Mark Matson

Flawed disciple, husband, Dad, program manager, unfulfilled developer, Web dweeb who drinks too much coffee and uses ellipses excessively...

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

Distance from Texas, measured in Texases

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

@bofrench Whoops! Looks like you dropped your pacifier...how dare people hold you accountable for your words. All hat, no cattle…

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

I was going to call this a middle school move, but that's an affront to middle schoolers everywhere... #seriously?

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

@lukestamps I support you.

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

@philvischer Ya think?...

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

@razor_backtools I know I'm nit-picking, but does a lifetime warranty really just mean the lifetime of the receipt? I have the tool (broken), I can tell you the exact date I bought it and where, but because it was 12 years ago, and I only keep receipts for 10 years, I'm hosed?

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

Rented three different @Airbnb homes in the last month. Previously, those would all have been from @vrbo... #NeverAgain

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

Ask @vrbo why they won't post my review of this recent rental. After 25+ years, we'll use @airbnb in the future. More >> https://t.co/4YLLZj4HSJ #vrbofail #fraud

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

@AnalysisFact @JohnDCook ...which is why I wear them all the time...

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

Lord, if we're gonna start my daily Bible reading with Deut. 23:1, can I at least have my coffee first?... #morningwakeup

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

@vrbo I’m happy to do so, but we’ve been down this road before, and it appears that @vrbo is perfectly satisfied with how things stand. Is there any point in repeating the process (i.e. is there any chance for a different response)?

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

@vrbo allows for a 30-day window after a stay to submit a review. I posted ours 14 days after our stay. They provided feedback on our review AFTER the 30-day window had closed, then refused to post it, edited or otherwise.

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

@vrbo I saw one other negative review appear from a visit shortly after ours — it has since disappeared. This home still has zero reviews on @vrbo.

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

Sigh. How did the Masters go from "A Tradition Unlike Any Other" to the Invasion of the Golf Bros? This isn't the Phoenix Open...

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

@vrbo So, @vrbo is offering around 11% of our expenses for a total fail. Stay tuned...

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

After many years of good service from @vrbo, we recently experienced the other side of the coin. They have offered no help. More >> https://t.co/4YLLZj4HSJ #vrbofail

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

2025.3.26. VRBO has offered to refund their fee plus $100 as a "goodwill gesture." They said that they might have offered more, but that since we didn't contact them right away (we did) and opted to stay there (we had no other guidance from VRBO), their policies don't allow that.

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

@vrbo @vrbo is now in communication. Will see where this goes...

[Mark Matson @chamberscreek]

@mdkail @vrbo Yep -- in the same place. Fiasco...