So this morning I checked my mail and I received a letter from a company called Slingshot and something or rather. I wasn't sure what it was about. But then my memory kicked in! It was for a fun zombie run evening in Bristol I had booked in for September!
Good Golly Miss Molly- the company had gone bankrupt!!! So obviously the event was cancelled. I haven't encountered this type of thing before, so I had no idea if the tickets I'd paid for would be refunded- quite possibly not!
After some Google-ing, it seems as though, as long as you paid by credit card then you can claim back for events such as insolvency. (Don't ya just LOVE Google and credit cards!). To be honest, I wasn't over fussed about getting my money back, it's just one of those things you have to write off. And as a semi freelancer, I can only imagine the heartbreak of having to call it quits on your own business, so I would imagine the owners have a lot more to deal with at present.
The interesting kicker out of all of this, is that to claim your money back via the credit card route, under Section 75, the purchase you make has to be over £100. Check this out- my tickets cost £100 and 54 pence!!! So 55p less and I would've been screwed for sure lol.
Like I said, I'm not overly fussed if I lose the money and I've still yet to find out if my case is actually claimable but I just think that is wildly hysterical!
So lessons of they day:
- It's good to pay via credit card on things which cost £100-£30,000 as you're covered if it goes bust!
- Get over it! If you have it or lose it, it's ok. It's not like anyone died of broke a limb or anything in this instance, so all is well.
- The Universe ALWAYS has you covered- down to the last dime!
- Have fun anyway! I'm still booked to go Bristol, I'm probably going to teach there and if not, it's still a fun day out!
Happy bust-ing!!!
All my love, Nick Xxx
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Nick
7/8/2015 02:00:25 am
UPDATE: The credit card company have fully refunded it- yay!!! You gotta love Virgin Atlantic AMEX ;o)x
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