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travel warning for the 4th of july ( Independence day alert )

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Why to alert people about EXPEDIA (based in my own experience)

If you feel you are special, if you feel it will never happen to you, you are wrong. Even if you had no problem before using EXPEDIA, it is not a guarantee it won’t happen to you in your next trip.

I had used EXPEDIA a couple of time until they revealed what they really are, until they tried to scam me (read my case, including gruesome details of their lies and tricks they used to try to scam me: http://www.victimsofexpedia.com/mycase.htm

-         If you travel you can be the next victim of a scam they are running alongside with their legitimate business (they tried to scam me 1254.96 U$D.. and failed miserable).

-         Your relatives and friends might also be the next victims

-         Therefore, you, your relatives and friends may lose thousands of dollars

-         Your vacation might become a nightmare

-         You might not have a vacation at all

-         You can be stuck an any airport because EXPEDIA failed to arrange your trip

-         You can spend a lot of money by calling EXPEDIA from a foreign country trying to fix a trip EXPEDIA failed to arrange

-         You can waste a lot of time when EXPEDIA agents put you in hold for hours (and waste a lot of money in phone calls

-         Thus, you might find yourself  in another country trying to book another flight because EXPEDIA didn’t arrange your trip and abandoned you there with no ticket

-         EXPEDIA does not plan to stop their unethical business practice (read daily complaints in this site)

-         EXPEDIA keeps falsely promoting their services (http://www.victimsofexpedia.com/falseadvertisement.htm )

-         People believe EXPEDIA is a honest company (until they are scammed and is very late)

-         EXPEDIA has “friends” that help them to delete negative comments about them in the internet (read about the Wikipedia Affair: http://www.victimsofexpedia.com/wiki.htm )

-         EXPEDIA will never take responsibilities of their own mistakes

-         EXPEDIA will never compensate you for the “extra” money you had to spend due to their mistakes.

-         EXPEDIA will try to keep (steal is the right word) money by charging your credit card a tricky way (http://www.victimsofexpedia.com/cheat.htm ) .

-         You might need to wait months to be reimbursed for the money EXPEDIA charged in your credit card for services they failed to provide (but only when EXPEDIA is forced by your credit card company to reimburse you).

-         EXPEDIA agents will lie to you

-         EXPEDIA supervisors will lie to you

-         EXPEDIA “customer specialist” will lie to you

-         EXPEDIA will ignore your e-mails if you try to contact them for a trouble with your trip or they will send “automatic responses” to make you believe they are taking care of you (read a collection of these kind of messages: http://www.victimsofexpedia.com/templates.htm )

-         EXPEDIA might use many of these “dirty tricks” that online travel sites are using to scam people (http://www.victimsofexpedia.com/dirtytricks.htm ) to scam you.

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Why EXPEDIA keep doing this? Because the travel business is very profitable. EXPEDIA can afford to lose thousands of customers because there are still million of people that are unaware of how bad EXPEDIA is. EXPEDIA can still make billions cheating new customers.  So, don’t feel you are “special”, don’t believe “the EXPEDIA promise” , you are not “number one”.

It is up to you to help yourself or your friends or relatives to have a safe trip or vacation. Just alert them.

EXPEDIA is even worse

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Imagine something bad in your travel. Come on, something really bad. Then, be sure that EXPEDIA is even worse than that.

Don’t believe it? check http://www.expedianews.com

travel jokes

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Making fun of EXPEDIA (after they tried to scam me 1254,54 U$D,   but failed. Read my case at http://www.victimsofexpedia.com/mycase.htm )                                                             
The old  EXPEDIA’s slogan: - Don’t just scam, scam right.     
The new EXPEDIA’s slogan: Scam with confidence
 
EXPEDIA’s customer support team jokes (funny phrases to make fun of customers)
- Thanks for contacting EXPEDIA
- Your comments are important to us
- Someone in the appropriate department is working on your case
- Your case has been forwarded to me for further research
- I understand that there were some issues with regards ………….
- I am researching all the documentation and the fax that was sent to my department
 - I will contact you directly after completing my investigation
 - If you have any further questions or comments, please feel free to reply to this e-mail
- We regret that your experience using Expedia.com was not to your satisfaction.
 - Please be assured that the entire team at Expedia.com is dedicated to not only providing the most efficient, user friendly, and accurate travel application, but also to the highest standards of support for our members.
- As previously advised to you, this case is being handled by the appropriate department and will respond to you as soon as possible
- We appreciate your patience regarding this matter
 
