| Author | Message | ||
     Victor W. Junior Member Username: Wvictor Post Number: 28 Registered: 9-2008 |
I'm thinking into rent an apartment from BYT for a month in mid Nov to mid Dec. Does anyone have any experience with them? I found mixed reviews using google, some very happy, some very unhappy. My wife will be going alone for the first 3 weeks and I don't want her to have to deal with any kind of bad people. | ||
| Roberto Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 1800 Registered: 12-2004 |
PM Michael Calero (PM) as he has used them several times. | ||
| Victor W. Junior Member Username: Wvictor Post Number: 29 Registered: 9-2008 |
Thanks, I did already. It is hard... I remember a few years ago, you had no options... was just good or bad luck.. these days Internet makes take decisions a whole deal... so much info... so much people swearing X company is the worst and other saying the same is the best.... how to know .... | ||
| MIchael Calero Member Username: Michael795 Post Number: 84 Registered: 4-2007 |
Victor, I have rented twice from them and they are very professional. Both times after the reservation were made their representative met me at the apartments to collect, fill out the rent agreement. Afterwards, I dealt with the apartment owners. I had a friend have a lawyer from her office check out the agreement and it was fine. The second time I actually went to their office and it was a very well organized workplace filled with many employees so their operation is very professional. You won't have a problem with them. If you want a direct email of one of the apartment owners thereby saving on the agency fee which I believe is 10% and administrative fee I can send it to you just PM me. That apartment is in palermo on Charcas and Guise a great location. | ||
| Roberto Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 1801 Registered: 12-2004 |
Victor, there is no way to know because this forum is not a reviews site or a very active forum where users will post real experiences, at least not as many as you may need to form an opinion. I trust Michael as I believe he is a real user. My general opinion is that you have to use common sense when using any of the internet rentals services. I had a bad experience. Basically, photos looked good although the apartments offered were somewhat pricey. I figured a slight premium would secure a better place. Was I wrong! The place I *booked* was crappy, smelt bad, had its cable TV broken and the furniture sucked. Could I have known in advance? Impossible, unless I had someone down there that could have checked the apartment prior to closing the deal. Another problem is you can't generalize this experience to all apartments. Quite possibly the service I used had some very good ones. So in regards to renting is hit or miss, I think. Finally, one thing you can judge with much more accuracy is the quality of service: Are the offerings reasonable? Are the people behind the scene reliable and responsible? Are they going out of their way to get my business? Will they compromise if there is a conflict or just want my money? How do I feel about their customer service? In my case, the answer to ALL these questions was negative so I decided not to pursue business with that particular service again. If the answers to the above are closer to a YES this greatly increases your chances of finding a good rental, a place that will make you happy. You will have to use your own instincts and forget about most of the reviews here. You can tell when it is self promotion as opposed to someone's real experience. I have pruned a lot of spam, banned some users but still, this forum should only be used as one more weapon in your arsenal. Last comment. After weeks/months of search I was left with the impression that many of the *unavailable* apartments shown under the different services were nothing but a marketing trick, just like those pretty girls you see in the dating websites that for some reason will never talk back or be available. I worked for many years in a similar online industry and I can tell you who sell these pictures, what the name of the models are and why they do it. | ||
| MIchael Calero Member Username: Michael795 Post Number: 85 Registered: 4-2007 |
Thanks Roberto for your comment. I was just sharing my experiences and trying to help as we all do here. | ||
| Victor W. Junior Member Username: Wvictor Post Number: 30 Registered: 9-2008 |
I had a good experience with 2 other companies already, tucasaargentina.com and 4rentargentina.com , but on this trip, so close to the date I'm going, they do not have a great offer on what I'm looking for. Anyway, I was talking in general, how difficult is these days to chose a product or a service with so many to chose from, buying a ca, buying a camera, reserve a hotel... more I look into it, more info I get, more insecure I feel... hehehe... it is just me??? | ||
| MIchael Calero Member Username: Michael795 Post Number: 86 Registered: 4-2007 |
Victor there is nothing wrong with being a educated consumer. I do the same, research things for better results. But at one time or another one has to throw the dice and follow through.. I hope you agree. | ||
| Jan Lettinga New member Username: Heart_of_argentina Post Number: 11 Registered: 11-2008  |
Victor, we have heard good things about Casa34 (www.casa34.com), maybe worth a try for renting in BAires. |
