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hilldweller · 28-11-2009, 10:29

No, you will be surprised, I'm not taking a pot shot at the dark side. I'm just showing you one that makes our digs look amateur.

I've just had an email:
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Premier Inn admits to website anomaly which may be overcharging thousands since June 2009

Dear Brian

We know that Travelodge customers also use other hotel brands, so we were keen to let you know about some news which might affect you.
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It goes on to say that the Premier Inn website effectively hides the £29 rooms that it says are available and in fact are available so overcharging many people. They offer nothing in compensation.

So Travelodge their biggest competitor is organising an on line petition against Premier Travel Inn to make them refund people.

I've never seen an action like that between two big name competitors before. We are quite tame by comparison.

We *should* start something to get hold of motorhomefun.com. I feel it must be breaking the "passing off" laws somehow.

28-11-2009, 10:29	#1 (permalink)
hilldweller Funster Funster No : 5089 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Just South of Manchester Interests: MH, Biking, watching bike racing. MH Type: C MH Model: Burstner 530 Years Motorhoming: From Aug 2007 Posts: 4,372 Thanks: 162 Thanked 1,096 Times in 899 Posts	Knocking the opposition - big time. No, you will be surprised, I'm not taking a pot shot at the dark side. I'm just showing you one that makes our digs look amateur. I've just had an email: ========================== Premier Inn admits to website anomaly which may be overcharging thousands since June 2009 Dear Brian We know that Travelodge customers also use other hotel brands, so we were keen to let you know about some news which might affect you. ========================== It goes on to say that the Premier Inn website effectively hides the £29 rooms that it says are available and in fact are available so overcharging many people. They offer nothing in compensation. So Travelodge their biggest competitor is organising an on line petition against Premier Travel Inn to make them refund people. I've never seen an action like that between two big name competitors before. We are quite tame by comparison. We should start something to get hold of motorhomefun.com. I feel it must be breaking the "passing off" laws somehow. __________________ Brian.