Warning - James Buffaloe

Do not rent from James Buffaloe. I had contracted with him to rent his unit at Westgate Town Center. The payment was processed on July 18 and to date I have not received a confirmation. All attempts to reach him have gone unanswered. Looks like I am just out my money. This is my 10th time to rent from an owner on Redweek and I've never had a problem like this.

did you pay with credit card, or paypal type payments.. you might have recourse.. also be sure to let Redweek know of this problem as well.. They may ban him is there are others that have been screwed.

good luck with your quest to get money back.

No, I paid with a money order.....have always done so in the past with money order or certified check......learned a hard lesson, never had a problem in the past though.

I don't know that there is anything I can do, looking into it, if anyone has advice it would be greatly appreciated.

I have contacted Redweek. His posting is still showing available under the Westgate Town Center rentals.

cristy19 wrote:

No, I paid with a money order.....have always done so in the past with money order or certified check......learned a hard lesson, never had a problem in the past though.

I don't know that there is anything I can do, looking into it, if anyone has advice it would be greatly appreciated.

I have contacted Redweek. His posting is still showing available under the Westgate Town Center rentals.

You need to continue contacting Redweek until this issue is resolved.

In the future only use paypal. That should protect everyone involved.

cristy19 wrote:

Do not rent from James Buffaloe. I had contracted with him to rent his unit at Westgate Town Center. The payment was processed on July 18 and to date I have not received a confirmation. All attempts to reach him have gone unanswered. Looks like I am just out my money. This is my 10th time to rent from an owner on Redweek and I've never had a problem like this.

Cristy, I wasn't able to find any tickets into customer service that you have contacted us about this but I have sent an email to James asking him what's going on with your reservation. Please read through this page on how to protect yourself from fraud: http://www.redweek.com/resources/stay-safe. Using a vacation rental escrow company is the best way to protect yourself. I'll let you know if I hear back from James.

Thank you, Marty

Here is the email and response I got from Alisa.

Hi Cristy,

Thank you for contacting RedWeek.com and bringing this to our attention. While Mr. Buffaloe did not provide a phone number when he created his RedWeek account, I would be happy to e-mail him on your behalf to see if I can elicit a response.

Please let me know if you hear from this owner, and I will do the same.

Regards, Alisa

On Wed Aug 01 05:42:48 2012, email wrote: > Just wanted to alert you of a possie fraud. The posting referenced > above - I contacted Mr. Buffaloe about his rental. He checked and > said the rental was available for the dates I had requested. I > mailed him a money order as payment. That money order processed on > 7/18/2012. I cannot get a response back. I have received no > confirmation, and the rental is still listed as available. Please > advise! >

HI Cristy,

Unfortunately, I never heard back from the "owner". His RedWeek account has been deactivated.

I'm sorry.

Marty

cristy19 wrote:

Here is the email and response I got from Alisa.

Hi Cristy,

Thank you for contacting RedWeek.com and bringing this to our attention. While Mr. Buffaloe did not provide a phone number when he created his RedWeek account, I would be happy to e-mail him on your behalf to see if I can elicit a response.

Please let me know if you hear from this owner, and I will do the same.

Regards, Alisa

On Wed Aug 01 05:42:48 2012, email wrote: > Just wanted to alert you of a possie fraud. The posting referenced > above - I contacted Mr. Buffaloe about his rental. He checked and > said the rental was available for the dates I had requested. I > mailed him a money order as payment. That money order processed on > 7/18/2012. I cannot get a response back. I have received no > confirmation, and the rental is still listed as available. Please > advise! >