Comments on: Barcelona Finale

By: Mariel

Mariel — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:11:05 +0000

UGH - Joe that is too bad, I went with another company called Apartment Ramblas and will be in Barcelona next week. Believe me though, Ben’s account of his ordeal has left me wary but so far everything seems in order. Crossing my fingers for the apartment in Barcelona and then one in Rome which I’ll be in the week after.
It makes you wonder how many people this guy has scammed and there are no real consequences. How maddening!

By: Joe Phillips

Joe Phillips — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:21:12 +0000

AVOID THIS LOWLIFE THIEVING RAT AT ALL COSTS!!!
I booked the apartment on the Loqou website with Andreas Nava of southstar company for my wife & three small children for three nights in Barcelona as she was due to have some medical treatment there. He kept insisting he had not received our bank transfer, right upto the night before we were due to fly out so I offerered to pay him cash on arrival. He only replied with a contact name & number:
Catherine at
Calle Aribau 155,2-3
08036 Barcelona.
Metro : Diagonal
Tel: +34/ 934 100 037
Cel: +34/ 606 969 197
, and the address of the apartment:
Calle Enric Granados, 135, 3º 1a
08007, BARCELONA
Both addresses are within yards of each other, coincidence? I went to the apartment address I had been given and someone called Andres, another coincidence?, said he lived there but it was a private apartment & not for rent. Also strangely the contact name & phone number were real, an apartment agency, ‘Booking - Barcelonaroom [booking@barcelonaroom.com]’ Catherine there said she had never heard of him or the apartment. He had left us stranded with nowhere to stay in a foreign city. We did find somewhere to stay else through this contact but at twice the price we had already paid to Andres at southstar. We contacted Loquo on our return and they have removed his listings from their site, but I’m sure he’ll be back with some other bogus ads.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:40:16 +0000

Mariel! Don’t give Andrea any of your information! South Star Company is a scam and they keep making up names to post new listings on LoQUO. There is no “Andrea” and they will clean out your credit card!!! Oooh that South Star Company…

By: Mariel

Mariel — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:47:33 +0000

So I want to know more about your run in with the South Star Realty Company. I’m heading to BCN next month and amtrying to book an apartment to stay in. I found a place on LoQUO and got a response back from an Andrea at southstarcompany@gmail.com. Ring a bell?

By: Don Duende

Don Duende — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:16:34 +0000

Hola, your great stories have eaten my afternoon! Estupendo. Hope you’re enjoying Granada, some great places to visit and being foodies you’ll appreciate that “the tapas are free” Bien viaje.