A couple of nights ago we had a friend of my husband over and his girlfriend....she works at a very high end hotel (there are many of "said" hotels, but she worked at one in New Orleans). Anyway she deals with buying goods for the spa. Turns out they sell things things at ridiculous mark-ups. Now...I'm the first to admit, everything is marked up, but there are industry standards and then there are crazy over the top things like marking up $40 sheets to $200 plus dollars. Marking a $.50 item to $8.00 is in the realm of crazy too. Crazy good for the retailer :-), crazy unfair to the consumer. Note to self, just because it is in the 5 star hotel, don't assume it ACTUALLY costs 5 stars--it might have cost 2 stars and they are charging you 5 star prices!! Signed, ME {lv}
ps DON'T WORRY, WE NEVER DO THAT AT MELANGE!!!! :-)
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