Town Car Service Vent

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mdhkitten

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Hi. I just was at WDW two weeks ago for 3 nights and had a great trip. This was my 29th trip over a lifetime, and I feel that I learn something new with each trip. The past two trips I used a town car service with which I had a good experience with. This time I found a different town car company (which at this point I won't name since I'm sure there are those that like it, so I don't want to offend anyone), and spoke with the owners, telling them that I had used the previous company in the past, and would they try to match the first companies price. They did better than that and offered me an incredible rate to try and win me over. I thought that this was great, so I said heck yeah! I then asked if they rented toasters out, and they said that they didn't but that was a great idea and were going to start and that I would get mine for free. I couldn't believe it. Now I could have breakfast in my room for two mornings! :cheer2: I was going to have breakfast at the Contemporary on the day of my departure, and asked them if they could pick us up there and then run by our hotel for luggage on the way out of WDW. They said no problem, but that it would be an extra $15. This was no problem for me. I then was sent the confirmation which quoted everything, and the pick up at the Contemporary, and the free toaster, and they quoted me $75 total. Sounds too good to be true you say? Well, it was. I printed out my confirmation with the $75 total and brought it on the trip.

We arrived at the airport and I had a call on my cell from the driver saying that he would be there in about 15 or 20 minutes. I figure that's no biggie because it would take us a few minutes to get to baggage claim anyway. We get down to baggage claim and fine our driver who then immediately says that he has to go to the restroom. He leaves for at least 5 or more minutes and as soon as he leaves the baggage starts to go around. I feel that I need to get it so that we don't have to wait forever, and I'm glad I did because it took him another 5+ minutes to get back. The driver isn't friendly either, which makes it all the worse. He then starts to tell me that the round trip is $95 dollars and I say that isn't what I was quoted. He says "no, your r/t is actually $90". I said, no, I have my confirmation here for $75 r/t. He says, sorry, they must have made a mistake and starts to try and argue with me when I had the confirmation in my hand. I decided that I wasn't going to start my trip off that way and paid him the extra $15. My point was that the company made the error in quoting the incorrect price, and maybe it was my fault for not questioning it, but they had been so nice all along that I thought that they were just giving me a good deal. I feel that if any place gives you an incorrect price that is lower than what it should be, that is their own fault and they should honor what they print in a confirmation. Oh, and I'm not looking at something for nothing. I have worked as a customer service supervisor for years, and treat my customers with the upmost respect. I always feel that they should (in 99% of circumstances be treated as they are always right, and if I make a mistake, then I eat the cost). Then the driver mentions that the toaster idea was SO popular, that they wouldn't have a toaster for me until Wednesday, 3 days into our trip. This made me even more upset. The owner offered to bring me the toaster on the third day, but it was pointless then because our last day included a character breakfast.

Am I just being overly critical? :rolleyes: Thanks for listening! :goodvibes Oh, if anyone would like the name of the company, feel free to pm me.
 
Nope, you aren't wrong. They made and an agreement and failed to live up to it.

I wish you would name the name. Folks who did a "bait and switch" which is EXACTLY what this guy did should get the blame...
 
I then asked if they rented toasters out, and they said that they didn't but that was a great idea and were going to start and that I would get mine for free.

Why don't I think this is such a good idea if cooking implements are not permitted in hotel rooms?
 
Well, folks have called Disney and been told that "cooking implements" are OK. I am fine with toasters... they use very little power and are not a big fire risk.

My fav was the guy on here a few years ago who wanted to cook ethnic food in his crock pot and got just irrate when some of us pointed out we did NOT want to smell this...

As to the OPs problem.....

Aren't we continually hearing towncar compaines "crying" that ME is running them out of business? Here's a hint. The folks who use towncars are paying for SERVICE, if you fail to provide good service why should they pay your? Why not go with the free service? In this case I would bet that the OP would have been at Disney at about the same time considering the 20 to 25 minute wait for the rude driver....

I have lost all sympathy for towncar compaines.. they are thier own worst enemy and if this is their idea of "service" then they really don't deserve to stay in business.
 

The driver was wrong and I would have been furious :furious:. An online travel agency tried to pull a bait and switch with me and I'm reporting them to the BBB.

I wish you would tell us the name of the company. I'm trying to choose a towncar company for my summer vacation and I'd appreciate the warning :)
 
i have never been able to understand why folks dont name the company. good or bad, the name of the company is what people here care about. otherwise, we all feel bad for you, but if we know the name of the company we can avoid those same issues.
 
