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Re: Abbey Travel charging for quotes
Perhaps then, the title of this thread should be modified accordingly?
Perhaps then, the title of this thread should be modified accordingly?
I spoke to Abbey Travel....They don't charge for quotations.
. Now, one charges a fee for professional advice
I've modified it so hopefully it's a bit more accurate now?Perhaps then, the title of this thread should be modified accordingly?
As apposed to not paying for the amateur version.......without wanting to start a discussion on what constitutes a professional
I went into Abbey and told the agent we were looking for a quote for a holiday to South Africa and I was then told €70 thank you. The title is totally correct because you cant get a quote without advice on that type of holiday.
Jock - I presume that your post crossed with mine. The maximum charge from Abbey Travel is €35. What does that work out as a percentage of €7,000?
So what if it's a departure from accepted practice? The most frequent criticism of Rip-off Ireland is that all businesses are the same. Now, one charges a fee for professional advice and they are castigated for it.
Brendan
I went into Abbey and told the agent we were looking for a quote for a holiday to South Africa and I was then told €70 thank you.
I told her where to stick it and went around the corner and spend €7000 on the holiday with Cassidy Travel. Spent over an hour in cassidys and could have walked out the door having spent nothing.
Lets get this straight. You walked into Abbey looking for a quote. You left and went around the corner to Cassidys, looking for a quote. You stayed more than an hour and, by the time you walked out the door, you had signed up for a €7000 holiday without looking for any further quotes elsewhere? Sorry, this doesn't really add up.
Why so?
The original poster is just typical of that new addition to Irish society- A Hobbsanite!!! Led by the limelight chasing, so called consumer champion Eddie Hobbs - who just doesn't tell you what he charges for the same hour that Abbey were fed up supplying for free & now want a paltry €35 to hold peoples hands!
Wake up & smell the coffee people- there is nothing for nothing!!!! I totally agree with Kalkel's stance on this issue- the original poster didn't want a "quote" but instead wanted a consulatation, and the independent advice of a professional travel agent. Fair play to Abbey for bucking the trend on "nazi consumerism" where all consumers feel like businesses owe them something, and should give out information freely, I can only assume that Abbey got fed up of feeding free information to "tyre kickers"!!
Fair play to the poster too though if they were able to find a fool willing to provide all the information required (and an hours time) for free. Hope they don't assume that the same will apply if they ever require legal advice.
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It just strikes me as odd that someone would sign up for a €7,000 holiday on the spot, without at least going home and thinking about it, let alone comparing against other alternatives.
Also, as you had already decided on a budget for your trip, and it took Cassidy's over an hour to put together your package, its hardly true to say that you were simply looking for a quote from Abbey.
So? Ryanair is probably the most often criticised company on AAM. They are also one of the most profitable and successful companies in Ireland (and indeed Europe). Go figure.
...that your little "poll" is meaningless.Where is your point....
...that your little "poll" is meaningless.
thanks professor
Oh right then thanks professor and noone ever complains about the census guess thats meaningless too.........