The ever vigilant Herald Online reported about a fraudulent product being sold to unsuspecting Port Elizabeth locals. Dine in the Sky offers a ‘unique’ dining experience by suspending diners from a crane in the sky whilst they enjoy a meal.
Apparently the offering is a scam and has PE based ‘diners’ hot under the collar.
The real question is; “Why would someone want to dine suspended from a crane in the middle of Govan Mbeki Avenue?” The beachfront or Donkin Reserve maybe, but Govan Mbeki Avenue? No!
A website offering a unique dining experience in the Bay has come under fire for allegedly scamming Port Elizabeth diners out of their money.
Claims spread widely on Facebook yesterday that Dine in the Sky, which is supposedly set to host four sky-based dinners in the city next month, had been scamming citizens by charging R920 a person without confirming bookings.
Sky Dining South Africa, a registered company in Johannesburg, used their Facebook page to warn users against the alleged fraudsters.
“We have been advised about another scam advertised as Dine in the Sky in PE,” the company wrote yesterday.
“Please note that we [operate] from one venue [in] Bryanston and do not facilitate online payments to secure bookings through the website or other social media platforms.”
The post was shared widely online, and by yesterday afternoon the Facebook page – under the name Dinner in the Sky SA – had been taken down.
Its website, however, still advertised three-course dinners to be held in the sky between February 9 and 14 but by this morning that too had been taken down.
Dine in the Sky events see a table suspended at a height of up to 60m by a crane, giving diners beautiful views as they enjoy a three-course meal.
The Port Elizabeth event would supposedly have taken place on the corner of Mill Street and Govan Mbeki Avenue.
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