I'd definitely report the company to the BBB. Also, I'd mention the company here----many of us use towncar services and I'd hate to have anyone else suffer the same predicament.
 
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If you'd like the name of the company, I'd be more than happy to pm it to you. I guess I just feel funny posting any companies name out there. :goodvibes
 
MDH Kitten,

Here is what this looks like. You are talking about a company, but won't name the company. It all sounds so ridiculous that I am beginning to doubt there is even a company. Were you making up the story. If not, let us know the name of the company and it will be brought to the attention of the owner and the driver. I will make that happen. If you cannot give the name of the company than sign off on the incident because there is no sense in spreading rumors or gossip that gives the Disney trolls or "tokens" a chance to continue to knock town car or other transportation choices from the Orlando Airport.
Usually people don't want to give the names because the story may be stretched and could be verified.

Edd
 
Fine, I'm dropping it. I chose not to tell the name because of professional courtesy, I suppose. I didn't put this out there to be treated hatefully by some of you people. I was more than happy to give the information to you in a pm. It would take less time for you to drop a pm with "Name, please", than to spend the time trying to flame me. Forget that I even tried to help any of you. The people on some of these boards are so nasty. At least I tried to offer a way for you to get the name. Moderator, please lock this thread. Thanks.
 
Edd said:
MDH Kitten,

Here is what this looks like. You are talking about a company, but won't name the company. It all sounds so ridiculous that I am beginning to doubt there is even a company. Were you making up the story. If not, let us know the name of the company and it will be brought to the attention of the owner and the driver. I will make that happen. If you cannot give the name of the company than sign off on the incident because there is no sense in spreading rumors or gossip that gives the Disney trolls or "tokens" a chance to continue to knock town car or other transportation choices from the Orlando Airport.

Edd

Hey Edd,

I had to go to the trouble to remove you from my ignore list because I KNEW you were up to no good... And I was right.

The OP is actually got a MUCH better sense of fair play then YOU ever did. She has told me in a PM who it was. Maybe it was YOUR company..maybe it was YOU.? Is that why you are so concerned here.

(For those of you who may have missed Edd's previously unhelpful comments. He firmly believes that buses to Disney (ie ME) are unsafe and you should take a town car. However once the bus gets on Disney property you are protected by pixie dust :wizard: and Edd thinks that it's FINE for you to ride those buses... He sees no discrepancie in his fear for your safety on one bus and not on another. Another poster who is a MUCH better spy then I am has discovered that Edd is a towncar driver. A fact that he "forgot" to mention. So the fact that he feels it's OK for HIM to trash ME without mentioning that he has a vested interest but NOT for someone else to trash a towncar service by name is very entertaining...)


Sorry Edd I only see ONE troll on here and it's not the OP.....

(Off to put Edd back on the ignore list. As usual his posts aren't worth reading...)
 
CarolA,

You have said that I would be put on your ignore list three times already and you keep coming back. I hope it is for good. You are a hateful lady.

Edd

By the way if you got a pm with the name you know it wasn't me, but you are trying to make it look like me. How cheap is that.
 
Edd said:
CarolA,

You have said that I would be put on your ignore list three times already and you keep coming back. I hope it is for good. You are a hateful lady.

Edd

Actully I have only taken you off once.. Every time else I have just read the posts others have "quoted you" on.

However, you are NOW OFF THE LIST.... I am sorry, but you have called me hateful.. So now I will make sure to follow your posts around pointing out that while you feel free to defend towncars and trash Disney's transport, that you have a vested interest in seeing folks use a towncar. You could avoid this by starting that in your posts, but I doubt you will. If you want to call me "hateful" I guess I should earn it....

In your post you "defended" the towncar industry, but didn't admit that you were a towncar driver. A "polite" response would have been more like "I am sorry you had a bad experience, but most towncar drivers including myself strive to provide good service". Nope you want us to belive that the customer is wrong here... Look at her posting history, look at yours...She has over 300 posts on a lot of tops. Makes her a whole lot less likely to be a troll then someone who only posts on "towncars"....

I don't really care if you don't like me. (I am still waiting along with Lewis and some other posters for an explanation of WHY it is dangerous to take a bus from the airport to Disney but not dangerous to take a bus within Disney. Your prior statements pretty much assured me that I wouldn't like you so.... )
 
CarolA

You are earning the name I gave you. Keep it up.

Ed
 
Edd said:
CarolA

You are earning the name I gave you. Keep it up.

Ed


Glad to be of service :rotfl2:


(Why are buses dangerous from the airport to Disney, but NOT inside Disney itself?)
 
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