Today I paid an owner of a rentals company around 2 weeks worth of rent, however they then told me that the rental metre on the parcel was for a different parcel - the one adjacent to it, as the land that I was looking at was in fact a community area and not for rent... this is despite the rental meter being on this land, and the LM given in the external rentals company's website being specifically for this plot, and being advertised with it's own specific name. My argument was that the external website info was displayed incorrectly, and therefore my rent should have been refunded. The adjacent plot which they said was the one for rent did not really match what I wanted. I said I would look at their other available lands as they had quite a lot, and see if there was anything suitable, however the owner refused to refund my L$. It was a considerable amount too, as I had paid about 2 weeks worth of rent up front. I was told that I should have read the rental box properly before paying it. my response was that the correct info should have been displayed on the website, and I even took the LM provided. The owner said they would transfer the rent over to another rent meter instead of refunding me. I admit this annoyed me somewhat as the general attitude was also a bit off, and I felt like I had been misled by their website. I requested again that my L$ be refunded first, and so this became a disagreement, and then the owner told me that I was trolling, and muted me. I left the land. I then communicated with an agent to see if there was any way I could still possibly negotiate a refund, i was told no. I asked then if I could view another parcel, and I tried TPing over to see it. I was however blocked from the region. the agent denied that I was blocked, even though I clearly was. this agent then asked me which parcel I was interested in, but when I gave the agent the LM, they refused to TP me over and began questioning me as to why I would not accept the parcel that I was earlier told was the one for rent. I replied this was because it wasn't the parcel I was led to believe that I was renting via the website, and it didn't suit what I wanted. i asked again if I could view this alternative one i had found, but the agent just kept arguing that I should accept the other one - even though it wasn't the parcel I thought I was originally renting. the agent then said it was a better parcel anyway and then also accused me of trying to cause trouble, and said I was a griefer. I told the agent that this was ridiculous and that all i wanted was to view a parcel of my choice before agreeing to rent it, or have my L$ refunded. If they believed that I was a griefer, why not just give me my refund and get rid of me anyway, so that really made no sense. I was told that I would have to accept the parcel that they were offering, or nothing. I pointed out that I was told that I would be able to rent an alternative, and if not, then they should refund my L$. The agent refused to do this and then muted me., after I told them that I didn't think they really had any intention of allowing me back anyway, and I was still blocked from the area, even though I had asked to be unblocked so I could come and view a parcel to have the rent transferred over to it, as I was originally told would happen.
I filed a report to LL under abuse and fraud. I received a reply saying that they don't get involved in disputes between tenants and landlords. I sent a reply to explain that this wasn't really my landlord at all, as this person would not let me rent with them, and had me banned still from the region, however was refusing to return my L$. I am now waiting to see if I hear anything further back, but i am not very hopeful. I have been in SL a long time and never experienced anything like this with renting. someone kept my furniture once, as i went over on the rent by a day, which i felt was a bit over the top, but fair enough, ,my rent was late, and that was my fault. But this situation now just seems wrong to me. It seems my L$ were kept out of sheer greed. I was watching an episode of Lab Gab the other week and Philip Rosedale was talking about how SL could potentially affect people in such a negative way and people could lose a sense of right and wrong, if it wasn't handled in a certain way... It seems like Philip's fear may have already come true. It's quite sad when stuff like this happens. I haven't named the rentals company and I won't do that. I know not all rentals owners behave this way, but it does put me off renting, as i haven't done so in a long time, and this then this happens when I decide to rent a place again after a while.
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Today I paid an owner of a rentals company around 2 weeks worth of rent, however they then told me that the rental metre on the parcel was for a different parcel - the one adjacent to it, as the land that I was looking at was in fact a community area and not for rent... this is despite the rental meter being on this land, and the LM given in the external rentals company's website being specifically for this plot, and being advertised with it's own specific name. My argument was that the external website info was displayed incorrectly, and therefore my rent should have been refunded. The adjacent plot which they said was the one for rent did not really match what I wanted. I said I would look at their other available lands as they had quite a lot, and see if there was anything suitable, however the owner refused to refund my L$. It was a considerable amount too, as I had paid about 2 weeks worth of rent up front. I was told that I should have read the rental box properly before paying it. my response was that the correct info should have been displayed on the website, and I even took the LM provided. The owner said they would transfer the rent over to another rent meter instead of refunding me. I admit this annoyed me somewhat as the general attitude was also a bit off, and I felt like I had been misled by their website. I requested again that my L$ be refunded first, and so this became a disagreement, and then the owner told me that I was trolling, and muted me. I left the land. I then communicated with an agent to see if there was any way I could still possibly negotiate a refund, i was told no. I asked then if I could view another parcel, and I tried TPing over to see it. I was however blocked from the region. the agent denied that I was blocked, even though I clearly was. this agent then asked me which parcel I was interested in, but when I gave the agent the LM, they refused to TP me over and began questioning me as to why I would not accept the parcel that I was earlier told was the one for rent. I replied this was because it wasn't the parcel I was led to believe that I was renting via the website, and it didn't suit what I wanted. i asked again if I could view this alternative one i had found, but the agent just kept arguing that I should accept the other one - even though it wasn't the parcel I thought I was originally renting. the agent then said it was a better parcel anyway and then also accused me of trying to cause trouble, and said I was a griefer. I told the agent that this was ridiculous and that all i wanted was to view a parcel of my choice before agreeing to rent it, or have my L$ refunded. If they believed that I was a griefer, why not just give me my refund and get rid of me anyway, so that really made no sense. I was told that I would have to accept the parcel that they were offering, or nothing. I pointed out that I was told that I would be able to rent an alternative, and if not, then they should refund my L$. The agent refused to do this and then muted me., after I told them that I didn't think they really had any intention of allowing me back anyway, and I was still blocked from the area, even though I had asked to be unblocked so I could come and view a parcel to have the rent transferred over to it, as I was originally told would happen.
I filed a report to LL under abuse and fraud. I received a reply saying that they don't get involved in disputes between tenants and landlords. I sent a reply to explain that this wasn't really my landlord at all, as this person would not let me rent with them, and had me banned still from the region, however was refusing to return my L$. I am now waiting to see if I hear anything further back, but i am not very hopeful. I have been in SL a long time and never experienced anything like this with renting. someone kept my furniture once, as i went over on the rent by a day, which i felt was a bit over the top, but fair enough, ,my rent was late, and that was my fault. But this situation now just seems wrong to me. It seems my L$ were kept out of sheer greed. I was watching an episode of Lab Gab the other week and Philip Rosedale was talking about how SL could potentially affect people in such a negative way and people could lose a sense of right and wrong, if it wasn't handled in a certain way... It seems like Philip's fear may have already come true. It's quite sad when stuff like this happens. I haven't named the rentals company and I won't do that. I know not all rentals owners behave this way, but it does put me off renting, as i haven't done so in a long time, and this then this happens when I decide to rent a place again after a while.
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