Seeking Justice: a bad review by someone I refunded 30 mins after his check-in with 10+ strangers

Mia788
Level 2
New York, US

Seeking Justice: a bad review by someone I refunded 30 mins after his check-in with 10+ strangers

I am seeking justice and don't know who to talk to. Airbnb customer service won't help and they even removed my response to his review. 

This guest told me he would come with his girlfriend only,  and his "girlfriend" picked up the keys in the afternoon. Around 11:35pm, he checked in with more than 10 strangers to my shared home for party. With full of fear (they already smelled like weed and alcohol), I had to immediately refund him and ask them to leave. He has received every dollar from me but lost Airbnb service fee and cleaning fee (these people were wearing shoes sitting in bed, and the toilet was already used). Because his party plan was cancelled, he left a very ugly review on my page as revenge. What's more,  in the next few day he kept harassing me with the money he lost but had no knowledge that was airbnb service fee. I lived in fear because he talked aggressively through phone message, and he knows my address. I also had to change the entrance lock. 

How can a guest who didn't even stay and got all the refund still be able to leave a review? I worked extremely hard to keep my listing 100% 5 stars over the past year and half. This single bad review won't effect my business very much, but I am so surprised that more than 2 case managers didn't help me and I feel they didn't even want to help me. The last manager even removed my response to the review which truly stated the fact. 

I lost belief in Airbnb Customer Service, who supposed to listen and help. Does every single victimized host deserve an ugly review?  

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Robin4
Top Contributor
Mount Barker, Australia

@Inna22 

Yeah Inna, that was my first reaction, why didn't this guy get onto his card company dispute the transaction and find out who authorised it.

But he has come back with considerably more detail in private messaging to the point where it is possible that he does have a case.

He claims he is pulling out all the stops on this and will keep us informed.

You could be right though, we never see both sides of the story, do we! 

 

Cheers......Rob

@Robin4 But "all the stops" should literally be calling Visa and letting them know that someone used the card and having the charge reversed. Someone used my card to buy an iPad online: I didn't call Apple and take it to an Apple users' group to try and get it resolved. I think @Inna22 is right, this person sounds like a chancer.