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Re: Be VERY WARY of who you are renting from! (by Jack M.):
phill12 wrote:Hi Phill, I agree entirely that putting a notation in his file is not adequate. First of all it does absolutely no good to the next person (victim?) who does business with him. He might as well have a perfectly clear record for all they know. E-Bay is much more transparent and allows you to see feedback on both buyers and sellers. This at least allows for a much more informed transaction. From the purchaser perspective the only way you are going to know that someone like Theodore Tu is a bad actor is when they are excluded from the site. This would be akin to having a justice system where no one got punished unless they received a life sentence or greater.There needs to be a way to get feedback to customers as someone is accumulating complaints. Also the idea that someone is "clean" because apparently no prior complaints have been lodged against them has serious flaws. For one, numerous studies show that for every person that takes the time and trouble to lodge a complaint there are many others who are equally unhappy but don't bother to formally complain.Also, if someone is clever they may be able to mask their identity, making it difficult to actually identify them for the purpose of making a complaint. When I lodged my complaint against Theodore Tu, Redweek had no idea who he was. Once I supplied additional info Redweek finally tracked him down under the name "Steve". I think that the idea of making transactions more transparent on Redweek might be worth addressing in a separate forum.marty8084 wrote:After checking into this a little more, please help me to understand why the posting you contacted this owner for is available for the dates of: Sep 1, 2007 - Sep 8, 2007. This is the only posting this owner has for Marriott's Newport Coast Villas. Did you go earlier then you were suppose to? Am I missing something here? When did you use this rental?Thanks, Marty
Marty I'm impressed with what length you seem to be following up on this possible scam!
If this is true it is sad but what I wonder is if this Steve has been a member here for three years you would think he would respond to these charges.
I say respond on here only because the charges have been posted on Redweek! This should have been handled in private but if he has blown off the renters then its out here for all of us!
If this person isn't scamming the renters and it was a honest mistake then you would think he would gladly pay them the agreed amount! If he isn't in the wrong then why agree to pay this family $1200.
Hope after all this you do get answers and can do more than inter this in his file!
Sorry but putting a scam notation in a file just seems like slap on the wrist!
Keep up the good work!
PHILL12