I've had a nightmare with Skimium
I've had a nightmare with Skimium, we booked ski equipment for 2 people, but then one of us was refused at the airport so didn't make it to France. On the same day, I was then checking the website and saw that I was able to still cancel the booking we've had from the next day for a refund. Although it is marked in places on the website that this needs to be done 24 hours before your first day of hire, it was very unclear on the account section going through the cancellation process. In fact, I was able to cancel smoothly and got a confirmation email and everything. So I thought it went through ok and rebooked my pack for the next day, thinking nothing of it. However, the refund never arrived so I tried to get in touch with their Customer Service - to no avail. My emails were ignored completely, apart from a 'rate your experience' email in reply to my inquiry. I then attempted to reply in French which seemed to have done the trick (I mean I'm happy to translate but would kinda be nice to know I'll be ignored in English ahead of sending anything out, just a thought...). I was told I won't be refunded since the booking was cancelled less than 24 hours before the hire (I cancelled in the afternoon the day before the booking started and rebooked that same day). So not only am I now paying for my friend's unused equipment, but I'm also paying twice for mine after stupidly rebooking my pack with them. I don't even expect to get back any of the second pack we didn't use, but didn't think I'd have to pay twice for mine just because the website isn't clear: would it be so hard to remove the cancellation option or add a warning that there won't be a refund if it is less than 24 hours before? Adding to this, the equipment I did receive was very badly fitted, my boots were way too big - not great for someone who's trying to learn.😅
Given that some of this very much was our fault, the support we received was pretty shocking (or in other words: non-existent). The whole experience was stressful enough without having to deal with Skimium, so would highly recommend booking directly with a local vendor instead to anyone considering going through them.
3 February 2022
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