- Report: #408813
Complaint Review: Henry Fortner Fortner Mountain Cabins Henry H Fortner Enterprises Inc - Bryson City North Carolina
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Henry Fortner Fortner Mountain Cabins Henry H Fortner Enterprises Inc
444 Galbreths Creek Road Bryson City, 28713 North Carolina, U.S.A.
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Henry Fortner, Fortner Mountain Cabins, Henry H Fortner Enterprises Inc Mountain Cabin Scam Alert - You Cancel, They Still Charge You!!! Bryson City North Carolina
I reserved a cabin for the week of Christmas. I made the reservation between 12/20 and 12/22. I was told no charge would ever be made to my credit card, in fact the merchant claimed they had no ability to charge credit cards at all. I gave my Mastercard number to hold the reservation. There was no cancellation fee, and nothing on their web site indicates any exception to the normal rule of notifying an innkeeper before 6pm on the day of arrival.
I was hospitalized on 12/23 and discharged to bedrest. I notified the merchant and even provided a copy of my hospital discharge paperwork, so they would know I wasn't just cancelling for the sake of doing so. I heard nothing more, but just today was notified of a $500 charge levied to my Mastercard by the merchant. The merchant was unauthorized to charge anything at all, and doing so amounts to fraud. I'm sure this particular merchant does this kind of thing as routine business, but I'm not going to permit him to push me around.
Joseph
Waynesville, Georgia
U.S.A.
I was hospitalized on 12/23 and discharged to bedrest. I notified the merchant and even provided a copy of my hospital discharge paperwork, so they would know I wasn't just cancelling for the sake of doing so. I heard nothing more, but just today was notified of a $500 charge levied to my Mastercard by the merchant. The merchant was unauthorized to charge anything at all, and doing so amounts to fraud. I'm sure this particular merchant does this kind of thing as routine business, but I'm not going to permit him to push me around.
Joseph
Waynesville, Georgia
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Joes
Waynesville,Georgia,
U.S.A.
Victory!
#2Author of original report
Tue, April 06, 2010
I omitted to provide an update, but MasterCard worked with me to reverse the transaction and I dared the property owner to challenge it.
I received a permanent credit for the $500 this jacka$s tried to steal.
I still have time to bring a claim against him for damages. And don't you know I am sure considering it. People that rip other people off should pay for their evil ways. For every person who complains, there are 10 others who were ripped off and never complained.
Don't let anybody rip you off. If you find out you've been screwed, screw them back ten times harder!!!
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Joes
Waynesville,Georgia,
U.S.A.
Fortner claims he'll spend $10,000 to defend the $500 he stole!
#3Author of original report
Wed, January 07, 2009
After learning of my dispute with Mastercard, my filing a Ripoff Report here, and my filing a complaint with the Asheville, NC Better Business Bureau, the merchant sent word that he would spend $10,000 before he ever agreed to refund the $500 he stole from me. Mastercard's Zero Liability policy works against the merchant, thankfully, and provides that a "card issuer won't hold you responsible for unauthorized purchases." But I'm glad the merchant has given me a budget to work with. I'm an attorney, and I will be billing my time involved in this dispute at $200 an hour. Thus far I've spent 4.75 hours ($950) and $28 in travel. Together with the original $500 taken unlawfully from my account, this d****ebag owes me $1,478! Since he committed the fraud electronically and my account is in Georgia, I'm asserting that he's waived personal jurisdiction and can be sued here in my local Superior Court. He'll have to hire local counsel to defend this, and that will cost him far more than the $500 he stole.
