Taking of money.....

maxmycardagain

Update
Address for the company has JUST been changed to a unit where also were (it seems) 2 previous companies for the same hotel, same directors..

I smell a rate with a bag full of cash

ItsComingRome

maxmycardagain said:

Update
Address for the company has JUST been changed to a unit where also were (it seems) 2 previous companies for the same hotel, same directors..

I smell a rate with a bag full of cash

Why?

Given you could chargeback if they went bust what do they stand to gain from this?

maxmycardagain

ItsComingRome said:

maxmycardagain said:

born_again said:

Easily solved by the person with all the funds. Giving them the money and the overdraft is cleared 👍

Hotels will always keep card details. In case as per other thread going on about soiled bed. They can reclaim costs with not issues.
It's all in their T/C. 

It was agreed the balance would be paid in cash 

Well, you can be intransigent and keep insisting on this whilst you watch the lady continue to rack up charges while you argue the toss with the hotel.  Or you can sort out the immediate problem, stop the charges and then argue it out with them.

Given you'd have a duty to mitigate your losses you might find your unwillingness to find a short--term solution to her bank problem will leave you (or her) out of pocket.

so what does lady 2 tell lady's 3 - 15 when their money has been handed to lady 1 and the company has gone tits up?

[Deleted User]

She says, "don't worry ladies, because we paid by card instead of handing over a load of cash as per my original ridiculous idea, we can just do a chargeback."

maxmycardagain

Deleted_User said:

She says, "don't worry ladies, because we paid by card instead of handing over a load of cash as per my original ridiculous idea, we can just do a chargeback."

if bank agrees how long will she be destitute?

this meeting up is for the 10th-12th so the pot is only going to a new hotel or the 13 hens

Grumpy_chap

It seems the right thing to do here is give the cash to the lady that may have inadvertently paid by card.  If she gets a refund, to her card, happy days and she can draw the cash out to pay the hotel.  If she does not get a refund, then the hotel bill is paid (or chargeback).  In the meantime, she is not suffering charges and credit report impacts.

born_again

maxmycardagain said:

Deleted_User said:

She says, "don't worry ladies, because we paid by card instead of handing over a load of cash as per my original ridiculous idea, we can just do a chargeback."

if bank agrees how long will she be destitute?

this meeting up is for the 10th-12th so the pot is only going to a new hotel or the 13 hens

You are the one leaving her destitute. Whoever is holding the funds needs to give it to her now.....🤦‍♀️

Chargeback can not be done till after the date the stay starts. That is if you do not get the stay. If you get the stay then there is no chargeback..

sheramber

Give the lady with the overdraft the money so she can clear her account.

If the hotel refund the money she can repay everybody.

if they don't refund them the stay is paid for.

If the hotel go bus t then you are all on the same position of loss, rather than lady 1 having the loss of the whole amount. leaving her with the total loss seems very unfair.


if the hotel goes bust then Lady 1 can make a claim for a chargeback from her card and refund any money to everybody. when it is paid out.

maxmycardagain

Finally, after 5 days and 20 phone calls, the hotel rang, I think using covert message sending via another hotel rattled the guy

they are repaying to the same card the money, they admitted they shouldnt have taken it in the first place

manager blamed his boss, his system, being busy and staff shortages...........

he didnt offer any compo tho

[Deleted User]

maxmycardagain said:

I think using covert message sending via another hotel rattled the guy

If it really was covert, 'the guy' wouldn't even have known about it....