Well as a new local (live on east Sahara) The STRAT has become a nice local casino for me. I enjoy going up to 107 for cocktails and it's a calmer vibe than center strip. I am at C bar on the casino floor for some VP to decompress (8/5 by the way). Anyway...I got charged for my drinks! Kinda surprised! Granted it's happy hour 2-4-1 drinks. 8 bucks for two gin and tonics. But still. I'm shocked to get charged right after sliding at 20 in this machine. Let's see how I do! Anyone else experience this recently?
When that happens to me, maybe 5% of the time, I always say..."I was planning to play". They will fix it. Unless Stratosphere has all of a sudden changed to the... Wynn way of thinking. (meme courtesy of dutchvelvet) Hopefully the progressive is high! It was ~$1800 when I was there in April.
It sometimes happens with new bartenders or bartenders who aren't paying attention. I remember playing at Aria once a couple trips back, there was a new guy who was about ready to charge me when I was asking for Ketel, despite my having a couple hundred bucks in the machine and playing max bet at $1; I heard one of the other bartenders, who knows me, pull him aside, point to me, and say, "He doesn't pay for drinks." Never felt like more of a high-roller (despite my generally mid-roller habits).
I happen to like The Strat. That C -Bar drink special is a great deal. * One of my favorite "interactions" w/ a snooty bartender was at Bellagio - I was playing VP........playing Max Bet.......waited 10 or 15 mins.....( at an empty bar ) for the snooty bartender to ask my drink. The Jaggoff saw me the whole time. He finally asked.......I ordered....and went back to playing my VP machine. I hit something and was up $250. The @-hole comes back with my beer and announces the price of the beer. I said, "I'm playing VP ?" He doesn't say anything - and then peers over the bar and looks at my machine ( and the $256 credits ). I look at him with a "yeh, that's right @-hole...$256 bucks in !" He just turns and walks away. * That may have been the last time I bothered playing there ?
Thanks for confirming similar stories guys! I'm glad to know its not just me. I'll definitely go back though. I played for a LONG time and had some great drinks
Just tell them you're playing, if for some reason they still want to charge you just say" I dont want it then", they'll spill it out, nothing they can do,