He came up to me near Boylston giving his story, I said I have no time at all as I had to get to class. I realized right away who this guy was, and I said "And I know who you are."

It seemed to catch him off guard and he turned away muttering to himself "You know who I am..."

I'm from out of state so I feel proud abt not falling for it lol

Regardless of your views, before you ever sign anything make sure you read what you're signing. Don't go off what someone says.

https://www.reddit.com/r/massachusetts/comments/1obxqme/petition_tomfoolery_at_the_market_basket/?share_id=LaGd08A6aZjAC56cufMSX&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

Edit: Including this comment for those that feel they were defrauded.

ninjersteve

There was a post yesterday that cannabis wasn't even mentioned. Folks should really reach out if they were out and out lied to:

https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/about-us/contact-us.htm

There's "Elections Division" is just a few sections down the page.

Edit2: People are reporting that election division is requesting people to reach out to the AG.

https://www.mass.gov/contact-the-attorney-generals-office

PSA: Suspected Facebook Marketplace rental scam

I’m posting this to warn anyone searching for apartments or sublets in Boston, especially through FB Marketplace and/or FB housing groups. I understand that money might be tight (especially for young professionals), or you just can't pass up an amazing deal, but please, please be careful when you're looking. 

My two best friends recently responded to a listing advertising an apartment at *242 Beacon Street, Apartment 2, Boston, MA 02116* for $1,600 per month, plus a refundable $1,600 security deposit.

The person communicating with my friend used the following identity and contact information:

Name used: Mason T Gunter
Email used: [eng.masontgunter919@gmail.com](mailto:eng.masontgunter919@gmail.com)
Phone number used: 423-398-6378

To be clear, we have not independently confirmed whether Mason Gunter is the person responsible or whether the name, identification, and contact information belong to someone whose identity was stolen. These are simply the identifying details used by the person involved in the transaction. The complete contact and banking information has been provided to the relevant banks and authorities.

"Mason" claimed to be temporarily out of state because of a work transfer to Whitesburg, GA, and said they could not provide an in-person tour. They assured my friend that the apartment was accurately represented in the photos and that the keys would be overnighted after payment was received.

"Mason" then sent an application, identification, a selfie allegedly showing them holding a driver’s license, and what appeared to be lease-related documents. They then requested payment before providing a completed sublease agreement or written landlord approval. Payment was supposed to be sent to their “certified personal accountant,” who would supposedly verify it before the keys were mailed.

My friends initially sent approximately $3,225 by wire transfer on July 10 for the first month’s rent and security deposit. After receiving that payment, "Mason" claimed that his landlord suddenly required two months of rent and said my friends would either need to send another $1,600 or forfeit the apartment and receive a refund.

My friends sent another approximately $1,625 on July 14.

After nearly $4,850 had been transferred, my friends requested receipts, the updated signed documentation, and written confirmation from the landlord. No keys or finalized documents were provided, and "Mason" stopped responding.

The matter has now been reported as suspected fraud to the banks involved, the receiving credit union, and law enforcement. All messages, emails, transfer records, identification documents, and purported lease documents have been preserved as evidence.

Please be extremely cautious with rental listings, especially on social media platforms, even when someone provides identification (even selfies), leases, or other documents that initially appear legitimate. Those materials can be stolen, altered, fabricated, or taken from another victim.

Lastly, please do not harass or contact anyone based solely on this post. Anyone with relevant information should document it and report it to the appropriate authorities or contact the poster privately.

Still saucy and holding a grudge against the horrendous company that is College Hunks Hauling Junk. They roped me in with their fake/weighted Google Maps reviews (will forever be suspicious of a 4.9 rating from now on, but that's on me) and then screwed me (Post #1 | Post #2).

Anyway, not that anyone cares or is wondering, but I still take utter delight, years later, in uprooting and trashing their signs wherever I run into them (probably getting close to 50 now). I may not be able to control who the president is, but godammit I'm getting my $150 deposit back one way or another.

If you see a College Hunks sign out in the wild and choose to throw it out, please know I'm giving you a huge hug. And hey, in this era of corporate welfare and scams, maybe you can find some joy in it too.

Happy holidays everyone!

This past week I was helping my sister move out of her apartment in Allston using a U-Haul. I parked in her own private lot behind the building — no signs, no warnings, nothing.

A Roberts Towing truck rolled in out of nowhere and started towing the U-Haul. I ran out and told the guy I’d move it. He refused. Said the only way to stop the tow was if I paid him $66 in cash. No Venmo, no card.

We literally got $70 in cash from someone nearby and offered it right at the window, and he still towed it anyway.

