mryrcn had the best protest idea I've heard yet

[sonrisa]

It needs it's own thread because it needs to happen.

mryrcn : "I wonder if we could book rooms and then not show up to pay. Like book ever single hotel room for an entire weekend at all of the hotels. Or just one night, say April 15th."

Read more: pandce.proboards.com/thread/566587/call-trump-hotels#ixzz4WwY5QDtj

Did you see this somewhere I can link? We need to find a a way to make this happen. On a large scale. Book up all his properties and then cancel all the reservations just over 24 hours before to leave him without a penny in profits that day.

We need to do this. Who has contacts with an organization that could get the word out? 

[notsopicky]

The only snag I could see is that you have to leave a CC# to make a res, so he'd be able to charge your card anyway, regardless of what the cxl policy is.

[GilliC]

Jan 27, 2017 7:25:33 GMT -5 notsopicky said:

The only snag I could see is that you have to leave a CC# to make a res, so he'd be able to charge your card anyway, regardless of what the cxl policy is.

And then pull the usual Trump move: "We'll refund 10% to your card. You could go after the rest, but our lawyers will tie you up in court for so long that it will cost a fortune."

I hate it that our system lets the big lawyer-wielding douchebags win.

It sounds like we'd need to buy a bunch of those prepaid Visa cards, so you could use up the balance right away. Although... Surely you'd be able to dispute the charge with the credit card company.

[meli554]

But, once they caught on, couldn't they just not answer the phone so you couldn't cancel?

[muffin0]

Jan 27, 2017 8:06:38 GMT -5 meli554 said:

But, once they caught on, couldn't they just not answer the phone so you couldn't cancel?

And I'm 100% sure the website would have "spontaneous tech issues"

[sunshine608]

What would happen if the card didn't have enough for the reservation?

I work for the state and we have to pay for hotel rooms checks and can't use our P-cards to reserve the room. I use an old gift card that has about $5 on it. I have never had a problem securing a reservation this way.

[mryrcn]

I have an old prepaid VISA that has like .25 on it. I think I'll give it a try next week to see if it works. I won't remember to cancel this weekend.

And yes, I recognize this is petty but I also don't give AF.  

[WOT?*]

Be sure to cancel - put it on your calendar if you have to. If you don't, they can likely charge you for the room because "cancellation policy" blah blah blah. They'll send/sell the debt to a collection agency, who will call and harass you until you pay and if you don't, they'll have their attorney (who files a hundred pro forma fill-in-the-blanks lawsuits at a time) include a lawsuit with your name and dollar amount, you'll get served (and not even realize it maybe since service would be via mail), you'll fail to appear or respond, they'll get a default judgment for the original cost plus attorney/filing/other fees, you'll get calls (or not), they'll go back and get an order for payment and then they'll garnish your wages or attach your checking or savings account or pull some other method of getting their full collection amount plus fees, etc. and it will show up on your credit report.

Thankfully this hasn't happened to me in about a quarter century, but speaking from experience (with an ex-husband who hid bills instead of paying them and me later working in the field) I doubt the system has changed all that much.

[MixedBerryJam]

Jan 27, 2017 14:33:46 GMT -5 mryrcn said:

I have an old prepaid VISA that has like .25 on it. I think I'll give it a try next week to see if it works. I won't remember to cancel this weekend.

And yes, I recognize this is petty but I also don't give AF.  

The only thing I might worry about with this situation is if the card goes into a negative balance, would they charge the card that paid for it in the first place? I have no idea how those visa cards work.

[mryrcn]

Jan 27, 2017 16:10:22 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

Jan 27, 2017 14:33:46 GMT -5 mryrcn said:

I have an old prepaid VISA that has like .25 on it. I think I'll give it a try next week to see if it works. I won't remember to cancel this weekend.

And yes, I recognize this is petty but I also don't give AF.  

The only thing I might worry about with this situation is if the card goes into a negative balance, would they charge the card that paid for it in the first place? I have no idea how those visa cards work.

I sure as shit am not giving them my real name, address, phone number, etc.  Plus I'm going to try and remember to cancel it.