Location: Indiana I recently booked an Airbnb for a month. The day I was set to check in to the room I was staying in the host, who is live overseas in the EU, called me and goes into a story about how he is in a conflict with AirBnB and that due to this conflict AirBnB won’t give him any of the money that people pay to stay at his rental, he doesn’t really go into any real specific details other than that. I was desperate for a place to stay so I don’t really ask a lot of questions in that moment. He says that he will call AirBnB customer service to get a refund and then I can pay him the same amount I payed on AirBnB to his PayPal account after I’ve received the refund. I agree and I await my refund from AirBnB. I receive it and I payed him through PayPal as discussed. Around 3 weeks I start having various issues with the host, he’s calling me, stars saying I’ve got to do this and that, nothing illegal just various things like take pictures of the place to ensure his agent is keeping the place clean and making the repairs he is supposed too. I refused but I thought this was odd so I did a court records search on him and that’s when I uncovered that he was lying about the extent of the conflict with Airbnb. In fact he doesn’t have a conflict with AirBnB at all, he has a judgement against him and an order was issued to AirBnB to withhold all of the money from the hosts rental to and instead give that money to whom the money on the judgement is owed. I’m floored by this because I never would have agreed in the payment arrangement had I known the truth. I think what the host is doing is wrong and I’d like to go to the local attorney of those who have been awarded the judgement and/or AirBnB’s legal team to fill them in on the situation. My only concern is that I’ve somehow become complicit in this guys scheme through the payment arrangement and I could be putting myself in legal trouble as well. I want to do the right thing but I also don’t want to screw myself over in the process. Are my concerns valid? If so could I possibly work out a deal with the local attorney and/or AirBnBs legal team to be immune from any recourse for my cooperation in presenting evidence in this guys scheme to get around the order put in place to pay the judgement? I appreciate any input on this situation I’ve found myself in.

I currently have Spot but they decided to raise my premium with no real extra benefit (as most insurance companies do around this time of year). I am now getting charged around $40 a month for a $500 deductible, 90% reimbursement after deductible and no preventative care. Is this fair? Also if anyone has actually filed a claim and been satisfied with the company/experience which was it? Any company I should avoid all together? Insight would be nice! (side note: I was looking at Progressive coverage since I could bundle with auto but idk if that's a good idea)

Hello, I have an HSA with Optum Bank that I am transferring to another institution. A couple of weeks ago, I had a phone call with Optum where they had told me to liquidate my investments before initiating the transfer. Right after we hung up the phone, I liquidated all my investments and initiated the transfer with the other institution (Fidelity). I sold X amount of shares of VFIAX at share price of $565.06. A few days after liquidating everything, there was a purchase of shares on my account using my entire account balance, purchasing shares of VFIAX at a share price $567.88. It turns out that my account had a flag named HSA auto-transfer enabled, which is the cause of this. VFIAX has dropped a significant amount since this purchase was made. As of now, it is priced at $530 per share, which will drop even lower today. I am upset because the representative from Optum did NOT inform me that auto-invest was enabled, and my entire portfolio is down about 7% due to this. I just spoke with a supervisor at Optum to see if they can reverse this transaction and they said there is nothing they can do. The only thing I can do from this point is to disable auto-invest and liquidate all my shares for a loss. Is there anything I can do about this? I'm upset that I have to take a loss due to the phone rep not telling me to disable this feature. It's also caused delay on the transfer process to Fidelity.

Just a warning to all pet parents. I got two cats from different shelters and signed them up together. One was from a partner shelter and should have been covered from day 1. The other could only start coverage after 2 weeks. Metlife continuously mixes up their names and denies claims for pre-existing conditions, even for the cat from the partner shelter. Sucks because I heard so many great things about them, but I haven't had a successful claim processed in 4 months of owning these cats. If anyone has tips on how to deal with pet insurance that would be really helpful.

HI, guys! I never posted on Reddit, need your advice badly...A few years ago I signed up with Merrill Edge IRA, because I was with Bank of America. They were very pursvasive how great it is to have 401K with them. I rolled over some 401K money from my previous jobs, opned account. In the beginning I was contributing certain amount per month automatically, then started to get calls about needing to login, verufy my info ect. I called them last year and verified, my info is correct (home address and work address). I was filing taxes this year and tax person asked me if I contributed to my personal IRA, because it would help with my return. I decided to verify with Merrill Edge, loged in to my account and the nightmare started. I found out YESTERDAY they CLOSED my account back in January this year (no notification received), and issued a check with all my savings also hit me with early withdraw fine. They send check to my WORK instead of home address (???). Mind you my work is a large hospital, and address was provided as a generic, not addressed to accounting, HR, or specific person. When I called Merrill Edge, they first said they will cancel the payment on this check and will issue another. Next phone called I was told by Merrill my check was "cashed" at PNC bank (I have no account there), on certain date in March this year. By WHO???? My guess would be someone opened a letter from them at my work, saw the check and somehow chased/deposited it. But how this person could do this without ID? I dont even know what particular branch of PNC it was cashed, and PNC doesnt want to talk to me. I am shocked...It was substantial amount of money, I dont even know what to begin with. Lawer? Police? Pls help with advise!!

I had to file a claim with my automobile insurance company due to 4k worth of damage to my vehicle when I hit a MASSIVE pothole. The pothole looked more like a huge chunk of cement that got wedged out of the lane, possibly by a snowplow. It was the tail end of a decent snowstorm and this hole was unavoidable. Why? I was surrounded by vehicles and to swerve either way or stop short would have resulted in something far worse. I attempted to straddle the hole but it was too wide. After having my interview with my claims examiner she told me she felt strongly that she could get her boss to sign off on my claim as a no fault. she called bck and told me it wa an at fault and wouldn't budge. She read me the typical language that I should be aware of my surroundings and more cognizant as to the road conditions before me. The conversation went nowhere. They paid the claim at least. My question: how could they call it at fault given the circumstances? They made this decision without ever even seeing a picture of the pothole, which proves its width? I am now trying to get the item removed via lexis/nexis. How much might this save me if it were remove?

I’m a 19F college student in Maryland and need a PPO plan because my school is in DC. I aged out of Medicaid, and since Maryland’s enrollment period is closed, I can’t reapply until November-January. I contacted a health insurance agent, but they mistakenly listed me as male on the application. When US Health Group called to verify my info, they corrected the error, and my quote jumped from 140 to 160/month. I am a broke college student with no job. The agent is trying to "fix" it and get us back to the original quote, but I’m worried this mistake of his will bite me in the ass when I'm older as he is now playing with the deductible in case of a life threatening emergency (before it was 8k I'd have to pay out of pocket and now its +20k). I don't know what to do as I've never had to deal with insurance! Should I switch agents, as the gender was a mistake? Please help!

Evacore under the auspices of Highmark ( aka Gravemark) has denied my cardiac cath for the second time. Next step —- letter +\~ phone call to Evacore ????

Has anyone else dealt with Progressive refusing to take responsibility for a rear-end domino effect accident with liability insurance, and then being told to fix your car first and wait for reimbursement while they wait for other vehicles to file claims

They advertise they never raise rates due to age. I got insurance when my dog was a puppy and in the two years ive had her the rates raised annually from $40 to $50 and now $60. It sure seems like they raise rates based on age, unless you are telling me that vet care has increaed by 50 percent in my city in the last two years. Even in the very email they sent about the rate increase, they said "Trupanion is unique in that we never increase your monthly cost because you’ve submitted an invoice or because your pet ages. "