ayment failure caused by app - escalated to debt collection two years later
My experience with emmy Sharing has been extremely disappointing.
In July 2024, I rented a scooter in Munich. The app failed to charge €9.91 due to a technical issue on their side. This was not a refusal to pay, their system simply did not complete the payment.
When I later attempted to resolve the issue, the payment link provided also did not function properly.
Fast forward to 2026: instead of resolving their own technical failure, the case was escalated to a debt collection agency with added fees and legal threats, increasing the amount from €9.91 to almost €50.
To make matters worse, the collection agency contacted me at an email address that is not even linked to my customer account. When I contacted customer support by phone, I was told that this email was not in their system and that the communication could potentially be fraudulent.
It is unacceptable for a company to:
- Fail to process payment due to internal technical issues
- Fail again when providing a payment solution
- Then escalate the matter to collections years later
- Add significant extra fees
- And create confusion around customer contact data
I was willing to pay the original rental amount. I am not willing to pay collection fees caused by the company’s own system failures.
Very disappointing handling of a minor issue that could have been resolved professionally.








