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I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb

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Re: I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb

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Post by reustle » Fri, Nov 08, 2019, 6:44 AM UTC

hassancf wrote: post #629

reustle wrote: post #540

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It's tied to your phone number and they don't support virtual numbers

Actually they do. I currently use a number that was transferred to Fongo 3 years ago and have not had any issue with UBER since then.

I've never gotten uber or uber eats to successfully validate through my google voice number. Support chalks it up to being a virtual number.

Re: I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb

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Post by Fomite » Fri, Nov 08, 2019, 8:10 PM UTC

JetSpiegel wrote: post #603

vkou wrote: post #589

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Sure, but in the off-season, if you didn't book that room to begin with, most of the time, that room would still be empty.

Why not stay at the hotel and avoid the hassle all together? Is it penny pinching? Irrational ideological prejudice of helping a 'startup'?

For me, when I was doing it? A difference of >$150 a night matters a lot to a graduate student.

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