TitleA Nightmare for International Students: Deceptive Marketing and Malicious Ghosting
Title: A Nightmare for International Students: Deceptive Marketing, Unauthorized Extortion, and Malicious Ghosting
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This company is highly misleading and extremely irresponsible. They heavily advertise on Xiaohongshu and Douyin just to lure international students into private WeChat groups, forcing tenants to book rooms through links and WeChat transfers. Doing business privately on WeChat allows them to completely dodge public reviews and low ratings when severe disputes happen.
My move-in date was April 1st. Out of nowhere, on the morning of March 31st, they emailed me claiming check-in was strictly after 4:00 PM. On April 1st, my elderly mother and I finally arrived after traveling and flying all day. By 10:00 AM, my mom was completely exhausted and couldn't hold up anymore. I messaged the support, begging if we could just check in one hour earlier. Instead of showing any empathy, they coldly told me it would cost an extra 1,000 JPY, claiming I "didn't read the contract". But guess what? I checked the entire 14-page legal contract later—there is NO such clause anywhere. They completely fabricated a fake rule to extort money! In the end, they didn't even dare to collect that 1,000 JPY because they knew they got caught lying.
Their customer support is completely useless, lazy, and patronizing. Even though they provide "Chinese support," whenever you ask a question, they just throw random links at you or send English screenshots for you to figure it out yourself. When I couldn't open the heavy trash room door to throw away my trash, they made me send videos and screenshots. The agent blindly assumed I couldn't open my apartment door and condescendingly said: "Teacher, did you go to the wrong room? This is the door to the trash room." I replied: "Duh! I know! I am TRYING to throw away my garbage!" Then they even questioned me: "Did you go to the right place?" I had been there for days! Turns out, the door was just extremely heavy and needed a hard push—something their brilliant support couldn't even explain in two simple sentences.
The worst part was the refund nightmare. I moved out on May 1st, and they promised a refund within 30 days. They secretly wired my money back on May 26th without a single email or WeChat notification. When I rushed to the bank, they flat-out denied it and said, "This money wasn't sent by us." They went completely radio silent for the next two days, forcing me to spend my after-school hours running between the bank and the police station to report a scam. Due to the extreme stress and chaos, I actually lost my bank passbook. It wasn't until May 29th, after I aggressively pressured them in all group chats, that they finally admitted the money was theirs.
To make matters worse, when they finally issued the confirmation email, they absurdly backdated the year to "2023" instead of "2026." I explicitly told them I needed a legally valid document to explain the situation to the police and the bank, but their entire team went completely dead silent on Friday afternoon. Shockingly, while they chose to "ghost" a tenant in distress, the landlord still had plenty of time to active-reply to one-week-old positive reviews on Google Maps to fake their reputation!
They only care about trapping you into a lease. Once they get your money, they treat you like garbage. Save yourself and your family the absolute trauma—NEVER RENT FROM THEM!








