This has a little bit of the feel of those Craigslist AirBnB stories that came out about a month ago. Could they be farming HN now?
I'm almost homeless: Why you should not go outside Airbnb's payment system
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#62This is a great story! Thanks for sharing! It's not really surprising that someone who was willing to cheat AirBNB out of their cut of the deal was also willing to cheat you. You've got to watch out when you're dealing with people like that. Couldn't you have hired exterminators for US$310? Let alone US$700. Also, Hostelling International Austin charges US$28 per bed per night with a shared bathroom in the room, so y…
Why didn't we hire an exterminator? I never even thougt of it. Thinking now I don't feel it was our responsibility to exterminate this guy's place, and he said he would refund our money which was airbnb's policy.
Of course it wasn't your responsibility. But if you'd done that you could have spent the next few days hacking on your project instead of looking for lodging, and you might even have been able to collect the exterminator fees from him.
Re: I'm almost homeless: Why you should not go outside Airbnb's payment system
#63What are you working on?
post a url please
Sure: http://airbnb.com
Re: I'm almost homeless: Why you should not go outside Airbnb's payment system
#64I guess I should pass this piece of advice on. If you have roaches in your house (or anywhere for that matter) there is a simple cheap effective way to get rid of them. Boric acid. Just sprinkle it around the place (its not toxic to humans, or comparable to salt anyway), on the sideboards, and anywhere else the roaches are likely to go. It will kill them all pretty quickly. I recently had issues with the neighbor hav…
> (its not toxic to humans, or comparable to salt anyway) This is FALSE, and very dangerous advice for people with infants. Quote from NSW Food Authority [1]: "Borax, also known as sodium borate (Na2B4O7.10H2), and boric acid (H3BO3) are colourless, salt-like substance that can also be a white powder." "What are the symptoms of Borax poisoning? Some of the symptoms of Borax ingestion include headache, fever, nausea,…
Boric acid is reasonably toxic. Borax is "nontoxic", which is to say, the lethal dose for borax is similar to the lethal dose for salt or baking soda — about half a pound for any of the three, in my case. Alle Ding' sind Gift, und nichts ohn' Gift; allein die Dosis macht, daß ein Ding kein Gift ist.
There are other pesticides that are less dangerous to babies.