little bee
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Moved here last spring, found the apartment through facebook. Guy seemed cool, asked me for one month's deposit, which I was fine with, and had him sign a receipt stating that I had paid the rent for that month, plus given deposit.
After a month there, I had found a better living situation that accommodated my work schedule (and also had been told that I was paying ENTIRELY too much for the neighborhood I was in), and gave 2 weeks notice. I also actively helped him show the apartment, posting ads, taking pictures, and showing the apartment to people when he was at work. In all, we found a roommate right away, and the room was only empty for 3 days.
When I asked for my deposit back, he first told me that it was "gone", and that because I was "cool" he would give me half back, but when I pressed why I wasn't getting the full amount, he became irate, screaming about how he was taking the deposit because he felt "inconvenienced" by having to get used to a new housemate, and that he was taking my deposit because I was "some little rich tourist who didn't have to 'live and work' in Buenos Aires" (mind you, I had moved here FOR work). After informing him that I had no other options then to go to AFIP, he responded that I could F*ck off with my little threats.
I am NOT the first person he has screwed over. After I left the apartment, I heard stories from the previous girl that had lived in my room, that had also been berated, and had been harassed into paying a full two weeks of rent AFTER she left the apartment, just so that he would leave her alone. I know that he does not own the apartment; he rents, and then rents out the second room. I know that must be illegal somewhere in BsAs's confusing tax laws, but I don't know where to begin.
So now, even though I will never see a dime of my deposit again, most likely, I'm making it a good priority to make sure that no one else gets put in the same position as me. To be taken advantage of is one thing, but to be insulted and ridiculed as someone who does not work extreeeemely hard for a living, takes my fury to a whole new level.
http://buenosaires.es.craigslist.org/roo/1998046441.html
That's the link to the ad for a roommate he put up a couple weeks ago, he's on the hunt for a new victim. DON'T GET PULLED IN. He was a cool guy, but when it came to money, the terrifying reality set in.
I've been combing through the posts on the site, and I see that a number of people have been in my situation, so I feel for all of us. I plan to go to AFIP first thing Monday and report him, as well as reporting him to Tourist Defense, and the Tourist Police. Other than that, I'm a little short on ideas. If you have any advice, I would love to here it.
Hope everyone has better luck! I've had two phenomenal living situations since this nightmare, so I know there are good places out there. It sucks that one bad apple can sour a whole city though.
After a month there, I had found a better living situation that accommodated my work schedule (and also had been told that I was paying ENTIRELY too much for the neighborhood I was in), and gave 2 weeks notice. I also actively helped him show the apartment, posting ads, taking pictures, and showing the apartment to people when he was at work. In all, we found a roommate right away, and the room was only empty for 3 days.
When I asked for my deposit back, he first told me that it was "gone", and that because I was "cool" he would give me half back, but when I pressed why I wasn't getting the full amount, he became irate, screaming about how he was taking the deposit because he felt "inconvenienced" by having to get used to a new housemate, and that he was taking my deposit because I was "some little rich tourist who didn't have to 'live and work' in Buenos Aires" (mind you, I had moved here FOR work). After informing him that I had no other options then to go to AFIP, he responded that I could F*ck off with my little threats.
I am NOT the first person he has screwed over. After I left the apartment, I heard stories from the previous girl that had lived in my room, that had also been berated, and had been harassed into paying a full two weeks of rent AFTER she left the apartment, just so that he would leave her alone. I know that he does not own the apartment; he rents, and then rents out the second room. I know that must be illegal somewhere in BsAs's confusing tax laws, but I don't know where to begin.
So now, even though I will never see a dime of my deposit again, most likely, I'm making it a good priority to make sure that no one else gets put in the same position as me. To be taken advantage of is one thing, but to be insulted and ridiculed as someone who does not work extreeeemely hard for a living, takes my fury to a whole new level.
http://buenosaires.es.craigslist.org/roo/1998046441.html
That's the link to the ad for a roommate he put up a couple weeks ago, he's on the hunt for a new victim. DON'T GET PULLED IN. He was a cool guy, but when it came to money, the terrifying reality set in.
I've been combing through the posts on the site, and I see that a number of people have been in my situation, so I feel for all of us. I plan to go to AFIP first thing Monday and report him, as well as reporting him to Tourist Defense, and the Tourist Police. Other than that, I'm a little short on ideas. If you have any advice, I would love to here it.
Hope everyone has better luck! I've had two phenomenal living situations since this nightmare, so I know there are good places out there. It sucks that one bad apple can sour a whole city though.