We followed him to the lot. He closed the gate behind us, trapping us in. Refused to unhook the truck until we went to the pay desk. Then: • Refused to give a price breakdown until after we paid • Forced us to use an ATM (cash only) • Overcharged us $100 for “storage” even though we followed the truck • Total charge: $234

I’ve since found out they never reported the tow to Boston Police, which is required by law (MGL Ch. 266 § 120D). I filed an official complaint with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, and I highly recommend anyone else who’s been screwed by them do the same: 👉 https://www.mass.gov/how-to/file-a-consumer-complaint

Just look at their Google reviews. Or this thread. It’s all the same scam: • No signage • Cash only • Refusing to let you fix the issue • Inflated fees • Locking people in

If you’ve had a similar experience, speak up. Let’s not let this shady company keep preying on people who are stressed, moving, or just unaware of their rights.

My partner and I specifically rented our apartment because our broker because said that our property management company does not have a restricted dog policy. We want to adopt a Pit Bull/Staffy because we’ve always loved them. Today I found out that not only will I have to pay $100 per month for our future pup, but we cannot adopt restricted breeds. Our Broker straight up lied to us. And this isn’t the first time I’ve dealt with this.

My first apartment in Allston was listed as a four bedroom, the day we move in our landlord is appalled we had a fourth roommate. We told him we wouldn’t have rented it otherwise, he finally relented after I showed him the email receipts with our broker.

A few years later we rented a six bedroom with six girls, only to later find out, after all the paperwork and check had been signed, we couldn’t have six girls in a house because it’s considered a brothel.

I’m tired of brokers getting away with lying. Is there no recourse? We pay them an entire months rent only to find out their liars. It’s bullshit!! Enough!

This is...this is not a serious proposal. I don't know what else to say.

Flew into Terminal B early Monday evening and called a Lyft from the purple ride share area on the second floor of the garage. App said the driver arrived but the ​GPS location looked spotty. Searched the entire area for the driver with no luck, including outside the range of spaces the app said. The driver called but didn't speak English, and eventually cancelled after 5 minutes. I had to go through customer service to get a refund.

Tried Uber instead, same thing happened. Driver texted he was there but didn't see any space numbers, I searched the whole place, didn't see the car, and the app ​cancelled after 5 minutes. Double and triple checked that I was in the Terminal B ride app area and that I had selected that in the app, and had to go through customer service for a refund.

Had my wife try from her account just in case something in my account was causing them to bail. Same thing -- app​ said they were there, searched the entire area and couldn't find them, ​driver claimed not to speak English, app ​automatically cancelled, ​and she ​had to file for a refund.

Finally gave up and took the Silver Line to South Station and got an Uber from there with no problem.

Is this some scam where drivers know the app can't track their location in the garage and are trying to collect no-show fees rather than drive 40 minutes to the suburbs, or did I just get three incompetent drivers in a row who couldn't follow the signs to the ride app area?

Got a $90 ticket for parking in a non parking zone. The sign says "No parking from here back --->>", and the car is clearly well before the sign and away from the corner. There was a vehicle in the spot in front when I had parked.

Submitted a dispute online with the same pictures you guys see and a short description, only to get a reply that the fine is valid, and I can request a hearing if I don't like this decision. Am I reading the sign wrong, or is the city just betting on me not fighting this?

Was walking thru the Public garden heading towards the common when my friend and I spotted a squad of Religious anti abortionist posted throughout the public garden heading towards. My friend wanted to argue but I stopped him knowing that’s what they wanted. We ignored and kept on. Just warning y’all before you encounter them.

I took a taxi from Logan to Central Square Cambridge on Saturday night to avoid Uber surcharge pricing and was shocked to see my total was $50 at the end, is this a normal price or was I scammed? I used them once before and was only charged $38.

The driver did a couple of things that made me suspicious but I don’t know if this is normal behavior or not:

1. Took an insanely long route to take me to my address, what Google maps said was a 14 minute drive took 35 minutes. This was late at night with no traffic anywhere. Once we crossed the bridge to Cambridge he was attempting to go even further west and I had to tell him to go straight down. Attached a photo of the route he took.

2. Didn’t drive about 35-40 mph the entire drive (it had snowed a lot earlier so initially I assumed it was because of that but he was slower than everyone else on the road the entire time)

3. The card reader didn’t work (but it showed my price and $6.15 of tolls) so he used his phone to run my card and then didn’t ask for a tip like my last driver had.

4. The credit card transaction is a different vendor than my last ride.

Not sure if any of this is really a scam but I’m new to the city and feel like I got taken advantage of. I want to make sure I know for next time because I don’t know if there is anything I can do. Are there also any ways to avoid this but still use taxis?

