After the tedious account creation I booked a room...

After the tedious account creation I booked a room and got a confirmation. 5 minutes later the host messaged me to say that she couldn t take booking. I immediately called abnb to make sure the pending charge would be removed and I was assured it would. Next morning the charge wasn t pending it was charged to my bank. I again called the non US based call center and was told the credit was issued and to give my bank a code. You guessed it. Still no credit and no one at my bank knows what the code is for.
What a joke.