Re:Airbnb and security camera disclosure
by dhimes on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @03:04PM
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if you use any buyer protections available to you outside of the platform, you risk being banned for life
Could you elaborate a bit on this? I've not used airbnb but have a trip coming up and am reading this thread with great interest.
Re:Airbnb and security camera disclosure
by URSpider94 on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @03:12PM
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Specifically, if you charge back the stay on your credit card, which would get you a refund. I expect that if you do this, Airbnb will ban you from the platform.
Re:Airbnb and security camera disclosure
by ryandrake on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @03:33PM
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Which is fine though, right?
If I’m at the point in a dispute with a company where I’m invoking a credit card chargeback, I’m NEVER wanting to do business with them again, for any reason. I’ve always assumed chargeback == bridge burned.
Why would you continue doing business with a company behaving badly?
Re:Airbnb and security camera disclosure
by llampx on Saturday January 19, 2019 @02:21PM
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When they're a big enough player that monopolizes the available inventory of holiday homes in a region or city you would be backing yourself into a corner by not having the option. Also, maybe tomorrow or next year they could be regulated or under new (better) management and you still wouldn't be able to use the platform.
Re:Airbnb and security camera disclosure
by matte_black on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @02:12PM
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There’s always ways to get around being banned.
For your case where they wanted evidence - what would have happened if you had no evidence, and ended up issuing a chargeback for "Services not provided? You would have been in the right, but probably would have been banned for life from Airbnb's system. The lack of competition and monopolistic nature makes this seem hostile to consumers.