TWO SCAMS HAPPENING ONBOARD CRUISE SHIPS, CRUISE NEWS
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The creator discusses two reported scams occurring on Royal Caribbean cruise ships involving onboard retail services. The first incident involves a jewelry store where a staff member allegedly removed links from a watch and then pressured a passenger to purchase the item immediately under the threat of calling ship security. The creator notes that guest services failed to provide adequate assistance to the passenger, suggesting they should have directed the individual to a shopping manager. The second incident involves an art auction run by Park West on the Freedom of the Seas. A family won an art piece for 650 dollars, but representatives later claimed the item was sold out and offered a different piece for 2,700 dollars instead. The creator characterizes this as a bait and switch tactic and criticizes Royal Caribbean for claiming these third party vendors are separate departments. The video concludes that cruise lines should take more responsibility for the conduct of vendors operating on their ships to protect passengers from shady dealings.
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they said you have one of two choices now you can either buy the watch right now or we're calling the ship Security on you
they were told oh sorry the one you bid on is sold out oh and by the way way we accidentally wrongly pric that it's not $650 if you want that one it's going to cost you $2,700
Royal Caribbean should be definitely looking into what exactly happened and if that person selling those watches is actually doing that get them the heck off your cruise ships
if you put it up for bid and you set the price and once that gavel goes down and says sold you've sold it I don't care if you've repriced it wrong
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