Why did a hair dryer cost a hotel guest $1,400?

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A woman from Perth, Australia was charged $1,400 by her hotel after her blow dryer set off the fire alarm.

The woman, whom Perth Now gave the pseudonym Kelly, decided to book a room at the Novotel Perth Langley before a Saturday concert, the local outlet reported.

While the concert might have been music to her ears, a lower note was the $1,400 charge (about $940 in the US) she saw on her hotel bill three days later.

She said she called her hotel and they told her she’d been charged a fire department call-out fee. The outlet reported that the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) fee is $1,337 though, which is $63 less than she was charged.

The charge overdrew Kelly’s account and she called the hotel to get them to reverse the charge, but they initially refused.

Kelly

“So if you’re at a buffet and the alarm goes off are they going to charge you for burning your toast?”

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