Peter
Pony,#2Consumer Comment
Wed, July 12, 2006
This guy essentially rented a motel room "by the hour" and paid an exhorbitant deposit to do so (and to keep his motel antics anonymous by not putting down a credit card). He should have never left without his cash in hand. Or perhaps, he should have never rented the room in this manner in the first place. Motels that rent "by the hour" are shady establishments and cannot be trusted!
Steve
Bradenton,#3Consumer Suggestion
Wed, July 12, 2006
Dave, In CA it is almost impossible to get a hotel room without a credit card unless you are getting one of the hourly ones! $150 deposit is not the highest I have seen, and it makes no difference as to the number of nights, as your room rent is prepaid. The deposit is for damages and theft. The OP was crazy to leave without it in the first place. That had ripoff written all over it. The police should have been called and a report filed.
Dave
Jacksonville,#4Consumer Comment
Tue, July 11, 2006
I think not... Why in God's name would ANYONE pay a $150.00 deposit on a room for less than a day? Something is wrong with this report. No motel charges that kind of a deposit, even if you did pay cash for the room.