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I've been to the same restaurant on other nights and it's always been packed, so it was quite suspicious that it was so empty on what should be an even busier n
by cozzyd 9y ago
I've been to the same restaurant on other nights and it's always been packed, so it was quite suspicious that it was so empty on what should be an even busier night...
- petee 9y agoOh ok, you're likely right in that case! On a positive note, at least you got a little peace for dinner
- matte_black 9y agoWhat’s to stop anyone else from doing something similar if they want a quiet dinner?
- cozzyd 9y agoThat's a great idea, sounds like a niche for no-shows-as-a-service.
- 52-6F-62 9y agoAlso the fast track to normalizing pay-to-reserve/down-payment on meals at restaurants
- sitepodmatt 9y agoWhy isn't this a thing already, just like hotels, pre-authorize a minimum table charge to a debit/credit card (ensure AVS and/or names matches - most CC processors fraud systems provide this info - so you have correct details to blacklist in the event of a chargeback) - infact actually the reservation provider should be handling and swallowing the chargeback risk - they have the aggregated data and taking a big fee for essentially a risk free SaaS.
- petee 9y agoThey probably don't want to raise the bar any more for potential customers: too many hoops and I'll just use the phone instead; it'll take less time to call than type my CC#
- sitepodmatt 9y agoThe idea would be that they do the same on the phone, it's much easier to type than have someone try to process a CC over the phone 5494 2442 what was that again 5494 242.. etc.. It's almost impossible to secure a hotel without a CC nowadays even for pay on arrival, it will take some first movers but I'd suspect most would follow suit pretty quickly.
- matte_black 9y agoMaybe this is just something that has to be created and proliferated to finally get restaurants to accept down payments on reservations.
- 908087 9y agoI wouldn't put it past SV VCs to throw money at something like that in the name of "disruption", ethics be damned. I can almost picture the founders talking about "changing the world" and "disrupting the restaurant reservation cartels" in interviews.