Topic List | Page List: 1 |
---|---|
Topic | "Pet Screening": Holy shit I can't wait till I'm done renting! |
streamofthesky 07/17/22 6:01:14 PM #1: | My lease is up for renewal, and thankfully I'll be out of here, possibly by the end of the year, but unfortunately not soon enough to avoid needing a new lease. I should've known they'd pull yet another 1984 on me before I can finally escape. Now we need to go on some 3rd party "Pet Screening" website in order to renew our lease. Yet another wonderful creation from the Tech Bros Without Souls dream team! https://www.curbed.com/2022/05/landlords-pet-revenue-dogs.html Did you know that pets are one of the largest sources of ancillary revenue in the rental-housing industry and yet some operators are leaving potential revenue on the table by charging their future tenants a flat-fee pet deposit? PetScreening, a North Carolina startup that invented a credit score for pets (a FIDO score), wants you to know this. Its risk-assessment algorithm evaluates pets based on data entered by their owners name, breed, weight, sex, age, pictures, vaccination information, micro-chip data, and behavioral information which it claims is more accurate than unsophisticated landlord assessments. Those judgments often include stereotypes about sizes and breeds. This is unfair to both pitbulls and, possibly, the bichon frise. So apparently my cat, which has lived here for many years with no issue, that I already paid a one time non-refundable "pet deposit" for...a pet deposit that was later decreased but I was told I don't get a refund for the difference... that cat, which was grandfathered in when it was convenient for the apartment complex but not now when it's convenient for him not to be... needs all of this info provided at my own cost to some shady shit lord data collection company, for them to assess his "risk factor". This company appears to be the personification of pond scum, and there BBB comments section is pretty amusing to read thru, including them replying to nearly everyone (1 star reviews, as far as the eye can see!) claiming everyone are liars and frauds (lol): https://www.bbb.org/us/nc/mooresville/profile/animal-identification/pet-screening-inc-0473-811259/customer-reviews Needless to say, I will not be doing this. Unfortunately my house hasn't started being built yet and will likely take at least 2 months beyond my current lease ending. So, I guess I will wait till the lease is almost over to see how the house is coming, and weigh my timetable out vs. the eviction process (for having an "illegal pet" -- that was legal until now) and riding it out until I can walk away anyway. I've always been a good tenant, paid on time, etc... Can't believe it's come to this. Fuck renting. Fuck it so hard. You're so god damned powerless to every single Orwellian intrusion they foist upon you. This is the future utopia the World Economic Forum wishes for us all. You will own nothing, and be happy about it! (yikes...) https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/youll-own-nothing-and-be-happy https://medium.com/illumination/in-2030-youll-own-nothing-and-be-happy-about-it-abb2835bd3d1 I wish I had made haste to escape from this dystopian nightmare sooner. Get the fuck out of renting if you can, it's going to keep getting worse. Just needed to rant... ... Copied to Clipboard! |
Topic List | Page List: 1 |