I'm going to copy and paste the answer Muri gave, since she wrote it nice and clearly:
There was an error made in the calculation of the prices; it shouldn't add up to the OLD room prices, but the NEW room prices.
Yes, they paid 9000 equally, but the new numbers should have added up to the NEW cost of the room. (Man, that sounded weird to me, but XD)
Look at it this way:
3 x 9000 (what the women paid after the refund) = 27000
But what they *really* should have paid, with the new deal = 25000
The bellhop took 2000, which is the difference between the 27000 and the 25000.
In conclusion, the money didn't go anywhere (well, besides the bellhop's pocket).
The error is in the fact that people expected the 9000 to go towards the old room price ... but the fact is, that number isn't valid anymore. The reason they GOT back the 1000 (after the cheating bellhop) WAS that the price had switched to 25000, right? XD
Otherwise, they wouldn't have gotten any of the money back at all.
FINALLY, someone other than me who didn't get it.
There was an error made in the calculation of the prices; it shouldn't add up to the OLD room prices, but the NEW room prices.
Yes, they paid 9000 equally, but the new numbers should have added up to the NEW cost of the room. (Man, that sounded weird to me, but XD)
Look at it this way:
3 x 9000 (what the women paid after the refund) = 27000
But what they *really* should have paid, with the new deal = 25000
The bellhop took 2000, which is the difference between the 27000 and the 25000.
In conclusion, the money didn't go anywhere (well, besides the bellhop's pocket).
The error is in the fact that people expected the 9000 to go towards the old room price ... but the fact is, that number isn't valid anymore. The reason they GOT back the 1000 (after the cheating bellhop) WAS that the price had switched to 25000, right? XD
Otherwise, they wouldn't have gotten any of the money back at all.