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Re:Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares... by bena on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @11:12AM (#27516661)
Wouldn't they be the owners of the bed in the first place? Or were they managing it for the owners? That's so weird.
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Re:Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares... by Mizza on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @11:15AM (#27516697)
I am baffled to this day.
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Re:Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares... by drdec on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @11:36AM (#27516989)
Complete speculation - they operate multiple properties and were short a bed in another house. They may have had someone checking in and balking because there was no bed. Since you had already checked in, it would be much more difficult for you to claw back your money. So the incentives are to short you in favor of the new money.
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