Dr. Amy, Psy.D.
Be careful booking hotels - when we got a room for my grandma's funeral, we called the number listed on the Google business page, Turns out Expedia had hijacked the page and pretended to be the hotel's front desk when I called. Charged us a higher rate than we would've paid had we reached the front desk.
I reported the charge as fraud and my bank is getting me a refund, and I've spoken to the actual hotel to pay them the correct amount directly.
Jess👾
@dramypsyd I've also seen the Google Maps hijacking for ordering from a restaurant where it sends you to some 3rd party order/delivery site like Doordash that adds extra fees when you can go to the restaurant's website and order there for no additional charges. Fucking assholes always trying to insert themselves between the buyer and seller to tack on extra fees and surcharges while delivering no additional value. It's why now days i go to the actual website itself and order from whatever they recommended.
Jess👾
@dramypsyd On top of the price gouging, when you go through some 3rd party, the hotel has far less ability to make changes if you ask.
Dr. Amy, Psy.D.
@JessTheUnstill Yup! And apparently this hotel offered discounts if you're traveling for a funeral, which of course Expedia did not include.
Dr. Amy, Psy.D.
@JessTheUnstill Oh definitely, this was an excellent reminder to me to use the actual website and not the search results for contact info.
shsbxheb
@dramypsyd @me Otherwise known as the law is for working people and not for the elite.
Dr. Amy, Psy.D.
@me I feel like it shouldn't be legal, but the thing is breaking the law like this typically results in fines, so the business just pays the fine and keeps breaking the law
me
@dramypsyd How is that even legal?
Is that even legal?
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