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Booking.com lost me as a customer for life after I fell victim to their sleazy tactics a few times. I have refused to book anything on booking for the last few
by newaccount74 4y ago
Booking.com lost me as a customer for life after I fell victim to their sleazy tactics a few times. I have refused to book anything on booking for the last few years because I didn't want to be mislead into booking a crappy hotel by their algorithms again.
I guess my decision doesn't matter much in the grand scheme of things, because they are still around and judging by the screenshots it's as bad as ever, and people still use the site...
- FireBeyond 4y agoYup. Go now to booking.com and pick a remote roadside motel in Wyoming for a midweek stay sometime in March of 2024. And watch booking.com try to tell you that "19 people have booked this today" or some such bullshit.
- sizzle 4y agoI’m surprised California hasn’t outlawed this tactic as deceptive marketing or such? Any idea why companies can falsify data for the sole purpose of deceiving consumers to increase their revenue?
- iruoy 4y agoThere are no laws against it in the US. In the EU there are some[0][1] now. [0]: https://www.acm.nl/en/publications/bookingcom-commits-adjusting-its-website-following-action-european-consumer-authorities https://www.acm.nl/en/publications/bookingcom-commits-adjust... [1]: https://www.acm.nl/en/publications/booking-and-expedia-inform-consumers-more-clearly-about-their-offers-following-action-european-consumer-authorities https://www.acm.nl/en/publications/booking-and-expedia-infor...
- woobar 4y agoI've just tried this and now they show me identical room for the same price with two different nags. Not sure if they have only 2 or 5 (or 7?) "Queen Studios" left. https://imgur.com/a/oqOTYlz https://imgur.com/a/oqOTYlz
- logifail 4y ago> watch booking.com try to tell you that "19 people have booked this today" or some such bullshit ...while watching uBlock Origin go crazy blocking stuff.