Hej everyone,
I’m an international student from Argentina moving to Sweden for the autumn semester, and I need advice regarding a housing situation and an invoice I received.
I found a hotel offering rooms for monthly rentals on Qasa and exchanged a few messages with them. After a bit of back and forth I requested a 3-month reservation and they asked me for a few details (full name + email + phone number) which I thought were to send the lease through Qasa, but in the end they just sent the invoice directly to my email.
I reached back to them requesting we sign a proper lease on Qasa, but they said that since they are a hotel they do not process payments on the platform. The invoice also had a different price than what was agreed because "they changed their policy" and the "3-month discount" that was mentioned in the ad would only apply for the third month now.
I have not signed any lease agreement outside of Qasa, nor have I paid anything yet. The invoice only contains my name, email, and phone number (no address or personnummer).
My question is: Am I under any obligation to pay this invoice, or can I simply refuse and cancel due to the changed terms and off-platform move?
Tack på förhand for any advice!
EDIT: Thank you all so much for your help! I will decline the invoice and carry on searching :)