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RYAN H.

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5 Reviews by RYAN

  • American Express Travel

8/24/23
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American Express Travel advertised Four Seasons Hotel in Houston with a complimentary third night with a minimum stay of three nights. I have confirmed with four agents (Ranchael, Earl) that my dates are eligible, and somehow, the system did not apply the promotion. Amex Travel's system does the promo in a very unique and convoluted way. The discount is reflected in a lower nightly rate, often shown as the regular rate is crossed out, and the new rate would reflect the "free night." I see several problems with this practice. 1. Like my case, the nightly rate was NOT crossed out, leading me to suspect that the promotion wasn't applied. Most consumers would probably be unsuspecting, and this would have resulted in an overcharge. 2. Things like this must also be clarified for the Amex Agents. Most of them have attitudes and probably wouldn't bother looking into it. The agents I spoke with initially told me the rate had already been reduced to reflect the "free third night" until I proved them wrong. 3. I spent 2 hours explaining the error and finally got them to admit that it was an error, but they were ineffective in providing an error resolution. 4. This leads to unjust enrichment for Amex Travel. I suspect many consumers are conned into believing they are getting a discount. I have screenshots of everything. Amex would have gotten millions of dollars via this type of false advertising.

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  • 300 Hours

7/8/14

The site says "Although every effort has been taken to ensure accuracy..." my a$$. They intentionally posted some wrong information and unsuspected users believed it to be true. It went viral and even ended up on Wall Street Oasis. These people are no maturer than high school kids and should be banned forever.

  • Bloomingdale's

9/10/13

Absolutely the worst. I had a gift card and tried to spend it online. The order went through but later they sent me an email saying additional information required. I called, waited for 30 minutes and finally someone picked up. He assured me after getting my credit card information, the order will go through. That was NOT the case. The second order was denied again pending "fraud investigation". I called again and spoke to several supervisors, and they still cannot tell me why the system flagged my order. It was a simple gift card paid with CASH. There was no credit card involved so how can there be any fraud? The truth of the matter is, they stole my money and now I am out a $200 gift card and my order.

  • Raise

9/9/13

COMPLETE SCAM -- bought a $165 gift card and Bloomingdales says it's not valid and put me in fraud investigation. I contacted Raise.com and am still waiting for a refund.

  • Fabric.com

8/8/12

Fabric.com is the worst online retailer I've encountered so far. I purchased a small piece of fabric on 7/31/2012 and till this day it was not shipped. They simply created a UPS label on 8/7/12 to fool me into believing that it's shipped but UPS doesn't actually possess the package.

Their customer service made the excuse that they are currently moving and therefore all shipments are delayed. They offered no solution to rectify the problem, only asking me to "understand" that they are moving and I may have to wait indefinitely until they are done.

At this point there's no estimate when my merchandise will be shipped.

RYAN Has Earned 20 Votes

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Ryan H.'s review of Raise earned 14 Very Helpful votes

Ryan H.'s review of 300 Hours earned 2 Very Helpful votes

Ryan H.'s review of Bloomingdale's earned 3 Very Helpful votes

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