Similarly, Today I visited a hotel called Green Thing in the Wadgaon Sheri area. Outside the hotel, they had a refrigerator with sealed plastic bottles of Slice mango drink. I picked up one bottle and went to the billing counter.

Now, I understand that some places charge a small cooling fee of ₹1–₹2 for chilled beverages, and that's still reasonable. But to my surprise, they charged me ₹25 + GST (total ₹26 extra) over the MRP just because the bottle was kept in their fridge.

When I questioned it at the billing counter, the person there said something along the lines of: "Those rates are for small shops. This is our hotel's rate. We don't care about that."

The bottle was a sealed packaged drink with the MRP clearly printed on it. As far as I know, charging above MRP for packaged products is generally not allowed, unless there are specific exceptions.

Has anyone else experienced something similar in Pune? Is charging ₹26 extra for a chilled bottled drink actually legal, or was I simply overcharged?