Embossed credit card at car hire company?

martindow

powerful_Rogue said:

Was it really 'ultra small print', ' mega small print' or simply a case of it being a link you didn't click on to read before agreeing?

Probably both!  The OP's in good company as t&cs are often pages and pages long which I suspect the majority of us don't plough through.

This is the reason that legislation was put in place here to make well hidden terms unenforceable legally.  Won't help the OP with Romania though I'm afraid.

powerful_Rogue

martindow said:

powerful_Rogue said:

Was it really 'ultra small print', ' mega small print' or simply a case of it being a link you didn't click on to read before agreeing?

Probably both!  The OP's in good company as t&cs are often pages and pages long which I suspect the majority of us don't plough through.

This is the reason that legislation was put in place here to make well hidden terms unenforceable legally.  Won't help the OP with Romania though I'm afraid.

If the OP can provide a link to them, will be much easier to decide.

I have and would plough through them when hiring a car in a foreign country.

J_B

Somewhat embarrassingly, I have 7 cards in my wallet ... only two of them are embossed!

Voyager2002

martindow said:

powerful_Rogue said:

Was it really 'ultra small print', ' mega small print' or simply a case of it being a link you didn't click on to read before agreeing?

Probably both!  The OP's in good company as t&cs are often pages and pages long which I suspect the majority of us don't plough through.

This is the reason that legislation was put in place here to make well hidden terms unenforceable legally.  Won't help the OP with Romania though I'm afraid.

Surely the fact that hidden and unfair terms are unenforceable would help the OP when taking this up with his credit card provider, who is (i) liable for the money taken when the service was not provided; and (ii) bound by English or Scottish law. The fact that Booking.com have made a partial refund does suggest that they are, legally, the party who accepted payment but failed to provide the contracted service, in which case there is a direct link and so the credit card provider would also be in the frame.

DullGreyGuy

Voyager2002 said:

martindow said:

powerful_Rogue said:

Was it really 'ultra small print', ' mega small print' or simply a case of it being a link you didn't click on to read before agreeing?

Probably both!  The OP's in good company as t&cs are often pages and pages long which I suspect the majority of us don't plough through.

This is the reason that legislation was put in place here to make well hidden terms unenforceable legally.  Won't help the OP with Romania though I'm afraid.

Surely the fact that hidden and unfair terms are unenforceable would help the OP when taking this up with his credit card provider, who is (i) liable for the money taken when the service was not provided; and (ii) bound by English or Scottish law. The fact that Booking.com have made a partial refund does suggest that they are, legally, the party who accepted payment but failed to provide the contracted service, in which case there is a direct link and so the credit card provider would also be in the frame.

When making a decision under S75 the rules will be as per the jurisdiction in question not automatically English Law. If it's processed as a Chargeback then it considers the chargeback rules not any specific jurisdiction. 

They have presumably just waived their commission from the sale