Influencer Jadé Tuncdoruk has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons this week, after she demanded a small business refund her $2,000 honeymoon deposit - even though their clear-cut terms and conditions said this wasn't possible.
And the hosts of the Outspoken podcast, sisters Amy, Sophie and Kate Taeuber, weighed in on the controversy on Monday, saying the dispute would likely have never become a major scandal if the 26-year-old hadn't posted a 'smug' selfie on Instagram after getting her money back.
The Taeubers agreed the photo 'rubbed people the wrong way' given how badly small businesses have suffered throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
'It’s quite clear that Jadé is completely out of touch and really not reading the tone of 2022 and the past couple of years, because she does post things that are very inappropriate,' Kate said.
Smug: Influencer Jadé Tuncdoruk shared this smug selfie after a holiday rental company refunded her $2,000 holiday deposit. The hosts of the popular Outspoken podcast believe this particular post was what sparked a wave of backlash against her 'entitled' attitude
'She also posts things a lot of the time with this smug grin and this sort of attitude that really rubs people up the wrong way.'
Kate continued: 'I think the real kicker is always the smug post afterwards, where she's telling her followers that she's somehow won from the situation.
'It just seems to be the same expression and it really gets underneath a lot of people's skin.'
Refund request: Tuncdoruk came under fire after slamming luxury holiday rental company Weekenda on Instagram last week for refusing to refund her $2,000 deposit - after ignoring the company's clear-cut terms and conditions
Tuncdoruk came under fire after slamming luxury holiday rental company Weekenda on Instagram last week for refusing to refund her $2,000 deposit.
In her now-deleted post, Tuncdoruk said she'd booked her honeymoon at Meerea Park Country Estate, in the Hunter Valley, in July 2021 and planned to stay there in March 2022.
But she decided to cancel the trip a month later after postponing her wedding due to Covid.
'Incredibly poor form': In her now-deleted post, Tuncdoruk explained she'd booked her stay with Weekenda last year, putting down a $2,000 deposit. After cancelling the booking due to Covid, she demanded the company refund her deposit. Weekenda denied this request
In black and white: Weekenda's terms and conditions (pictured) clearly state that customers aren't entitled to a refund of their deposit if they cancel
Weekenda's terms and conditions state that customers aren't eligible for refunds if they cancel, but the influencer seemingly didn't think this rule applied to her and demanded a refund on her deposit.
'We requested a refund due to the pandemic, but they said the best they could do was put it back up on line to be booked by someone else,' Tuncdoruk explained.
'Six weeks out of [sic] the booking and we've asked again for a refund which they've denied. They've had months to refund us for a booking that we don't need. They're taking our money just because they can,' she raged.
She added: 'It's just incredibly poor form and so disappointing that businesses are taking advantage of people in the middle of a pandemic.'
Leaked e-mails obtained by Daily Mail Australia showed how Tuncdoruk threatened to take Weekenda to Fair Trading if they didn't refund her deposit -
