials say.

Rodney Harmon, 55, filed the suit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco Wednesday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. He alleges the hotel chain deceived him and is also hurting the environment.



Read more: Man sues Hilton over 75-cent newspaper - UPI.com
I noticed this at a recent hotel stay. Always thought the paper was complimentary but then noticed the fine print. It is deceptive. But I wouldn't file a class action suit. If I didn't read the paper (which I do) I'd complain directly to the hotel. May get a free night's stay! If enough people complain, they'll probably stop doing it. Class action suit? Nah. Not for this. Only the lawyers win.
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Old 08-01-2011, 08:48 AM
 
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I agree, I was charged before too...I thought it was free. I don't care about the whole wasting tree part, but it's a deceptive business practice.
It says in the Hilton Honors program you can get the $.75 back. How is it deceptive if you didn't look it up?
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