点评:We wanted to rent the Christoper Wren church for an anniversary.
They initially quoted a price of $2,000. and were totally inflexible even with reduced needs (i.e., afternoon only, no rehearsal the night before). That was not quite right, but we accepted it.
But when we were ready to confirm, they advised us that they were bumping up the price by 40% (so $2,800 total), plus were adding a $500 cleaning fee, none of which was on their website or mentioned in any of their prior correspondence with us. Their excise was, “Oops, we didn’t get around to updating the website?” Pathetic.
Then, even though we'd already been communicating for a while, they said they wouldn't honor the $2,000 price. They said we were asking for a "discount," but what we were actually asking them to do was to simply honor their original quote.
Their response was that they wouldn't budge on the preposterous $800 increase by even a dollar.
A visit to the facilities is enjoyable. But avoid trying to do business with them, because they have no character or integrity.
翻译:我们想租用克里斯托弗·雷恩教堂举办周年纪念活动。
他们最初报价2000美元,即使我们减少了一些要求(例如,只租用下午,前一天晚上不彩排),他们也完全不肯通融。虽然这个价格不太合理,但我们还是接受了。
然而,当我们准备确认预订时,他们却通知我们要涨价40%(总共2800美元),还要额外收取500美元的清洁费。这些费用在他们的网站上都没有提及,之前和我们沟通时也从未提到过。他们的解释是:“哎呀,我们还没来得及更新网站?”真是可笑。
之后,尽管我们已经沟通了一段时间,他们却说不会按2000美元的价格收费。他们说我们要求“折扣”,但我们实际上只是要求他们履行最初的报价而已。
他们的回应是,即使涨价800美元,他们也绝不让步,哪怕涨1美元也不行。
参观他们的设施倒是挺愉快。但千万别跟他们做生意,因为他们毫无信誉可言。