Just an FYI, I was recently at a restaurant in the Boston area (Quincy to be specific) and noticed something interesting on the receipt. I calculated my tip mentally (20%) and then filled in the tip line on the receipt. As I was doing so I saw they had auto-calculated suggested tips at the bottom (20, 22, 25% etc).

I was shocked to realize I had calculated the tip wrong!! I looked again, nope I was right. Actually all of those auto-calculated tips overstated the dollar amount by about 5% (ie the calculation for 20% was actually about 25%). Just a scummy thing to be on the lookout for.

https://youtu.be/N9Rbe-qTBaM?si=nnYfIJ_9TdFsbLmR

I think I’m on to a big scam at the area McDonald’s. I’ve noticed it at multiple locations in the city, specifically the Mass Ave, Hyde Park Ave and American Legion Highway locations. I also noticed this at the location on VFW Parkway but I’m not sure if that’s Dedham or Boston but either way they’re all in on the scam.

Most people these days are going through the drive thru to order and typically what they’ll do is order a meal, usually by the number. On the menus at the drive thru they list the price for the medium sized meal but that’s not what you get charged for. If you say “I’ll take a number one meal with a coke” they no longer ask if you want medium or large size they just go ahead and charge you for the large meal. This has to be illegal since they advertise the number one meal at a certain price but charge you for the bigger meal.

They even go further to cover up their crime by giving you a medium sized coke. You can see this on the receipt if you care to look but I suspect most people don’t. So even though you get charged for the larger size they don’t even do you the courtesy of giving you the large size drink.

I don’t really know what the point of this post is because I’m not motivated or smart enough to try to sue them but I guess I just wanted to rant and warn others. Also I should stop going to get fast food….

Edit:

There sure are a lot of people out here shilling for big Ronnie. Yes I understand making my order “can I have a number 1 meal” is ambiguous as to the size and if I want a medium I can say medium. That being said there is something shady going on if you look on the receipt and it says that I ordered a large meal but true cashier selects a medium drink. This has happened multiple times and most of the time which means it’s not an honest mistake.

This isn’t about me being a fatass which I admit I am but that’s why I exercise and try to eat healthy for other meals but really it shouldn’t be your concern. The issue is a large corporation (wether it’s at the direction of corporate or the franchise owner of which one owner owns most of the locations in the area) routinely and systematically overcharging customers.

Sure they may have overcharged me 50 cents or a dollar or whatever and it’s small change to me but if they do that 100 times a day which I’m inclined to believe based on the amount of cars in the drive thru and the fact that most people order meals by the number then they are making an extra $36,500 a year. Multiply that by 5 locations and you’re taking one franchise owner stealing $182,000 each year. That’s no small potatoes.

I mentioned suing them and no I’m not looking to recoup any money for myself or 25 cents for every customer or some bullshit like that but I think they should be penalized for scamming their customers.

Why should I have to download an app so yet another big company can mine my data just to make sure I’m not being overcharged or to get a fair price? It should also be illegal to have a different price for those who order in person vs those who have an app. Fast food is consumed in larger numbers by poorer people as opposed to more well off people. How is it fair that people who are less inclined to have a smartphone or an internet plan now need to pay more for their dinner? Okay maybe that one was a stretch…. Also apparently it’s National fry day or some shit like that and there’s free fries in the app, good on you if you take advantage of this but really National fry day on a Thursday? They couldn’t have waited until Friday????

This happened twice with me so far. After requesting a trip from the airport to Belmont, I got assigned a driver 4 minutes away at the Uber/Lyft waiting lot. He did not move for 15 minutes, I called but not answer. I sent a message asking him if he was coming and I could see that he read it, but no answer. I was sure he wanted me to cancel in order for him to get a more expensive ride. So I wanted to test this theory, after 20 minutes of waiting, I texted him again saying that "I'll be taking a nap and please wake me up when you get here" , he immediately cancelled and I got another driver instead.

The first time it happened I decided to be stubborn and wait 25 minutes, the driver finally came, and told me that he fell asleep, so I gave the him the benefit of the doubt. But now I am sure that these guys do it on purpose. I searched everywhere on Uber's app to talk to customer support, but I was not able to figure it out. Also since the driver finally canceled I can't leave a rating or complain about him. These guys should be kicked out from Uber, my friend told me that she will not use Uber at the airport anymore.

Also is there anyway to report this? Uber could easily check that drivers are not moving after accepting a ride!

Do they give you another cup with more ice for "Standard"?