Free Smoke and CO Detector from Airbnb

Ann267
Level 2
Chesapeake, VA

Free Smoke and CO Detector from Airbnb

On Dec. 10, 2018 I ordered the free smoke and CO detector that AirBnB was offering. It said to allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. I have not received it yet. My page says my order is beig processed. Any idea what my next step shoudl be?

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Huma0
Level 10
London, United Kingdom

@Ann267I also ordered one some months ago and it hasn't arrived. I don't know where to see the order details on my account though. Where did you find these?

Emiel1
Level 10
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

@Huma0 

Here it says 'your order is being processed':

https://www.airbnb.com/trust/home-safety

On my Dashboard, where they are still advertising the free detector, when I click Learn More, it takes me to a Home Safety tab. About 3 sections down under Get A Free Detector, under Get One For Free (which is not an active link now) it says Your Order Is Being Processed. I can't find a way to contact AirBnB to get more information.

Helen3
Top Contributor
Bristol, United Kingdom

Mine took  about five months to arrive @Huma0 

Huma0
Level 10
London, United Kingdom

@Helen3Wow, okay. They must have quite a backlog. I just don't like that they now show it on the listing as a crossed out amenity!

Huma0
Level 10
London, United Kingdom

PS I regularly have the boiler serviced and get my gas safety certificate, as well as having a valid electrical safety certificate, all from certified engineers and electricians, and have not been advised to install a carbon monoxide detector as it's not considered necessary in my set up (I do have smoke detectors on every floor though).

 

I take this stuff pretty seriously and have spent thousands of pounds updating my cenral heating system and stil get it tested and certified annually, plus I have totally rewired the house and had all of that certified recently.

 

None of this seems to be considered though. Instead there is just a black mark on my listings for not having the carbon monoxide detector.

John1080
Level 10
Westcliffe, CO

@Ann267 @Huma0, mine came in about 2 months. I had actually forgotten all about it until it showed up one day! 

Huma0
Level 10
London, United Kingdom

@John1080  I really can't remembver now when I ordered mine, but I'd say it was months, rather than weeks, ago.

Huma0
Level 10
London, United Kingdom

PS  I don't have a problem with the slow delivery. I can understand that when you start such an initiative, a backlog is going to form which takes a while to work through. What I object to is that Airbnb immediately startd to flag up on listings that there was no carbon monoxide detector (from what I hear, also on listings where there is no gas, so it's totally irrelevant), before they could send out the ones they had promised hosts. That's not really fair.

Sandra856
Level 10
Copenhagen, Denmark

@Huma0 I got mine a couple of days ago and it is 4-5 month since I ordered it.

 

Huma0
Level 10
London, United Kingdom

Thanks @Sandra856. I guess then there is no point chasing up. Just sit and wait...

Diego541
Level 10
Rosario, Argentina

@Huma0 I have the same problem. I asked for one a few months ago and I haven't received it yet. I'm still waiting and I don't know how to claim.