Originally Posted by
Sirscrapalot
Originally Posted by
jord0690
A few years back our family decided to rent a beach house in florida for 2 weeks over christmas. My uncle was setting it all up. Went to a travel company to see about getting a rental house, and they directed him to this one company that listed houses for rent. So we found a nice one, 5000 for 2 weeks for about 12 of us. Right on the ocean. Got pictures, address, everything. Spoke with people on the phone. Was totally legit.
So the day comes, we pack up and leave central Ontario for the long drive down. 2 days later, in Georgia, we get a call, "there was a child that drowned in the pool at the house you're renting, so you cannot stay there" we are thinking OH MY GOD. so terrible! Those poor people..
My dad senses something fishy. Calls fort lauderdale police and ask about he situation. They have no report of any drownings in the past week....
Try to call back, number is not in service. So we go to the address anyways. The house is there. But Nobodys living there. The address is one number off... The address we where givin was for the parking lot next door....
What really infuriated us was that the travel company gave us the website! And then gave us no compensation!
And they also informed us that another family had booked the same house, off the same site, for the same time period as us...
Was still a great vacation. We just found a great condo to rent instead. Was actually better than the house. But still sucked that our family got taken for 5 grand!
I've read about that happening a lot. Pretty crappy, see my first post on what should be done to the scammer. I read about it a lot happening to folks moving into homes to rent, etc. Crazy.
An Bear..I DID have my filter on in that first post! I don't need a vacation!
Sirscrapalot - Scammers...stick'm in a can an drop in a very deep crevice in the ocean. All of'em!
Oh ya we talked about what we would do to that guy for almost a week. Lets just say Hes lucky he lives in Nigeria....
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