St. Louisans hoping to rent their homes to out-of-town visitors for Major League Baseball’s All-Star game in July should be wary of an Arizona company advertising for local properties on its Web site, the Better Business Bureau of Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois said Friday.
The company, MajorEventRentalz.com, appears to have ties to a similar Arizona company that prompted complaints from homeowners in Tampa following the Super Bowl, the BBB said.
Both MajorEventRentalz.com and FloridaSuperBowlRental.com list the same registered agent: Justin Mountford of 2424 W. Glenrosa Ave., Phoenix, the BB said.
In Tampa, the company advertised that it would serve as a middleman to rent homes to out-of-towners arriving for the Super Bowl. In several of those cases, FloridaSuperBowlRental asked homeowners for more than $1,000 up front to hire a photographer to take pictures of their homes. Company representatives then told the homeowners they would use the photos to post a “virtual tour” of their home to a Web site, in an effort to attract potential renters, but consumers complained to the Phoenix BBB that they paid and received nothing in return.
A request for comment from MajorEventRentalz.com was not immediately returned.
Feb 28, 2009
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