The "one neat trick" that galls me even more is that when you did book a property you sometimes get spam that prices in Middleofnowhere just went down. While n

The "one neat trick" that galls me even more is that when you did book a property you sometimes get spam that prices in Middleofnowhere just went down. While not being able to prove it I'm almost 100% certain that this is a bold faced lie. Why? I booked a hotel maybe a week in advance in Sapporo in the middle of Golden Week[1]. Probably on the same day I received that slimy spam that "Prices in Sapporo just went down". I think that's a lie because prices in Japan during Golden Week don't go down; never ever! Demand is so high during that time that this is just not believable in any way, shape or form. Why slimey you ask? I think it's really shitty behavior by booking.com just having sold a property to then turn around trying to get me to cancel that property and book something apparently cheaper. I totally get why hotels hate booking.com with a vengeance when they use such scummy tactics against those entities they make their money from. And I agree: The actual service works and is pretty good and they shouldn't need to hit you with tactics that are not that far off from that Nigerian gentleman who has a cool few million for you. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Week_(Japan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Week_(Japan)