soos wrote:
Skid Row Joe wrote:
So, something's up with their system, if they thought they could charge me for something I didn't agree to purchase.
Well, not to quibble, but you DID agree to purchase when you made the call to make a reservation. You asked them to reserve a spot for you, which they did.
It is not the norm to have a verbalized "hold for late arrival". RVers arrive at all hours as a matter of course.
Whether you gave a credit card number or not is immaterial in determining whether a reservation is made. You said you would be there. Period.
Moving on, I don't see anything to be gained by complaining about the manager to his superiors. as you said, he's been there for 10 years. thats not likely to change. What would you gain besides letting off steam? If he figures out you complained, realistically it could effect your future stays at that campground. It shouldn't, but that doesn't mean it won't.
My two cents- life is short- let it go and move on.
If the non-guaranteed status of the reservation was immaterial, then why didn't the manager charge my CC? The answer is easy - there was no contract enforceable. Unfortunately, because of the rudeness factor of the accusatory and belligerent manager, at that point they decided to escalate the call into a threat to charge me. Which of course was an empty threat, on the unenforceable contract that clearly did not exist. Once again, I'm not complaining about anything, other than their manager's extremely rude behavior and bullying tactic.
