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Oh ok, you're likely right in that case! On a positive note, at least you got a little peace for dinner
by petee 9y ago
Oh 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.