Comments on: Days Inn’s Water Shut Off – February 1, 2011

By: kevpod

kevpod — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:46:12 +0000

Right, this outfit is keeping close to $200,000 of the public’s money.

By: Mark Sailors

Mark Sailors — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:08:55 +0000

Noting that Kevin, where are the criminal charges against the owners and management? Tax fraud, non payment of wages, and theft of services are all crimes, and with the amount of money we are talking about, they would rise to the level of felonies.

By: kevpod

kevpod — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:38:16 +0000

Take a look a the replies when we first broke this story. They did exactly what a poorly-run business does: blame the newspaper. This while they continued to charge taxes and keep the money, not even paying employees.

http://www.arcataeye.com/2010/03/deadbeat-days-inn-owes-arcata-130776-62-–-march-3-2010/

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:24:05 +0000

i stayed at this hotel in 2009, and they tried to extort a $200.oo deposit for a 49.99 room, the manager at the time, not one of the patels, but a caucasian fellow, looked me in the eye, and said i would get my tripreward points for the chains program, and then, when I contacted the chains promotional arm, he had told them I hadnt paid an eligible rate, I had to fight & fight to get my points, and the fact that i was lied to, left a REALLY bad taste in my mouth.I am not surprised AT ALL to see this property in the paper over other dishonest business practices, given the way they treated me as a CUSTOMER.

#22738 rob
December 20, 2010 at 1:57 pmI’m pretty sure the manager at the time (who lied to my face about my getting my reward points for the room I rented) is one ‘Michael Miller’, who, i assume was working on behalf of the patel family in this instance…what I DO know, is I eventually got HALF of the points from the parent chain as a gesture of goodwill, but it certainly soured me on this particular property.–I noticed an article in the eureka paper’s website referencing a government employee notating mr millers duplicity and rudeness on the phone in (bureacratic) matter concerning this hotel.–as rule, bureucrats dont mention the demeanor of who they are speaking with in official reports, but in his case they did.-I am NOT surprised at all.

and the ‘economy’ claim, is total hoohah,there are at least 3 other hotels in that district that do just fine for themselves.quite simply, the days inn’s lack of hospitality, and rude treatment of guests has EVERYTHING to do with their business practices, and low revenue.NOT the ‘economy’

I say good riddance to a bad business.

By: Mark Sailors

Mark Sailors — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:20:46 +0000

Pretty sad, but it is about time considering they will shut the water off on anyone else for a single month past due.

Maybe they should pay their employees as well.

Just a thought.