Gastnutzer
22. Mai 2024
For our joint 50th birthday in November my husband and I were gifted a very expensive voucher to stay at Tussock Peak Hanmer Springs with $100 intended by the purchasers, to go towards dinner at Monteiths Fire and Ice or MK Restaurants and entry for two adults into the Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools (ca. $120) included. Unfortunately, due to being a busy working mum and caring for an unwell parent, I inadvertently made a reservation at the wrong Tussock Accommodation (Tussock Lodge, Otago - which I have proof of). A completely honest mistake. When I realised what I’d done, contact was made straight away with Tussock Peak, the correct accommodation, to fix the era. We naively believed that under the circumstances Tussock Peak would have been understanding and used their ‘discretion’ to honour the (now) very slightly overdue vouchers. This was not the case. To our absolute shock, we were told by the manager at Tussock Peak in the most abrupt and unkind manner we have ever encountered, that our voucher had expired just 5 days, before and that because we were ‘too late’, they would under no circumstances be honouring the vouchers. We were also made aware that they knew the voucher was due to expire but made no attempt to contact us. As consumers we have always believed that vouchers had an expiry date for uncertain events that may make it difficult for the business to honour, for example liquidation, this is certainly not the case here. The business owner admitted that if I hadn’t made my honest mistake that the business would have accepted the voucher, therefore there was no other reason to prevent them from doing so just 5 days later. We also wonder, were the vouchers for the Hanmer Hot Pools and Restaurants ever purchased or was this money simply pocketed? We are also aware that at least two of these businesses have expiry dates ranging from one to five years. Why were we not offered these in good faith? This business has received a large sum of money for absolutely nothing. This has been an extremely distressing and upsetting experience that we do not want anyone else to experience. If you have any integrity, I would urge you not to support this business. I would definitely recommend you do not buy a voucher from them; they have no moral compass at all.
Übersetzen