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Priceline Deceptive Trade Practices consumer fraud New York New York Internet
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Priceline uses deceptive trade practices to make you think you are getting some kind of deal. I booked a hotel room at Econo Lodge Time Square for New Years. I thought it was right on Times Square, and would be inside the police cordon for the ball drop. Wrong. Room so tiny you couldn't get around the bed without crab walking between the bed and wall. Room $250 a night. Paid in full. Got there, realized I had been scammed, and checked out after two nights. Econo Lodge said "sorry you booked through Priceline, you must go to them for a refund". Priceline said "sorry, Econo Lodge takes care of refunds". Net result: Screwed out of $500 for two nights of lodging paid in advance.
I'm a lawyer, and if anyone wants to join in a lawsuit, contact me. I'm going to sue Econo Lodge, and Priceline, and let the Jury sort it out. Having a lawsuit pending in NYC makes all my trips tax deductible, so what the heck. If I had been smart enought to check with Ripoff Report .com before I did business with Priceline, I wouldn't have made the mistake of doing business with them. Addendum: I found a two room suite CLOSER to Times Square for approximately the same price.
Catfish
Fredericksburg, Texas
U.S.A.
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 01/15/2009 01:58 PM and is a permanent record located here: https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/priceline/internet/priceline-deceptive-trade-practices-consumer-fraud-new-york-new-york-internet-412499. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year. Ripoff Report has an exclusive license to this report. It may not be copied without the written permission of Ripoff Report. READ: Foreign websites steal our content
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#1 Consumer Suggestion
How can you sue a hotel when you chose to stay there? Look at reviews, do research, take some responsibility!
AUTHOR: Chihuahua - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Monday, April 06, 2009
Normally I do not respond, but this report really bugged me. All NYC hotels are small, and if you have certain requests on location, size, ect. - then do a little research BEFORE booking to guarantee this for yourself. Before you booked, you could've looked up the Econo Lodge location, room specifications, pictures, reviews....on and on. And Priceline is just the middleman. You chose, you stayed there, it's your responsibility.
It's just too sad nowadays, when people take zero responsibility and decide that sue, sue, sue is the answer. It will be terribly sad if this doesn't get thrown out immediately.
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