Another Airbnb Victim Tells His Story: “There Were Meth Pipes Everywhere”

Re:Another Airbnb Victim Tells His Story: “There Were Meth P... by klenwell on Sunday July 31, 2011 @04:54PM (#2829553)

This does answer one thing that puzzled me about the EJ story. If this was meth addicts, she surely couldn't have been the first victim of this sort of thing.

If the culprits in this case aren't related to the ones in the EJ case, I'd be curious if there's an identifiable profile here. The stereotype of the meth addict I operate by is a down-market tweaker who'd have no idea Airbnb existed much less the patience or resources to take advantage of it. But I suppose there's a more upscale demographic that might make up a hellish niche market for Airbnb.

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Re:Another Airbnb Victim Tells His Story: “There Were Meth P... by georgemcbay on Sunday July 31, 2011 @05:16PM (#2829632)

She won't be the last either, unless Airbnb makes some sort of fundamental changes.

Not only is all of this press bad in terms of basic PR, but now the word is out (to those so inclined who weren't tech savvy enough to previously realize it even existed) that Airbnb is a good place to rent a temporary meth lab as long as you're capable of some basic identity theft.

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