AirBnB for drops. Dumb or dope?

Suppose I was going on some sort of trip, and found a real cheap place to crash at for a couple of days. If I placed an order a couple of days before I got to the place, I could have the package arrive during my stay. If the owner of the establishment's name was, say "Jessica Dearing", I would make a small spelling error (ex: "Jessica Dearling") to differentiate the package. Why dumb? why dope?

On the flip side, if I owned multiple properties and cycled sent packages to different properties in the name of people who stayed then would that raise flags? Packages would never arrive when guests were there, but if anything came up it would be easier to claim ignorance. Would this be more possible if AirBnB started accepting bitcoins as a form of payment (see link) and you used the name of someone who payed you with bitcoins? http://cointelegraph.com/news/113418/facebook-spotify-uber-airbnb-can-now-accept-bitcoin-after-bitpay-deal

I'm not seriously considering any of these options as I fall in neither category, I just haven't seen any posts about this and thought it was an idea worth exploring. I would love to have people tear it apart/build it up.


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[3 Points] 4949444423:

Very dumb. I manage an AirBnB apartment and all mail is getting redirected to a different address. Along with that I take pictures of people holding up their passports before I give them the keys. So if somebody would pull some shit like order drugs to my apartment I would bring those drugs to the police in a heartbeat. Judge me for that if you want, but regulations are pretty tight in my country, I could lose my apartment over shit like that or even land in jail.


[1 Points] throwahooawayyfoe:

If the owner of the establishment's name was, say "Jessica Dearing", I would make a small spelling error (ex: "Jessica Dearling") to differentiate the package. Why dumb? why dope?

Don't do that. If the mailman is anal about that kind of thing, he might not deliver it and just send it back. If you want to have something sent there, address it to your name c/o (care of) whatever the place is called. the 'c/o' designation tells the mailman that it's supposed to go there even though it's not addressed to any current tenants.


[1 Points] Theeconomist1:

I know it's not intuitive to send this stuff in your name but there's a reason why everyone here recommends this. It's the safest bet. Sure there's risk. But honestly it's the lowest of most alternatives. You want to do what's actual safe not what feels safe. Too many things can go wrong with this scenario. Not the least of which the vendor could have a major delay in shipping, owner might not let mail go through or mailman may not deliver.


[1 Points] jakefatman:

The hard part is timing it to arrive while you are still renting the room. If there's a mail delay or the vendor was lying about when he shipped, you would either have to keep renting that room or keep calling to see if maybe a package arrived with the owner's name sorta misspelled on it. Good luck pulling that off.