Facts:
- purchased voucher for sofa cleaning from Verrazano Carpet via Amazon Local, for about 19$, on March 29th, 2014;
- called to fix appointment and was given appointment: end of May 2014 (today);
- got a timely call this morning, anticipating they were getting to my place, confirmed address;
- about an hour later, guy entered my apt with absolutely nothing for cleaning my sofa, just a notebook in his hands;
- as soon as he entered the apt stated it was impossible to do the job, 'cause steam cleaning my sofa was going to damage it: my cotton would have lost color and had other damages (note: my sofa is a very standard cotton sofa, no leather, no strange fabrics.. with little spots in a specific corner I wanted to get cleaned, overall definitely not particularly dirty);
- the guy also immediately proposed me to pay 240 (two hundred and forty) dollars for the "shampoo cleaning" instead;
- I emphasized this was "about 12 times the value of the deal I had bought: not exactly comparable": was explained my payment was going to be deducted by the 240 I was going to pay to get the job done;
- I asked again - stressing "also for respect of our respective time" - if I had got it right, that he was offering me something 12 times more expensive than what he (i.e. Verrazano Carpet) had previously accepted to perform and got paid for: he repeated the damaged cotton story, confirmed his 240$ offers, added that his time was going to be paid anyway.. and I could also ask for my money to be refunded;
- I told him I was grateful for his visit and opened the door so as to let him go.
Overall, I immediately had the very strong sense there has never been any intention to perform the job marketed and sold me through the Amazon Local website: maybe Verrazano Carpet is showing a service/product, just for sending someone in and then try to "upsell" some 10 more expensive services?
...This happens in 2014, in NYC? Thought you should be aware of this happening with this "supplier".
Note: already called Amazon Local, that very correctly - as usual - promised a refunding within 3 days and promised to ensure Verrazano Carpet is aware of all this happening.. read more