HolyShitBSE wrote:
hey dude,
what happened with this afterwards?
Hey,
I didn't want to bore everyone with every little twist and turn in what became a saga.
So, I go the apartment for £56 (€63.40) for three nights in de Jordaan.
I received confirmation and payment was completed.
I then get a message from the own asking me to cancel as it was a mistake.
I then get an email from the site, asking if I wanted to cancel because the owner said I'd asked to cancel, which I though was a bit dishonest.
So I clarified with the site and told the owner.
Then things got really confused.
The owner said it was €660 for three nights, but the site said it was €160 for the stay but the owner would accept €125 for the stay.
I agreed to pay the balance, then was told that it wasn't €125 for the stay, as I had been told, but per night. I said that wasn't acceptable, even though I accepted it was good value, because this was now a second breach of agreement. There was a bit of toing and froing with no movement.
So this morning I received an email saying that they were sorry for the confusion and would give me it for €125 in total for the whole stay, due to their repeated errors. This still involved a complication of how the owner would be paid by the site and whether they'd agree to it, which meant more delay.
That would have been ideal, apart from the fact that the passing of time and continued uncertainty made me book a non-refundable hotel of the standard I was aiming for.
So had I not blinked I would have had an apartment in de Jordaan for 3 nights for €125 total. However, as well as my refund, I'm getting €75 compensation. So, it's kind of like winning a football match 3-2, but after you were winning 3-0 at half time.
De Jordaan apartment would have been about £9 cheaper, but I'm still getting a good deal, and I slightly prefer the area the hotel is in for access to entertainments.