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The Boston Harbor Hotel Credit Card Scam Story

from #240 - Kendall v. Woody | The Tim Dillon Show · #240

7 min

Tim and Dan recount in detail how they tried to check into the Boston Harbor Hotel's presidential suite, had Tim's card declined, argued the room wasn't well-lit to get a refund, and compare the whole ordeal to drug addicts scamming a suite to shoot up in luxury before signing off.

In this bit11 moments
  • Tim arrives at the Boston Harbor Hotel with a demanding list: big room, big table, big desk, terrace, helicopter pad, butler, silver plates, china.
  • His credit card gets declined because he has no money on it, then explains that real wealthy people don't actually carry money.
  • The card keeps declining and the hotel staff asks if he has even one hundred dollars to authorize, while his phone is dead and needs charging.
  • They finally get money raised on the card, check the room, decide it's not good enough, and demand a refund claiming insufficient lighting for podcast recording.
  • Tim insists he genuinely wasn't impressed with the room and didn't think it was worth the money.
  • Dan claims his phone was used at the concierge to charge Tim's phone and helped raise the credit limit, making him a partial financier of the podcast.
  • Tim defends the situation as a negotiation tactic: having no money and creating chaos to confuse people and get what he wants.
  • They looked like two guys walking into a hotel to shoot up in a fancy area, forcing the staff to wonder what they'd do in the room.
  • Tim pitches drug addicts on the idea of booking the presidential suite instead of budget motels, then leaving after using it.
  • The hotel staff probably expected to find fetuses hanging from the ceiling when they cleaned the room after Tim and Dan left.
  • Tim tells listeners to follow Dan Carney, then says Dan doesn't deserve it and that he should make Tim earn the follow instead.
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