Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2012

wdyw

secretmachines wrote: »

water one dollar (and other on-street vendors) now banned

but !!!!!! slappers and costumed characters not affected

huh? Those water sellers have always been banned, surely we're not the only ones to have seen them hurridly packing up their ice chests and legging it whenever a cop has been spotted.

Would never dream of buying water from them no matter how desperate I was for a drink.

alictait

SHOPPING

ferf1223 wrote: »

Thought about that, but I could have it sent to family in the US and have them send it on...and some are electronic so you get a code emailed (which for somewhere like Best Buy, if you could order online to collect in store would work).

Still toying with the idea - also checking options on United's site to buy stuff since we could have whatever sent to family.

I knew our miles were expiring sometime relatively soon, so regardless good to have the heads up a few months before they actually do to see what options there are...actually never occurred to me there WAS any option that didn't involve finding a way to keep them alive.

I had a look at the giftcard options but for the few points I had (21,000 USAirways miles) I could get $10 worth of gift cards or $89 worth of paypal cash - took the paypal option and its now in my account, £55ish which I withdrew to my bank account. Can't complain as it would have expired anyway!

pebblesmax

VALUE FOR MONEY

I've seen water sellers being arrested from time to time.

baza52

CASINOS

Albertsons sell 3 cases of water (72 bottles) for $10.
Not a bad profit when they sell em on for a dollar each.

Ive bought countless bottles from the street sellers. Ice cold water just when you need it and as the bottles are sealed no problem.

photome

VALUE FOR MONEY

wdyw wrote: »

huh? Those water sellers have always been banned, surely we're not the only ones to have seen them hurridly packing up their ice chests and legging it whenever a cop has been spotted.

Would never dream of buying water from them no matter how desperate I was for a drink.

Why not?


when I was out and about in 100 plus heat last year they were a godsend and I lived to tell the tale

I would rather they stayed and the pornslappers went

wdyw

Article from a few years ago

http://digitaljournal.com/article/279121

"100 plus heat"????? sorry heat is measured in Joules, do you mean temperature?

I can think of about 10 reasons why I wouldn't buy from the water sellers.

photome

VALUE FOR MONEY

wdyw wrote: »

Article from a few years ago

http://digitaljournal.com/article/279121

"100 plus heat"????? sorry heat is measured in Joules, do you mean temperature?

I can think of about 10 reasons why I wouldn't buy from the water sellers.

Whatever, theres always one!

I only asked a simple question

which you didnt answer

The article just told me that they make lots of money...so what, so do Tescos

technolight

VALUE FOR MONEY

wdyw wrote: »

Article from a few years ago

http://digitaljournal.com/article/279121

"100 plus heat"????? sorry heat is measured in Joules, do you mean temperature?

I can think of about 10 reasons why I wouldn't buy from the water sellers.

Go on gimmie the 10 reasons.

Never had a problem with them , check seal on bottle $1 no problem.

vegasvisitor

VALUE FOR MONEY

I'm not totally sure, I may have bought water from them before.

That said, I don't agree with benefit cheating, tax evastion etc. But I probably haven't given it that much thought before. I'm a moneysaver, so I guess I'd rather pay a dollar than go into MGM or something and pay $3 :rotfl:

glenbois

Pizza or chinese delivery to our hotel room (Vdara)?
Can we do this?
if we can, any suggestions?

Thanks