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> Airbnb, while pointing out that the incident was the first of its kind out of some 2 million stays booked since the company's founding in 2008 this isn't tru
by nikcub 15y ago
> Airbnb, while pointing out that the incident was the first of its kind out of some 2 million stays booked since the company's founding in 2008
this isn't true. there was a guy in the Techcrunch comments who said that the same thing happen to him. he also makes reference to two other incidents in another comment. the comment is here:
http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/30/how-the-hell-is-this-my-fault/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/30/how-the-hell-is-this-my-fau...
reproducing the top part of the comment:
Something very similar happened to me about 2 months ago.
In addition to valuables stolen, the thieves/addicts did thousands of dollars of bizarre damage to my rented home and left it littered with meth pipes. They were identity thieves, too and all my personal information was strewn about. Further investigation of my own led me to evidence that the people were not just thieves but were also dangerous. I too, feared for my own safety and would not stay at my house for some time.
I had a similar problem with haphazard communication from people at AirBnB. I gave them multiple opportunities to make me a happy customer to which they did but then retracted their offer after their was miscommunication among the team. Sometimes days went by without hearing from anyone, while I was fear-stricken, totally disoriented, and angry. It was almost the most absurd customer service crisis one could ever imagine. But I am one squeaky wheel, and we eventually found an agreeable solution that I was generally pleased with.
I have since both rented my place out and stayed in others' homes from airbnb
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- ajays 15y agoEJ's incident happened a month ago. The other incident (referenced in GP) happened 2 months ago. So EJ's can not be the "first of its kind". If the quoted comment is true, then AirBnB is lying.
- mikeleeorg 15y agoInteresting. Has anyone been able to verify this account from Troy Dayton? I found his Twitter & LinkedIn accounts (easy to get from a web search) and, at the very least, I can confirm that someone exists by that name in San Francisco.
- nikcub 15y agoThis topic isn't going away, and it is the weekend, which means all the tech blogs are looking for something to write about - so I wouldn't be surprised if at least one blogger isn't following this up.
- dlss 15y agoThere's also commenter on HN who rented an illegally listed home http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2820644 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2820644 And the statements from Roomarama that they have encountered similar problems in the article linked from http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2823039 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2823039 I'm guessing AirBnB meant "first time a story like this got press" when they said "the incident was the first of its kind"