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Airbnb removed my negative review

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Post by tekknik »

cycrutchfield wrote: post #183
jiggywiggy wrote: post #93

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Come to Amsterdam. Its city wide hobby to shit on Airbnb by residents and complain to newspapers and city. They even had an official city sponsored online participation board dedicated to complaining about airbnb. And it was pretty successful. Now so much registration is required to rent on Airbnb and max days that pretty much only professionals are left. They also gave like 10k fines to citizens who forgot a few thi…

So housing is cheap now, right? Right?

Housing prices are more complex than that, but it’s inarguable that more houses on the market means cheaper prices.

Out of curiosity, do you own properties specifically to rent on short term rental sites?

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Post by tekknik »

thefounder wrote: post #139
miguelazo wrote: post #106

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Gee, how about having a parade of random people showing up at all hours of the day/night just to start? The erosion of community. Further commodification of housing so that only the rich and upper middle class can buy a house in any city?

I think the ownership is not encouraged anymore. Instead we have social mobility so that we can move anytime when better opportunities arise. That may be a good or a bad thing depending on which side you are.

Without home ownership you are throwing away a large portion of the money you may make in your life. Even if you move frequently it still makes sense to buy so long as you’re not hitting the tip of the market.

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Post by tekknik »

zbrozek wrote: post #219
jerjerjer wrote: post #187

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It removes liquidity from housing market, by repurposing flats/houses into hotels.

It's creating liquidity, just not the kind you value. It's liquidity of short term housing rather than long term housing.

Ok, then more accurately it’s moving liquidity. The next question is which is more valuable to society?

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Post by wyclif »

esprehn wrote: post #391
wyclif wrote: post #326

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Laugh away, but Old Twitter was run by some pretty scummy people who allowed the FBI and CIA to backdoor the service. It was also a lot slower and broken compared to how fast it is now, especially outside North America (they recently added a lot more server capacity). Also massively bloated as recently as a year ago. Loads of people working there who didn't seem to do much except tweak icons 2000 times, enforce DEI m…

Added more server capacity? They just shut down an entire data center (they had 3, so that's a -33% reduction if you assume they're the same size.) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/technology/twitter-elon-m... What's the speed enhancements?

I'm told most of the rollout was data centers outside North America: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1608324539779551232

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Post by dns_snek »

alphabettsy wrote: post #401
dns_snek wrote: post #383

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Would you oppose a smelly wastewater treatment plant being built on the previously residential property right next to you? That's why they should get a say.

That’s not even remotely what we’re talking about.

Is it not? I think it's very comparable, you attempted to appeal to the freedoms of property owners but there are laws the govern the use of land wherever you go.

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Post by motoxpro »

rwalle wrote: post #396
streetdumpling wrote: post #344

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How much cleaning fee depends on the local market price of cleaning. Depending on how big the place is, $150 is possible. In SF e.g. you can't find a cleaner with $20-30. Hotels pay less on cleaner labor because it's more efficient (cleaners are probably full time employees cleaning all rooms every day anyway). And why it would be % of night rate? Cleaning fee is flat for one cleaning service.

Only makes sense if the host is actually paying professional cleaning service, or doing it themselves at the level provided at those services, after each stay. And I am very sure that's not the case 99% of the time based on my own experience. I'd be thankful if the kitchen counter is clean and there is no trash. That's actually not a low bar.

You've stayed in 100 Airbnb's and only one of them had a clean kitchen counter and the trash taken out? That's dedication to a service and also extremely bad luck.

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Post by relyks »

tekknik wrote: post #403
omgomgomgomg wrote: post #346

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They, speaking of the hosts, do not make anythong from deposits, I am working in finance, rest assured the reason is a different, much more nefarious one. They want to charge you for potential damages, done by you or not, as well as wear and tear. Never, ever put a deposit for them, not even by credit card. And if you pay for the stay, always , always use a credit card, not a debit card. That way, you can pull the ch…

> And if you pay for the stay, always , always use a credit card, not a debit card. That way, you can pull the chargeback trigger on them. You can chargeback with a debit card, I’ve done it a few times myself.

Isn't it only possible within the first 24-48 hours?

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Post by spoils19 »

tekknik wrote: post #404
nerdbert wrote: post #397

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Oh god please no more tipping. It's spreading like a virus. Each time I visit the USA there's more pestering for tips from every possible angle. Just pay people a fair wage already.

I don’t mind tipping, as it incentivizes people to perform better than standard work. I can’t see being forced to pay 20% to someone that can bring food on time for instance. Either way, this is Airbnb, the owner of the property sets the “wage”.

This is the correct stance to take. I've been to other countries where tipping hasn't been implemented, and the service and quality has _always_ been worse than in the grand USA.

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Post by precommunicator »

omgomgomgomg wrote: post #346
suzzer99 wrote: post #304

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The latest scam is having to pay either a $1500 deposit, or $59 "deposit insurance", which I assume the host gets some kickback on. I know I'm not going to trash the place. But I also don't like just putting $1500 out there either. A deposit that high only exists so someone can make money off the deposit insurance.

They, speaking of the hosts, do not make anythong from deposits, I am working in finance, rest assured the reason is a different, much more nefarious one. They want to charge you for potential damages, done by you or not, as well as wear and tear. Never, ever put a deposit for them, not even by credit card. And if you pay for the stay, always , always use a credit card, not a debit card. That way, you can pull the ch…

Keep in mind you should treat chargeback as nuclear weapon. AirBnB/other website will terminate your account.
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