false imprisonment

[elfy]

LOL, I have a job and I have a life, unlike someone here ;)) And I have time to watch TV drama too :bis: Do you have a problem with that? :evillaugh Even after a lawyer (Manjunja) came and said that you are not reasonable? :D

I am glad for you - way to go;)
Manunya is just one lawyer, I would like a 2nd opinion:D - so, maybe Shtirliz will show up tomorrow
until then, sweet dreams :sleep:

[Манюня]

I wrote that the money had been already taken out of my credit card which was confirmed by the AmEx rep
why would I pay them double?

elfy, I will not debate this with you...by that logic, Amex was holding you hostage, not the shop, OK? You could have always resolved the double pay situation with AmEx later. Ask for a cash receipt, and a note from the shop that the transaction did not go through, or something. It was NOT - I repeat, NOT - reasonable to think you were not free to leave.

Secondly, it is my choice how to pay

Not really, I don't see it this way. If they don't like you credit card for some reason, they have a right to refuse the tender. I really don't see why they MUST accept your AmEx, esp. given that their machine got broken.

they could have just told me to come the next day to just confirm that they did get the money from Amex (they had my full name, address and phone; besides, I was their regular customer until today)

sure they could have, but the important thing is that they did not have to...all they are guilty of is poor customer service, nothing more

I did not want to leave to go back to that horrid place again in the morning,

well, I am sorry to say, but that's entirely YOUR PROBLEM...YOU had a problem coming back there, but you definitely had a choice, didn't you? You know, there are many unpleasant things in life - like going to a dentist - but I'd never claim my dentist held me against my will just because I really don't want to go back there again

[Манюня]

Manunya is just one lawyer

yeah, but what a lawyer! :bis:

[Odinokiy_Ostrov]

it is nothing for you because you were not the one who had to deal with all this torture
I am sure the woman who sued McDonalds for getting burnt by their coffee seemed like "a big deal out of nothing" to you, however it was not NOTHING for her
same here - you'll think it is nothing until it happens to you

The woman who sued McDonalds got third degree burns on her body. That's a little more than "having to pee and being hungry".
I am not trying to diminish your pain here. I am sure you were very frustrated by the whole incident. However, this is NOT false imprisonment. You could physically leave. Even if you had to leave your car there for the night, you could've left. You could've paid cash and then made them refund the money to your credit card. I understand your were inconvenienced, but there is no lawsuit here.

[Монашка]

Эльфи, самое лучшее, в смысле принесущее $$$, что ты можешь сделать это написать [letter to the company and request to refund you money for that shitty service] и отослать это письмо с уведомлением о вручении в компанию, можно также позвонить в [AmEx] и сообщить о том что ты хочешь получить $$$ взад за хреновый сервис
а судиться из-за такого это [waste of time, money, lot's of aggravation for nothing]
никакого [false imprisonment] там и в помине не было
абсолютно согласна с Красотой во всех ее постах в теме :34:

[Krasota]

I understand your were inconvenienced, but there is no lawsuit here.

First Elfy wanted a lawyer opinion, nothing else worked.
Then she wanted a second lawyer's opinion
Now Elfy will want a third lawyer's opinion. :D

[elfy]

елфы, И щилл нот дебате тхис щитх ёу...бы тхат логиц, Амех щас холдинг ёу хостаге, нот тхе шоп, ОК? Ёу цоулд хаве алщаыс ресолвед тхе доубле паы ситуатион щитх АмЕх латер. Аск фор а цаш рецеипт, анд а ноте фром тхе шоп тхат тхе трансацтион дид нот го тхроугх, ор сометхинг. Ит щас НОТ - И репеат, НОТ - реасонабле то тхинк ёу щере нот фрее то леаве.

AmEx поттвердили, что transaction was approved and they gave them the approval number, у шопа не работал принтер по какой-то причине (they were offline or something) и сам бумажный receipt не печатался, каким образом ето вина AmEx или моя? :rtyu:

[elfy]

Фирст Елфы щантед а лащыер опинион, нотхинг елсе щоркед.
Тхен ше щантед а сецонд лащыерьс опинион
Нощ Елфы щилл щант а тхирд лащыерьс опинион. :Д

я так редко появляюсь на форуме, что не знала, что Остров уже passed the bar - поздравляю, Остров!:D

[смешно]

То, что у шопа не работал credit card reader ещё говорит о том, что они скорее всего увиливают от уплаты налогов. Кстати какой они национальности, с акцентом говорили?

[elfy]

То, что у шопа не работал цредит цард реадер ещё говорит о том, что они скорее всего увиливают от уплаты налогов. Кстати какой они национальности, с акцентом говорили?

сам механик (и как кто-то мне сказал, владелец етого [franchise] - армянин
кассир - мексиканец, вообще плохо говорящий по-английски (может даже нелегал)