Escalating economic and international turmoil over just the last year make taking a stand against the new fee structure about as impactful as spitting in the ocean. Subscriber churn over fees and price increases is a daily part of the business model . Wheels threatening to come off the wagon are not.
With 2 one star reviews and November being blocked from doing sits, wouldn’t it be easier and better for you to open a new THS account? I think HOs would rather confirm a sitter with no reviews than one with 2 recent one star review.
I’m hoping the 2 reviews I got after and the ones before will do the job for me but it’s not looking too good from recent results. Especially when you consider the topic of this thread which is there are less sitters so getting sits should be easier not more difficult.
He has to cancel the sit eventually or he can’t book a sitter either.
He has been active of Facebook house-sitting sites and is booking them there, so he doesn’t need to go through THS to find a sitter. Just lettin’ you know.
That figures. Thank you.
He doesn’t have to cancel the sit if the sitter is not from THS. He has said previously that he is always inundated with offers and has other options, Facebook etc,
I don’t think the positive reviews you got recently and before can cancel out the two negative reviews. The negative things were not something small like losing stars on cleanliness, which HOs can overlook. Firstly, you cut those sits short, which future HOs will not want to risk when they go on holidays. And secondly, your lengthy responses to the one star reviews make you come across a bit unhinged and full of drama.
I get it now I see what he’s up to. Well if the sit stays on the books that means I can do a review doesn’t it
I guess so but maybe he can as well.
You would be writing a review for a sit that didn’t happen.
Perhaps you would use the opportunity to reiterate what happened on the last sit, Personally I don’t think that would look good on your listing (along with the responses to your two 1 star reviews).
I would draw a line under it and move on but you do you.
So if sit #2 stays on the books and you review as though it happened then you would be lying. If you use the review spot to speak badly of the curtailed sit then you look vengeful.
Neither is really beneficial for you. Take some time to rethink your strategy.
That is not a cool recommendation
It may perhaps be in both parties interests, also to give everyone else some respite, for you to contact THS and ask that they intervene to cancel, when clearly neither you, nor the opthalmologist who can’t be named, have any intention of proceeding with the sit.
@Henry_R honestly you should pay the money back to the homeowner. You did not complete the sit and the homeowner had to cut their trip short.
Well I did post asking if someone who hasn’t been here for a while might have an opinion, but apparently according to the censors that post was abusive, or offensive. Hypersensitive doesn’t begin to describe it.
It wont. He will cancel it a day before, then you won’t be able to review.
Unless THS cancels it because you have no intention of showing up, he will just block your calendar until the very last minute possible.
SNAP. I am in exactly the same situation., and I was virtually full time, but I refuse to pay fees or to upgrade to premium.
You shouldn’t need pressured into returning the air fare, common decency and morals alone should make you refunds it.
“waited until you were calmer”. Weeks have now passed and you continue to bang your drum about it, on different days, in different threads, we hear the same old tune.
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Thanks for your encouragement and suggestions Ziggy, I could accept singles as I’m desperate!
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