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[–] partial_accumen 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This looks like it should be the first post in a "choosingbeggars" lemmy community.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] partial_accumen 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don’t see the problem. They rent out the house and if the renter is dog sitting they’ll get a discount..

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah, I'm not getting the issue with this one either. They're renting out their house for $40 a night, which is nothing, if the people are willing to watch the dog. If I wanted to stay in that area for a month, that seems like an affordable way to do it as long as the dog sitting expectations aren't excessive.

[–] nogooduser 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As someone else said, looking after people’s pets when they are on holiday is a job. They should pay you to do that, not you pay them.

You can pay people to pop round a few times a day to feed and walk the dog and then clean up after them. I’d imagine that adding an overnight stay to look after them would be more expensive too.

So they basically want you to pay them for the privilege of looking after their dog.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 5 points 1 year ago

They could get someone to drop by and feed the dog a time or two a day for fairly cheap. Their house is apparently one they list on air b&b, and if wager for way more than $40 a night. So the pay is the giant reduction in cost. Financially, they would probably come out ahead if they put the dog in a kennel and rented out the house. Instead they're offering something else.

Wouldn't be desirable for everyone, but I bet there will be some who jump at it.

[–] TheBananaKing 4 points 1 year ago

If you needed to stay in the area, and liked dogs, it's a helluva deal.

You pay them rent on the place that you wanted in the first place, they pay you for dogsitting, it evens out to lower rent.

Obviously if you weren't looking to rent a place, it would be a shit deal. But that's not what this is about.

[–] zipsglacier 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My reading was that the base price is $40/night, and there's a further discount for dogsitting. This sounds like an amazing deal.

[–] zipsglacier 9 points 1 year ago

I wonder if some people are mad about this because they read it as "please come take care of my stuff, and pay me for it". I read it as "Do you want to rent in the area? I am willing to give you a steep discount if you also take care of my dog."

[–] Maggoty 2 points 1 year ago

That's 1200 dollars.

They want someone to pay them rent to look after their dogs and house. It's ridiculous.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have no problem since it looks like they're just renting out the place...until

we'd like someone to stay for at least a month while we were gone

This is basically requesting someone to take care of their house.

[–] elephantium 1 points 1 year ago

"To sit - in house!"

[–] PutangInaMo 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah wtf this looks completely reasonable

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Don't people usually PAY a house sitter?? 🤔

[–] scarabic 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Under different circumstances it might make more sense. Like if it was for 8 months at a fraction of regular rent rates. But to try to get a house sitter for 1 month to pay you $40 a night? The balls…

[–] downpunxx 11 points 1 year ago

they're not, they said after saying it's ~$40 a night that they're offering "deep discounts" on that rate for a dog sitter

[–] dustojnikhummer 3 points 1 year ago

No, you pay them 40/night

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People are seriously unbelievable. House sitting and dog sitting are both jobs 😭

[–] ComradeMiao 13 points 1 year ago

Last dog/house sitting job I got paid what these people are demanding someone pays them... people can be deluded. Their lovely townhome is pretty rough looking too...

[–] Kuinox -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never heard of the job "house sitting"...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a thing- pick up the mail, make the house looked lived in to deter theft, etc

[–] Kuinox -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's something I ask a neighbor to do, not pay someone :').

[–] dustojnikhummer 2 points 1 year ago

Yep. In my country that is something you ask a neighbor or a family member to do. Take mail, feed the cats, water the plants that sort of thing.

[–] Maggoty 1 points 1 year ago

Not everyone has a friend or neighbor that can do it. So it's a thing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@demvoter

Hey, i made that Reddit famous, you can't be stealing my biggest post.

I demand satisfaction via pistols at dawn!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lol, I yield, I yield! You gotta repost that here. It’s one of the funniest things ever!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

one of my favorite reddit bits

[–] randon31415 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like $40/night w/o dog, and $40 minus daily dog boarding cost/night with free dog. Depending on the local boarding cost, it might actually be free.

[–] ComradeMiao 1 points 1 year ago

They’re leaving town for that period so idk how they could shift if the dog is there or not but that would make more sense!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

LOL!! Is ChoosingBeggars here yet?

[–] jetsetdorito 3 points 1 year ago

It's like a worse Trusted House Sitters