Condor Ferries. Can't book them, can't contact them!

[miljee]

After DAYS of deliberation and loading "outbound dates, inbound dates, 3 adults, 2 kids, Ford, Mondeo, reclining seats" etc etc about a thousand times into ferry booking search engines, we finally found the operator and dates that work ok with us- not brilliant as it'll still cost 400 quid + to get us across the channel but still...- I go to book but can I? I am so frustrated! NOTHING at Condor is working! the 0870/0845 numbers are 'out of order', and the online booking gets caught in a password entering loop. I'm just SO relieved we decided to nail the transport before committing to the accommodation as I'm now rather worried that Condor have got "A Problem".

Has anyone else found this?

BUT WAIT! We reloaded and reloaded our (identical) request on the Condor website trying to get past the 'enter your password' problem- then suddenly the price on the outbound journey shot up making the overall trip go from 408 rtn to over 500!! BUT DH found an obscure phone number and rang them (note HE got through!) and lo! Booked- at 334 pounds.

Probably find we're on a pedalo...

I am beginning to see why people go through Keycamp.