Sleazy Downtown Vendor Is Charging Tourists $30 For Hot Dogs and Pretzels
May 20, 2015 | Prachi Gupta
You have to be a special brand of sleazy to rip off tourists who are checking out Ground Zero, so of course NBC 4 went down to Ahmed Mohammed’s hot dog stand to witness this for themselves. The outlet reports that Mohammed has been inflating the prices for hot dogs and pretzels to arbitrary amounts ranging from $15 to $30, according to angry customers. There have reportedly been 5 fights at his hot dog stand since May 13, according to Alliance for Downtown New York’s head of security, Ron Wolfgang.
The Department of Consumer Affairs requires vendors to post prices for food, which Mohammed does not. According to some customer’s he’s also been short-changing people — and in one case, not giving change at all.
It's been a rough week for Ahmed Mohammed, the assholish hot dog slinger who's been ripping off tourists near ground zero: First he got caught charging outrageous markups ($30 for a hot dog and soda) and shortchanging customers for pretzels and other stuff from his cart. Then he received a…
Ahmed Mohammed, the vendor hawking hot dogs and pretzels for up to $30 at a street corner adjacent to the 9/11 Memorial, has been ticketed. DNAinfo reports that he was slapped with three fines for failing to post prices. The amount of the fines has not been reported. NBC blew…
Recently, the crack investigative team at NBC News reported on a food vendor who was selling ridiculously priced hot dogs to people outside of the WTC complex. He reportedly charged one tourist $30, a price which the person could have refused, but didn't. Due to the media attention and faux…
