点评:I booked my son's paintball party with Delta Force over a month in advance, so it was incredibly disappointing to receive a phone call less than 48 hours before the event telling me they could no longer host it. Their only suggestions were to take a refund or move the party to another date. Anyone who has organised a children's party knows that simply isn't realistic with two days' notice.
They then suggested I pay to add six extra people. When I asked to speak to a manager, I never received a call back. After I contacted head office myself, they said they would "compromise" and let me add fewer people instead—but it would still cost me an extra £150. There was no meaningful attempt to put right a problem that they had created.
In the end, I had to come up with the solution myself by asking to move the booking to another Delta Force venue, which was an additional 30 minutes away. That meant extra travelling for all of our guests, purely because of their cancellation.
I also asked whether they would offer any compensation, given that they had cancelled a service I had booked and paid for with less than 48 hours' notice. They accepted no responsibility whatsoever. I was promised a call back within 30 minutes, which never happened. When I chased again the following day, I was simply told that someone would contact me "when they can."
The lack of communication, accountability and customer care was extremely disappointing. Thankfully the party was salvaged, but only because I pushed for a solution. I wouldn't book with this venue again based on how this situation was handled.
翻译:我提前一个多月就通过Delta Force为我儿子预订了彩弹射击派对,因此,在活动开始前不到48小时,我接到电话告知他们无法再举办该派对时,真的非常失望。他们给出的唯一建议就是退款或者把派对改期。只要组织过儿童派对的人都知道,仅提前两天通知根本不现实。
随后他们又建议我付费以增加六个人名额。当我要求与经理通话时……我始终没有收到回电。在我亲自联系总部后,他们表示可以“通融”,允许我增加少量人员——但这样仍需额外支付150英镑。对于他们自身造成的问题,他们根本没有采取任何有效的补救措施。
最后,我只能自己想办法解决,请求将预订地点改到另一家Delta Force场馆,不过那里要远30分钟车程。这意味着我们的所有宾客都得多花时间在路上。完全是因为他们取消了服务。
我还询问过,鉴于他们在不到48小时前就取消了我已预订并付款的服务,是否会提供任何补偿。但他们完全拒绝承担责任。他们承诺会在30分钟内回电给我,但始终没有兑现。第二天我再次催促时,只得到“会在方便时有人联系我”的回复。
这种沟通缺失、缺乏责任感以及差劲的客户服务实在令人极其失望。幸运的是,派对最终还是顺利举行了,但这全因我积极寻求解决办法。鉴于此次事件的处理方式,我不会再选择这个场地来举办活动了。