The hotwire low price guarantee scam (they only ripped me off from $3 or so but refused to budge on it)
They have a ridiculous low pre tax rate of say $40 then they add say $16 of 'tax' (what that consists of is anyones guess but it does involve their booking fee as they told me that) bringing it to $56
The actual hotel will have a pre tax rate of say $48 and actual real 'sales tax' of $6 bringing it to $54
So, when anyone says 'You charged me more than the actual hotel' they can say 'No. Our pre tax rate was $8 lower' because they've added a load of non existent made up 'tax' to the actual total price.
It's insane, and they're *still* mailing me stuff today like 'I can assure you, you were not overcharged' which is barking mad
Their TV ads make no distinction between pre tax and after tax prices, they just say you'll save money.
Well here's the 'TV ad' version of what I was charged
Hotwire - $56.25
Actual hotel - $54
Not only did they charge $2.25 more than booking through the actual hotel, they then refused to pay the difference because of their absurd 'tax' scam
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