Post by magz811 on Aug 17, 2015 13:31:56 GMT
My family recently got back from a week in Myrtle Beach. We rent a house, right on the beach, with my husbands mother, stepfather, stepbrothers & sister and their kids. This time, there was 18 of us in the house. We have a blast. We rent the same house, the same week, every year.
Anyway.....
Our first day there we're all hanging out by the pool when some random girl comes walking into the back patio area. She says that HER family has rented the house for the week. She ends up showing us a rental agreement and says she was supposed to meet the owner there to get the keys. She even had a local number for the owner. That put up a red flag immediately as the owner lives about 12 hours away from the house.
Long story short, this poor girl and her family drove 10 hours to Myrtle from PA & Maryland to find out she got scammed on Craigslist. She found the listing on CL for $1900 for the week and paid in full and upfront via paypal. We always go through VRBO and deal directly with the owner.
Now, if you've ever rented a house in Myrtle Beach (or anywhere for that matter) you know it's nearly impossible to find an oceanfront house for $1900 a week - let alone one that sleeps 18 people. We pay over $5k. I'm not even sure you could get a condo for that.
We felt so awful for this family. They were out $1900 and were now 10 hours from home with no place to stay.
We ended up inviting the family to hang out with us poolside - gave the kids some snacks and let them swim in the pool. We hooked dad up with some beer (turns out he & DH both went to Virginia Tech) and tried our best to comfort the mom who was beside herself.
My SIL and one of the other family members ended up calling around and ended up finding them a place to stay 3 blocks from the beach.
I've heard of people getting scammed on Craigslist before, but I never witnessed it first hand. It was a scary situation for this family. I hope they ended up having a nice vacation in the long run.
Anyway.....
Our first day there we're all hanging out by the pool when some random girl comes walking into the back patio area. She says that HER family has rented the house for the week. She ends up showing us a rental agreement and says she was supposed to meet the owner there to get the keys. She even had a local number for the owner. That put up a red flag immediately as the owner lives about 12 hours away from the house.
Long story short, this poor girl and her family drove 10 hours to Myrtle from PA & Maryland to find out she got scammed on Craigslist. She found the listing on CL for $1900 for the week and paid in full and upfront via paypal. We always go through VRBO and deal directly with the owner.
Now, if you've ever rented a house in Myrtle Beach (or anywhere for that matter) you know it's nearly impossible to find an oceanfront house for $1900 a week - let alone one that sleeps 18 people. We pay over $5k. I'm not even sure you could get a condo for that.
We felt so awful for this family. They were out $1900 and were now 10 hours from home with no place to stay.
We ended up inviting the family to hang out with us poolside - gave the kids some snacks and let them swim in the pool. We hooked dad up with some beer (turns out he & DH both went to Virginia Tech) and tried our best to comfort the mom who was beside herself.
My SIL and one of the other family members ended up calling around and ended up finding them a place to stay 3 blocks from the beach.
I've heard of people getting scammed on Craigslist before, but I never witnessed it first hand. It was a scary situation for this family. I hope they ended up having a nice vacation in the long run.
