Originally Posted by
chgoeditor
Clearly you need to hire a consumer protection lawyer -- keep one on retainer, optimally -- because you have asked (in multiple threads) the same question over and over again: "But how can selling FUTURE stay without authorization (only by virtue of knowing my CC information) be legal?"
We are strangers on the internet. We think we know a lot, but don't necessarily. ASK A LAWYER. You are clearly not finding the answers to your question here on FT, and simply asking it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again doesn't mean you're going to get the answer that you want to hear. Maybe you will value the advice more if you have to pay an expert for it.
This one is even better: opting for the above clatter to convince a member to seize asking questions on the forum. Btw, how convinced are you that there are no lawyers here? And why does one need to necessarily be a lawyer to possess proper knowledge on one isolated point? I was a party pro se in probably a dozen cases - and I only recall one loss (not a win, to be precise). Not the worst of records - by simply acting correctly and exercising common sense.
Yes, it's very strange indeed that on the forum of the consumers - we suddenly get preponderance of responses that see nothing wrong with a business manager's action of bluntly unauthorized CC charges. I was just reminded of an instance ten years ago, when I found a charge on Citi debit card for a hotel nite in Orlando, while I was home in NY. Bank put money back into my account, and their investigation showed that the card was swiped at that hotel - but card never left my wallet in NY! Bank's explanation was simple: they've made an actual plastic copy. Who would have thought...How much do actions of this hotel manager differ? Oh yes, he didn't have to make a plastic copy. He just copied the number from the file - and sold my card future stay at rack rate without authorization. Not considering for a minute the evidence in the same file that guest was already fully charged for the same future days by a travel agency known to them. Is Florida a banana republic? A hotel manager (or accountant) knowingly depletes guest's bank account by 240% prior to stay - and acts like nothing occurred. And the posts here tell me to count my blessings that hotel replenished this totally illegal charge merely two weeks hence. I be damned