How I spent $1799 at LivingSocial.com and didn't even know it
So my wife and I are looking at a vacation package that was on escapes.livingsocial.com, she handed me the laptop and in the process we accidentally clicked on the big "Buy Now" button. ..... The next page informed us that we had booked a $1799 vacation package to Panama. Not that I wouldn't want to travel to Panama, but I was not interested to do so currently. Without so much as a "Would you like to charge $1799 to your credit card".
I assured my wife that there was no way that they had actually charged my card, but oh yes they had already started the paperwork. (Below it looks like it had even been done twice....very strange, but most likely the first one was to check for available funds)
So the page that was staring back at me did have a cancel button, which I then clicked and they confirmed to me that my trip had been canceled but, I am sure that this charge will be pending for the next 15-90 days where I will have to pay my card down only to later get the credit back.
So moral of the story is don't browse escapes.livingsocial.com with your mouse too close to the "Buy Now" button.
I am not saying that I don't like the one click "option", but it should be just that an option, like on Amazon.com, or a $15 burger joint, not an $1800 trip.
UPDATE:
Charges have already been removed. Which is much faster than I am used to with credits back to my account.
