I booked Domus Betti on-line directly on their website on Oct 9, 2007. I received back a reply confirmation. On Oct 10, I received an email from Armando Betti that he was sorry he had no booking available for the dates I wanted. I considered this a cancellation of my reservation and sought accommodation elsewhere.
Now 8 months later, at 4:00 am in the morning, I received a telephone call from Mr. Betti regarding my reservation. I was surprised as I thought this was cancelled long ago. He stated the cost was not going to be 85 EUR, but now was 130 EUR, did I still want the room. I told him NO, when I received his email stating he did not have availability the dates I needed I had sought accommodation elsewhere. He was surprised that I no longer wanted the room, but told me to cancel the reservation. I again told him I considered that he had cancelled my reservation when he said he had no availability.
With these mistakes and changes, I certainly wouldn't take a chance now of travelling all that distance, arriving in Rome not knowing if I had a room reservation or not. I feel this is a very poor way to run a business.