I recently booked a hotel room in Pooler, Georgia, for $90.00 and change. I went up to my room and went to bed. My cell phone beeped. It was a message from my card company that the hotel had attempted to charge $3,320.12 on my card. I immediately went down stairs and "made inquires" about the charge. The "lady" at the desk told me that it was impossible and that she could not make "number entries", that she hit a key for the type of room I wanted and it immediately linked the room with an amount and she did not punch in any numbers. She refused to call the manager and stated that she could not call the plaice. I checked out and personally called the police. The officer who responded looked at my receipt and at the text message and agreed that this was no mistake. He went inside and spoke with the "lady" who checked me in and was told that she "could have punched in the wrong numbers". A direct affront to what she had told me. He admitted that he could not make an arrest but he gave me a case card and stated that a report would be written to document the incident in the event that other similar incidents occurred at that hotel. I contacted my credit card company and instructed them to refuse to pay any charges from that hotel.
