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Jet ski horror.

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 14 September 2011 - 11:25

Today we hired 2 jet ski's for an hour from Super Jetski rental LLC up near Mina port. Having heard what most companies try to sting you for we took photos of all angles of the 2 jet skis. When we returned from the hour trip they tried to blame us for damage to the 2 jet ski's which were in bad condition as it was. One scratch this guy tried to blame us for for was on one of our photos we took and showed him, the other damage was to the other jet ski which the previous damage had been ringed in blue pen.We have a photo of what he accused us of damaging which had already been repaired, the photo clearly shows fibreglass filling. Obviously they had charged the other people whose damaged had been ringed in blue pen but not bothered to fix it. I have all the photos to prove we did not do any damage and yet he insisted we paid 1500 dirhams for the damage. I did want to phone the police bit was told that if I did our passports would have been taken off us til the court case, what to do when we fly to the UK to get my son to the UK. I know I am not alone in this case. People need to be told or maybe open this up for discussion.

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 14 September 2011 - 14:46
I will do that now Natalie, thanks. More people who know the better. Have been in touch with Abu Dhabi government too.
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EW GURU
Latest post on 14 September 2011 - 14:15
Thanks for letting us know. The other big Dubai forum has a name and shame section, I think they call it the black list. Have you posted there? I see that you're in Abu Dhabi, but still, it's a good avenue.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 14 September 2011 - 14:08
http://www.uaeshops.com/index.php?task=view-shops&shop=2712&lang=en this is their website.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 14 September 2011 - 14:07
I had to pay as he had our ID cards, she was a local lady who he called as I was not going to let it drop, the man was from Sudan. The thing that got to me is that they had ringed where other people had dented the jet ski before, obviously they had taken money off people and not repaired it. I will go to the police when we get back from Blighty. I have written to Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority complaints and contacted the National Newspaper. I said to her she could take my money but I would go to every social media website I knew of and it would cost her more in what she lost in revenue than what she had taken from me by the time I had finished.
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EW GURU
Latest post on 14 September 2011 - 11:43
I signed in just to reply on this thread. Jet ski scams like this are endemic in Phuket and word is spreading about them. Go to the police immediately! You were smart to take photos as you have evidence. If you didn't, there's a good chance that you would end up on the wrong end of either a lawsuit, violence or both. I'm curious, where are the owners of the company from? In the meantime, I'll try to find links to stories about the jet ski scams in Phuket.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 14 September 2011 - 11:33
Report them to the Consumer Rights Association and tell them you will be calling the Police to open a file ( even if you don't) Have you paid?