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Post by High Priestess on Mar 15, 2017 15:42:40 GMT
A Canadian visitor to Los ANgeles experienced what he viewed as a very bad "bait and switch" situation when the luxury condo in Hollywood that he rented thru Airbnb turned out to be anything but luxurious. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/airbnb-hotel-los-angeles-winnipeg-1.4023319 As advertised  Real place What do you think? It looks like it actually is the same place, to me, or at least one in the same building, except that the nice furniture has been replaced with not as luxurious furniture and the 2nd photo is not taken with a wide angle lens for a professional photo look. |
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Post by helgaparis on Mar 16, 2017 13:50:53 GMT
Looks like the same flat at another floor, not exactly the same with other furniture.
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Post by helgaparis on Mar 16, 2017 19:32:58 GMT
Looking closer at the floor: it could be the same place, as some of the irregularities seem at the same place in relation to walls and sockets. The furniture is different, but the change is strange. Some items are the same but in different colors, others are a bit better on the listing snd in another taste. If it was the othee way around, you'd say the owner got a partner with better taste, who changed the place a bit. The other way around makes less sense. If you sell the furniture and get less good one, you still don't make a profit.
The main problem is the wide angle and photo editing.
A wide angle deforms, a cheaper one even more so. You have to pull the photo back in perspective on Photoshop, which itself is an expensive program. Often photographers for real estate seem to believe that it's a sign of quality, if they transform a phone booth into a railway station hall. Like if you take shots on a marriage and bride and groom look beautiful.
The airbnb photographers are going all out in that sense.
Legally, it's risky. So I can understand that they pay ghe hotel, especially if the place was dirty too and the toilet broken with a plumber promised to come in a few days. For a short stay.
The article was not clear , I was not sure, if they haggled over the 20% price difference fir the hotel or if the guest wanted refund plus hotel.
Anyway, they got what they wanted and still make a big scandal: better they stick to hotels.
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