@Piercarlo6
Piercarlo I assume you did compare other listings in your area search before you booked this property. I am not saying this is an honest or a dishonest host but, you were not compelled to book that property. And as @Mike-And-Jane0 says some hosts will lower their listing prices for imminent dates to maintain occupancy. 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing!
Also as a host, I to have an issue with both the Value and the Location categories.
The latter is easy.....the guest booked it and I can't move it to where they ideally wanted it.
But where this ties in with value, the guest booked the listing because they couldn't afford one where they wanted it! So now I am the villain because my price was right but my location wasn't.
See, it's a totally dopey category and one I have been marked down on a number of times!
Value:
I am not saying you are bringing up an unwarranted issue here but Piercarlo you booked the listing and if it was not as described in the listing description and you can prove that, you have the right to lodge a claim and request a partial refund from the Airbnb Resolution Centre.
But from my point of view value is a subjective thing. I am the one who goes along to my local supermarket manager and negotiates a deal to make cheeses, eggs, bacon, milk, fruit, bread as cheap as possible so I can provide my guests with, value.......value you would have no hope of achieving, but I am currently on a value rating of 4.92!!!
That is 8 % of my guests felt I didn't provide value for them. Considering I charge $95.00 AU pr night (£ 50. 52p) I could bloody well give it away, just come in and help yourself, it still wouldn't represent value to some guests, and no matter how hard I try, for some that value bar is never going to be low enough! And as a consequence of that, we end up with a 2-3 star review and I consider that, not fair!.
So that is why my post may seem a bit critical!
Cheers..........Rob