I am occasionally bothered by persistent people whom I don’t want to rent to. Then I have even been hunted down on other sites if I don’t respond to them here. They even make fake accounts to see if I’m just not wanting to rent to them in particular….and it is very uncomfortable having to make excuses. In another instance, I said no to their request and they tried to book it anyway. I had to deny the request.
I’d like to be able to block people…
and while I’m on that topic, I feel that we shouldn’t be obligated to respond to every single cheap, unsavory low-baller, as it it knocks down my response time if we don’t respond. They also know where I live and I don’t feel completely safe if they know that I don’t want to rent to them.
If we can just block them, so the system wouldn’t show the thread or my home to them anymore in the listings, that would be a great feature.
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Hi @Tommy_R the challenge there is just as you mentioned, it is so easy for them to just create another profile or have their friend create one. Unfortunately, this happens even with people who you leave a bad review for. They just stop using that profile and create another one. It definitely puts us at a disadvantage and hopefully Peerspace will start requiring Identification from renters which will not completely solve the problem, but will definitely help. It would also help with the Safety & Security concerns as you mentioned with knowing where people live. Best Regards, Alex
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If I get asked repeatedly and I’m not interested, I’ve asked support to step in and reply. I’ve done it on a different platform a few times, not sure if Peerspace will that, too?
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A simple block feature would be great.
I would disappear from the thread and so would my property, from their perspective. They probably wouldn’t even realize this to make a new profile.
Just out of curiosity, how do they know where you live? Or did they simply scout before?
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It shows the area on a map and then people can zoom around the area until they find it… it’s very recognizable.
That makes sense. For that reason I removed the picture of the front of my house a while ago.
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I agree with this. People who are disrespectful in my venue or in communications inquiries I would like to block them like all the other social medias so my venues are not visible to them in the future.