advice request

[Hal Turell]

Ray she said the TA did not run her card through.

Ray Goldenberg <r...@lighthousetravel.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:55:28 +0100, "Merica" <er...@merica.ch> wrote:
>
> >As long as you did not sign anything, you are OK.
>
> Hi Merica,
>
> I don't want to turn this in to a legal dissertation but I don't
> believe the above is accurate. Many folks book cruises over the phone
> and never sign anything. Believe me that the cruise lines enforce
> their cancellation penalties and nothing is ever signed by the client.
>
> Best regards,
> Ray
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[Nathan H Rosenthal]

Tell them to contact your attorney. If the facts are as you state, you never
had a contract for the cruise.

Nate

"Kitchen27" <kitc...@home.com> wrote in message
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> I booked a cruise, then I cancelled it within about a month because the
> agent never returned any of my phone calls after the booking. After
> multiple attempts to contact her, I learned that the agent that I booked
> with no longer worked there, so her manager took my verbal request to
cancel
> and said she would take care of it. That was last summer. Nobody ever
said
> anything about a cancellation fee until 26 February 2001.
>
> BTW, the agent never ran my credit card for the deposit. That credit card
> account is now closed.
>
> I have now received a bill from the agency and they claim that:
>
> A) I never cancelled the cruise verbally with the manager
> B) I owe them $100 in cancellation fees now
> C) I will lose my initial deposit
> D) I must write a letter to them to cancel the cruise
>
>
> They haven't figured out yet that the agent never ran my credit card for
the
> deposit in the first place.
>
> Any advice? What would you do in my place?
>
> Kitc...@home.com
>
>

[Chuck.K]

Kitchen27 wrote:
>
> I booked a cruise, then I cancelled it within about a month because the
> agent never returned any of my phone calls after the booking. After
> multiple attempts to contact her, I learned that the agent that I booked
> with no longer worked there, so her manager took my verbal request to cancel
> and said she would take care of it. That was last summer. Nobody ever said
> anything about a cancellation fee until 26 February 2001.
>
> BTW, the agent never ran my credit card for the deposit. That credit card
> account is now closed.
>
> I have now received a bill from the agency and they claim that:
>
> A) I never cancelled the cruise verbally with the manager
> B) I owe them $100 in cancellation fees now
> C) I will lose my initial deposit
> D) I must write a letter to them to cancel the cruise
>
> They haven't figured out yet that the agent never ran my credit card for the
> deposit in the first place.
>
> Any advice? What would you do in my place?
>
> Kitc...@home.com

Since your credit card was never charged, you never had a binding
agreement. No "consideration" was ever received, therefore, no valid
contract ever existed.

Tell them to stuff it. If they choose to continue, wait for something
in writing and then request to see a valid contract.

You have nothing to fear from these people, other then minor harassment.

Chuck

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[Tom & Linda]

If the original payment for the booking was never made, the 7 day hold
would have expired. That should have been the end of the story.

I think the person needs to explain that the deposit was never paid and
no booking was ever made. All that happened was that a cabin was put on
hold and that hold was allowed to expire. No payment of $100 should be
due for that.

--Tom

[Kitchen27]

Well, the agency said they would call me to discuss this further on Tuesday,
but so far I haven't heard from them at all.
Thanks to all who gave advice!

[Charles]

"Kitchen27" <kitc...@home.com> wrote in message

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I don't see how they expect to collect.

[Cal Ford]

You do not owe this agency or anybody there anything at all. Not even an
explanation. Sounds to me like they are desperate and are trying to bully you
into sending money.

We have a guy here on the West Coast that does the same thing, charges a Fee to
people when they change their mind but does not tell them that up front when he
gets the Credit Card number. One of these days he is going to get too bold and
wind up in jail.

If they continue to harass you ask them to send everything in writing, in
duplicate, because your District Attorney has requested a copy. That should dry
things up.

Cal Ford
Lido Deck Cruises

[Sue Whitfield]

If your credit card was not run then that means you did not have a booking
so how can they take something for you that is not there? Crazy! I would not
worry about it!

--
Susette Whitfield-ACC
www.cruiseoutlets.com - A Vacation.com agency
(800) 853-9515