EXPEDIA’s representative terms
Big deals………………….already booked
No extra fees ………….. No service
Nominal fee …………….. Outrageous charge
Cheap flight…………….overbooked flight, canceled flight, delayed flight,
Big saving……………………………Bait and switch scam
Dream vacation…………………… nightmare
Adventure……………………………..nightmare
Trip insurance………………………… limited coverage
Explore and discover……………….be at your own, extra expenses, hidden fees
Best price guarantee…………………… find the same flight, a the same day, the same airline,
EXPEDIA promise……………………………Scam
Hassle free hurricane promise……………..Scam
Package protection plan ……………………Scam
0.01 U$D room/night……………………….Bait and switch scam
All included…………………………. Hidden fee, no service,
Standard ……………………….substandard, low level
Online service …………………. Ignore customer
Our customer support team………………our con artists
Customer specialist ………………………con artist boss                                              
Click to order…………………………double click scam
Call us …………………………….wait hours on the phone
Beautiful hotel ………………………….false advertisement
External links ………………………………blame others, scam, false advertisement
Go with confidence ………………………. don’t be careful, will scam you better
Expedia’s terms and conditions ………………………Expedia’s tools to scam, abusive
Our partners…………………………………Our accomplices
Other restrictions apply……………Additional charges, more hidden fees, worse service
Our Competitors…………………………Other criminal organizations
EXPEDIA.COM……………………….EXPEDIA.CON, EXPEDIA.SCAM
EXPEDIA.ORG………………………..EXPEDIA.MOB
Our CEO…………………………………. The godfather
A guide to Understand corporate letters
As example I’ll use phrases from e-mails EXPEDIA sent to me.
EXPEDIA’s e-mails
EXPEDIA’s messages are well written letter from superior people with a deep knowledge and understanding of grammar, semantic and dialectic. We customers are ignorant, retarded, with difficulties in understanding basic concepts of communication
. This is a short guide to understand what we customers believe EXPEDIA is telling us and what EXPEDIA really telling us.
It took me while to appreciate the real meaning

What you think EXPEDIA tells you What EXPEDIA is telling you
Dear Customer Retarded customer; You idiot,
Thanks for contacting EXPEDIA Why are you bothering us?
Thanks for choosing EXPEDIA Thanks for giving us a chance to scam you
Your feedback is important to us Your money is important to us
We will contact you within 72 hr Don’t bother us for 72 hr,  call us after 1-4 weeks when you don’t hear from us.
Sorry for the long delay in resolving your case We couldn’t find earlier an excuse to keep your money
I  wish to apologize for the fact that you have not been contacted We need more time to find an excuse to scam you
We understand you have some issues with our services We know you don’t want to be scammed
As a sign of goodwill we’ll reimburse you 800 U$D for the 1229.99 U$D we charged in your credit card. We will steal  429.99 U$D from your credit card
We’ll offer you a coupon for 150 U$D for future purchases We want another chance to scam you
We regret this incident We regret we couldn’t scam you
We are sorry this issue was not resolved to your satisfaction We are sorry you don’t accept being scammed

                                                                                                                                                                                               
I’ll keep updating this page at: www.victimsofexpedia.com/jokes01.htm

Please Distribute this message to all your scammer friends………

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

If you try to scam me……

Remember that not even EXPEDIA could get money from me despite their attempt to scam me: http://www.victimsofexpedia.com/mycase.htm

 

From: “kendell domain”   Add to Address BookAdd to Address Book  Add Mobile Alert
To: webmaster@victimsofexpedia.com
Subject: Re: Urgent!!!!
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:35:36 +0000

Sir/Madam
        REGIONAL PAYMENT RECEIVING AGENT NEEDED
DT-systems Ltd. is based in Lithuania.
We specialize in exportation and importation.
We export our products to North America, South America, Eastern and
Western Europe and Southern Asia.
We are looking for a payment representative in UK, USA and Canada.
Salary is 10% of every payment you receive on our behalf.
All charges such as tax and fe_es will be deducted from the balance
90%.
For this job position you have to provide with your bank account
information.
Note: Even if you have a real job, you can be part of our business
anyway as your regular and part-time job can be easily combined,
your work for our company will not disturb your regular work.

If you are interested in this opportuni1y please send out your contact
information to our company email:
1)Your Full names:
2)Your Address.
3)Postal code:
4)Home/office phone number:
5)cell phone number
6)Occupation
8)Sex:
Your address should be correct and complete (including your state and
country) because you will also
be receiving cheques to your address.

