Badly written adverts and even worse customer service
Me and my girlfriend wanted to go to the Spa F1 Grand Prix in August and struggled to get a hotel near the circuit. So we looked at these holiday cottages advertised in Ardennes Etapes to see if anything was available. To our luck we found a small cottage just outside Stavelot, approx one hour walk from the circuit.....result.....or so we thought! We looked through every word of the advert to find the address but it stated the exact address is only given on full payment, the advert only said it was 5km away from stavelot. Anyway to avoid losing the cottage for the time needed we booked and paid the full amount , the address was then given which listed the cottage in Beaumont , miles away to the south east, no where near Stavelot. In fact it was even further away from Spa - 13km- making it impossible to walk there. We immediatley emailed Ardennes Etape to inform them of the issue and that we wanted a refund to find some where else. This is where the troubles began, their customer services rep , stated their advert was not misleading (it was) and the location was clear (it wasn't). after numerous emails they did offer us a refund BUT with a 30% admin charge , which was clearly stated on the terms and conditions. So we lost around £100 for an unclear advert- imagine some one advertising something in the UK and it's not quite right, it's misleading I may even go as far to call it a scam when they take £100 of my money and refuse to give it back. Further emails got nowhere with their customer services - they were very stubborn and rude with her responses stating that that we should have taken time to read the advert, they even included screen shots of the advert in their response, where they had circled key words within , in the most demeaning way, to try and defend themselves. Our point was simple- the moment we found the address was not as we thought following payment, we raised it to their attention and they did nothing. Or maybe this was their intention to get some revenue from a cottage in the middle of nowhere. Now we're not going to Belgium, were not going to Spa F1 and by the looks of things were not going to see that £100 they swindled from us again. 100% miserable from using and booking through Ardennes Etape....avoid this company at all costs!
19. juni 2016
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