Comments on: Deposit Scam: Cancelled Within Four Minutes

By: Therese

Therese — Mon, 06 May 2019 05:29:37 +0000

How long ago was that and was in outside of the US? All Airbnb over here you can cancel within 48 hours for 100% refund.

By: Mark B

Mark B — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:23:22 +0000

Extremely greedy host though.

By: Brian Pan

Brian Pan — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 09:08:38 +0000

I have sympathy for your plight but it seems almost impossible to confuse a house or apartment with a single room. Did you read through the description and review the photos?

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 07:19:14 +0000

Absolutely, this is to avoid flaky ‘guests’ getting away with whimsical behaviour. Join a basic reading skills course:)

By: LALLaw77

LALLaw77 — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 06:43:22 +0000

Not necessarily. All major airlines allow you to cancel without penalty within 72 hours of booking. If, as this poster claims, he was only booked for 4 minutes before he contacted the host then I think a 50% penalty is ridiculous, especially if the host is able to rebook. It’s my understanding that through the resolution center you can contact the host for a full refund (don’t call the host a “scammer” 🙂 ). Hopefully he will accept. Obviously it pays to fully read a listing and be more careful going forward. You have some responsibility in this loss as well, but not to the tune of $2,300.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 04:45:28 +0000

Exactly, up to the host now…you effed up

By: veetz

veetz — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 03:58:40 +0000

Are you stupid Dalma? Four minutes and the host gets 23p0 hundred dollars? That’s disgusting, this isnt an airline. I hope the guest takes this host to court and brands his name across every platform

By: Dalma

Dalma — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 21:22:42 +0000

Hi, I’m afraid you’re in the wrong here. It is not the host or Airbnb fault if a costumer goes through every validation step and pay without checking anything. Many processes do not allow cancellation, just try to book a flight the same way and you’re in for a bad surprise.