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Priceline.com
Norwalk, Connecticut
United States
priceline.com

Priceline.com has a terrible policy of keeping your money for a lengthy amount of time when THEY HAVE MADE AN ERROR! I attempted to rent a car for two weeks, using my debit card (about $350). Unfortunately, I paid for the car at Priceline.com, but was unable to pick it up at the rental car agency. Priceline admitted to their mistake of connecting me with a company that does not allow rentals when using a debit card. You think to yourself, "Simple enough. Please return my money to my debit card and I will work with the company next door, who WILL take my debit card. WRONG!! Priceline STILL HAS MY $350 and refuses to give it back in a timely manner. I'm told I may have to wait 10 days to 2 weeks while Priceline verifies that I did NOT pick up the car. Umm, won't a quick phone call take care of this? In this economy, if you're renting a car for that amount of money, then the other money you have is budgeted for your *** gas! I did NOT have enough to do another 2-week rental and to put gas in the car while Priceline holds the money hostage! Tomorrow makes 10 days and I still don't have the money back on my card! I understand that companies have policies, but companies should also consider the HUMAN FACTOR in their business. People need their money! Having a policy that basically allows a company to keep a customer's money when the company has made an error is absurd. I did everything right by noting that I would be using a debit card as I bid on my car at Priceline; yet, I have to pay for the company's error. I could understand if they kept the money a day or two while they made sure we did not actually rent the car, but TWO WEEKS!!! Join me in sending a message. Boycott Priceline.com!