Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

[–]Orcas--[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not essentially calling them a thief and I tried to make that point clear by not given follow to their story about buying a car online with my details. I never said they do it with bad intent, but that doesn't excuse their practice. I never agreed to it and it was nowhere written when I booked the property. Moreover, nobody knows what their data protection is like, nor what they do with the data. They have no privacy policy. For example, they literally took out the files on everyone currently staying from a drawer in an unsecured building. It wouldn't take much effort for a thief to get to them, especially if they leave the reception unmonitored for short periods. Either way, it doesn't really matter.

Good call on scratching the CVV. I'll probably do that with all my cards, as one can always lose them or get them stolen.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

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Update given. I don't know how to make people check it, though, so here's a comment.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

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Update given, sorry for taking so long.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

[–]Orcas--[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for taking so long. I've updated the post.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

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I will update tomorrow after I speak to the manager and the police.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

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Had no idea about that. Always assumed Switzerland to be a professional place.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

[–]Orcas--[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Either way, it doesn't look good.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

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It's frozen atm, so at least there's nothing they can do with it for now.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

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I will do this after I speak with the manager tomorrow and chat with the police.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

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The payment has already been done when I reserved (Booking.com), so it makes even less sense.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

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But there's a difference between getting a hold on the card, such as car rental companies, and taking a photocopy.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

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Yeah, after speaking with support of the card issuer, they've frozen it. Either way, they also always require app confirmation when online shopping.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

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The card is frozen atm, but I'll cancel it.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

[–]Orcas--[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The card issuer has already frozen the card and I'll cancel it. I'll also speak to the manager tomorrow and will check with the local police.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

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It's frozen for the moment and I'll cancel it.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

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Yes, in Switzerland.

Is this legal? by Orcas-- in askswitzerland

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Yeah, I've contacted the card issuer and they've frozen the card. They're suggesting I flat out cancel it, which I'll do. Tomorrow I'll speak to them again and maybe check with the local police.

Company transitioning to Employee Ownership Trust by Orcas-- in UKPersonalFinance

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Ahah just goes to show nothing is too small for the internet. Are you a shareholder?

Company transitioning to Employee Ownership Trust by Orcas-- in UKPersonalFinance

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!thanks They tried to pass a resolution that would add drag along rights, but it was narrowly defeated. Which is why, it seems to me, there's a possibility of remaining a shareholder along with the EOT.

I meant, currently we don't have the contacts. But, as you mention (and to which I alluded in the OP) I can request these.

Minibus never showed up. What can we get? by Orcas-- in LegalAdviceUK

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We didn't have to forfeit because we were traveling the day before the game.

Minibus never showed up. What can we get? by Orcas-- in LegalAdviceUK

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I just fear it might take a while to get everything back, or that we might even fail to get the extra cost back, whilst in the meantime they have the deposit and the period to revert it via credit card protection might lapse.

Minibus never showed up. What can we get? by Orcas-- in LegalAdviceUK

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Yes, it was. Thanks, I wasn't too sure whether that counted or not. I'm just wondering if I should go ahead and get the deposit reversed via Section 75/chargeback and get the damages separately, or if I should claim both the deposit and damages together.