Attention ! Please write only to this email : ek768rps@gmail.com
Managers of our company will come in contact with you as soon as
possible.
Having received the information, we will give you a contract, in which
the responsibility of both sides is fixed.

Sincerely,
HR manager
Jonas Varnas

Dear EXPEDIA customer support team / Dear scammers

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Go phishing!!

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

 Not even EXPEDIA could scam me.

Dear Chase Bank Internet Banking member!

Our Maintenance Department is doing a planned Treasury Service upgrade

By clicking on the link below please begin the procedure of the customer details update:

https://www6.chase.com/ccp/clientconfirm.jsp/?host=19udfbcendsDqcjziOkhb

These directions are to be mailed and followed by all users of the Business and Commercial Internet Cash Management.

JP Morgan Chase Bank Inc does apologize for the problems caused, and is very grateful for your collaboration.

If you are not user of the Chase Bank Online Treasury please delete this notification!

— This is automatically generated message, please do not reply —

(C) ‘08 JP Morgan Chase Bank Inc All Rights Reserved.

Thanks to EXPEDIA a lot of people won’t be deceived by other online travel sites

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

 

 

After EXPEDIA tried to scam me (and failed miserably because my credit card company forced EXPEDIA to reimburse me1254,96 U$D EXPEDIA tried to keep in a fraudulent way) I won’t be using ORBITZ, Travelocity, Cheaptickets, Priceline . The reason is because I found a lot of complaints about them.

I made a compilation few months ago (http://www.victimsofexpedia.com/otas.htm ).

 

The good thing is that a lot of people are visiting my web site (especially www.expedianews.com and learning how EXPEDIA cheats, lies and scam people. They can use this information to learn about other travel sites and avoid being scammed by them

 

Another reason is that I found that the best way to book a flight or a hotel is to go directly to the airlines. One can use for www.Kayak.com (by the way I have to do with Kayak) to search for a flight and then go directly to the airline (ignoring EXPEDIA and other travels sites). This way is cheaper and safer since you avoid a third party (sometimes a scammer like EXPEDIA).

 

Have a great day.

 

Share  the black ribbon  campaign

 

Stay informed

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Visit http://www.victimsofexpedia.com and http://www.expedianews.com to read about the  horrible experiences from Customers using EXPEDIA.

Sat informed about other scams at : http://www.victimsofexpedia.com/forum

Alert your relatives and friends 

 

 

 

Phone number linked to scam attempt ( 409-291-4772 )

Friday, June 20th, 2008

This is a scam. Instead of using phishing by e-amil this scammer is trying to scam me by phone. (Silly scammer, EXPEDIA tried to scam me and failed miserably)

 

From: “American National Bank of Texas”   Add to Address BookAdd to Address Book  Add Mobile Alert
Subject: Personal Online Banking Deactivation
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:04:40 -0400

Dear Customer,

American National Bank of Texas temporarily suspended your account.

Reason: Fraud attempts
To reactivate your account call the total free number: 409-291-4772

Never access the ANBTX Web site by clicking on a link provided in an e-mail. Your
American National Bank of Texas will never solicit you to provide or update personal or financial information.
And, will never send an e-mail containing links to ANBTX Web sites.

Local: 409-291-4772
Toll Free: 1-409-291-4772

Have you ever consider you might be investing in a scam?

Friday, June 20th, 2008

or be supporting a scam?

 

And supporting unethical business practice?

 

Of  course,  unwillingly

 

Did you know that booking through EXPEDIA.COM is supporting a scam. It is like supporting a Nigerian scammer or o any other scam scheme.

 

My case proves EXPEDIA is a scammer (http://www.victimsofexpedia.com/mycase.htm ) . Hundreds (maybe thousands) of other customer feel they were cheated by EXPEDIA in one way or another (http://www.expedianews.com ) .

Besides, EXPEDIA does what a scammer would do when they are unmasked: cowardly hide. Instead of straights thing up, EXPEDIA  choose to hide and continue their unethical business practice.

 

Now, you now, booking through EXPEDIA is supporting a scammer and supporting unethical business practices.

 

In some way, EXPEDIA (and other businesses) are changing the standards of America honesty. Now, it seems OK to cheat customers. People even defend EXPEDIA. I often hear “you are one case in one million”, “EXPEDIA is used by thousand of travelers with no problems” . This means that it is OK to scam one customer if you don’t scam 999999.

With that in mind, in the future it will be OK to kill someone. The defense argument will be “He/She didn’t kill 999.999 other innocent victims”.

 

Just some thoughts.