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Hostel charging me twice for a stay?

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  • 01-04-2016 11:01am
    #1
    brokenhooker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭


    Can anyone help me?

    I stayed in a hostel last weekend and paid the balance of the stay via cash when I checked in, now it turns out they've charged that stay on the card I had used to book the room beforehand.

    So i'm after paying twice for the same stay. What should I do?


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    Umekichi
    Registered Users Posts: 474 ✭✭Umekichi


    Get into contact with them, explain what happened and ask them to refund your card


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    brokenhooker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭brokenhooker


    I've contacted them and they've said the charge is a pending transaction and should be released to me in the coming days and the transaction will not be completed.


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    ben.schlomo
    Registered Users Posts: 12,181 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    brokenhooker wrote: »
    I've contacted them and they've said the charge is a pending transaction and should be released to me in the coming days and the transaction will not be completed.

    Whats the issue then?


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    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 69,033 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    I presume this is a debit card? Pre-authorisations show as a full debit and drop off after 7 days normally. This is (one reason) why credit cards are very useful for travelling.


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    brokenhooker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭brokenhooker


    L1011 wrote: »
    I presume this is a debit card? Pre-authorisations show as a full debit and drop off after 7 days normally. This is (one reason) why credit cards are very useful for travelling.

    yeah that's what it is.


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    eeguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,478 ✭✭✭eeguy


    brokenhooker wrote: »
    I've contacted them and they've said the charge is a pending transaction and should be released to me in the coming days and the transaction will not be completed.

    So wait a few days. There's no problem here.


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    brokenhooker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭brokenhooker


    eeguy wrote: »
    So wait a few days. There's no problem here.

    i didn't knwo this when i started the thread.


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