I agree that the company fixed it for the family when they didn't have to, but it's definitely a story! Imagine someone dropping $10k on the wrong gift cards. The company made it right for them, probably because the PR would not look good if they didn't since the family went public with it, but it's the kind of thing people love to hear about. You can say to yourself, "Jeez, I've done some dumb things, but spending $10,000 on the wrong GCs?"Agee with a previous poster, someone made a mistake, the company did the nice thing when they didn’t have too, seems like a non-story story?
I posted it for two reasons.Agee with a previous poster, someone made a mistake, the company did the nice thing when they didn’t have too, seems like a non-story story?
That’s a story I wouldn’t want published about me … but I guess it is reminiscent of the “stupid human tricks” on a late night show …so I guess there is an audience for anything these days!I agree that the company fixed it for the family when they didn't have to, but it's definitely a story! Imagine someone dropping $10k on the wrong gift cards. The company made it right for them, probably because the PR would not look good if they didn't since the family went public with it, but it's the kind of thing people love to hear about. You can say to yourself, "Jeez, I've done some dumb things, but spending $10,000 on the wrong GCs?"
It’s still a non-story story to me - while I appreciate the sentiment around a warning - I still can’t purchase (nor expect to) a Whopper at Wendy’s - (which I have tried)I posted it for two reasons.
1. Because it’s an interesting anecdote. It wasn’t intended as a criticism of either side.
2. So others are aware that this is not an impossible mistake to make. Forewarned is forearmed.
That’s a story I wouldn’t want published about me … but I guess it is reminiscent of the “stupid human tricks” on a late night show …so I guess there is an audience for anything these days!
I saw it more as a cautionary tale, but it's true that my initial reaction was to wonder who in the world would buy $10,000 worth of gift cards. Not because I think it's dumb (though I personally wouldn't feel secure going that route), but because it just seems like so many things could go wrong.Agree, feels like the only point of the story is to laugh at them.
The part that actually baffles me more than buying $10,000 worth of gift cards is the fact that in the original Tik Tok where the story was shared, the couple's daughter says they're supposed to leave in 6 days. So the couple waited until approx. a week before the trip to even try using the cards to buy their tickets??? During holiday time at the parks?I saw it more as a cautionary tale, but it's true that my initial reaction was to wonder who in the world would buy $10,000 worth of gift cards. Not because I think it's dumb (though I personally wouldn't feel secure going that route), but because it just seems like so many things could go wrong.
Yeah...that's crazy!The part that actually baffles me more than buying $10,000 worth of gift cards is the fact that in the original Tik Tok where the story was shared, the couple's daughter says they're supposed to leave in 6 days. So the couple waited until approx. a week before the trip to even try using the cards to buy their tickets??? During holiday time at the parks?
My daughter was telling me about this story. I'm glad to hear that Disney fixed it. I can't imagine how they felt when they discovered that they had spent $10,000 on the wrong item.Disney fixed it for them End of story.
Question is what store would allow someone to purchase 10k in gift cards in the first place given all of the fraud detection and stops in place to avoid people getting scammed? If it was at somewhere like Sam's, they keep track of these purchases.I saw it more as a cautionary tale, but it's true that my initial reaction was to wonder who in the world would buy $10,000 worth of gift cards. Not because I think it's dumb (though I personally wouldn't feel secure going that route), but because it just seems like so many things could go wrong.
WOW. There goes my sympathy. Entitled, much?The part that annoys me is the family member complaining that even though Disney made it right by converting the Disney+ gift cards to Disney gift cards that Disney should give them even more to compensate for the so-called trauma they've gone through.