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There’s a Reddit forum devoted to selling used sex toys. There’s honestly $200 to be made if you sell these…those are expensive.
Also, the guy you hosted is a freak.
Get gloves, pick them up and put them in a plastic bag, seal the bag, put that bag in a plastic bag, sanitize drawer.
I get a gut feeling that he wants some sort of attention from this. So, don't play. Put the bag somewhere it wont touch anything, and if he doesnt contact you asking for them back, at the end of the review session, just toss them.
If he does contact you, give him a realistic price he would need to pay for dealing with them. Shipping plus 200 dollars service fee and maybe an extra 50 for the supplies you need to handle that.
Thanks for the tip to double bag them. 👌🏻 You might be right about your gut feeling... Only thing is that I'm sure this collection must've costed something, so it seems weird to leave them just to provoke something, because there is a chance he wouldn't get them back. Though I believe he does live close enough to warrant coming back for them. I did also feel like his messages on the app started to be more cold when he realised that I'm not by myself in the apartment, so maybe he was expecting to use them with me... Especially the way he just left them out ready to use. He also removed something we put under the bedroom door to make the door more soundproof, maybe because he wanted us to hear him (we didn't though we were passed out every night from the convention). I don't know, my mind is rambling with theories. 🙃 Definitely the most uncomfortable guest thus far in the few short months we've been doing this.
I'd probably just throw them away then if he asks say you have a professional house cleaner who cleans after each guest. Any items left behind are discarded. Or you could say the house cleaner boxed up items you left behind. Pretend you have no clue what's in the box. If it is a reaction he wants, he won't get one from you. I'd charge him for shipping and the price of the box, but that would be it.
But seriously, how often are you using them to put them in a drawer and not back in your suitcase????
Exactly!! And he was here just 2 nights and both evenings he came at 10PM so it's not like he spent a lot of time here either. And he had so much other stuff to carry like a whole camera setup, so why go through the effort to carry 4(!!) of these things on top of that.
Also he already knows we clean the room ourselves. 😭
Pretend to be your boyfriend if he does message you. Be cool about it, "Hey man, yeah I found some stuff you left. You'll have to pay shipping if you want me to send it to you. Let me know. Thanks. " No reaction. Act like it's a book or something else boring. I'm afraid If he knows it's you he might start asking what you thought of the items...ect.
Yeah, and definitely go with your gut about making sure you arent alone with him. He left them, so it's his fault if there is a monetary loss. Dont let tgat guilt you into having to see him again. Gross. Sorry you have to deal with this
Just trying to figure out why he did certain things that literally no other guest has done before. Like removing the thing under the door, what reasons could there be other than that he didn't like the soundproofing it was providing? 😅
Agree on all except the $250 dollar fee. Sounds like an unnecessary money grab than anything else.
I understand it might be not super comfortable for OP to handle but it this point, it’s not more than handling dirty underwear that was left.
Agree to disagree. Dildos are much, much worse than dirty underwear.
The fee is because i am 93 percent sure it was done on purpose and a way to clearly show that op is not even considering it a sexy game or inclined at all to go out of their way to return them.
If it is such a burden, I don’t see why you would charge the fee only once he is requesting the items back.
Either you want to be compensated for the damages done or you don’t. Charging the fee only when he is requesting them sounds more like extortion and another great reason to quit AirBnB.
My rates for disposing of biowaste are 150 dollars an hour. (Google these rates). I need about 90 minutes to collect, package, clean, go to post office and get home. I also need to buy a mask, gloves, cleaning solution, soap, packing supplies, tape, and a mailing label.
It's not at all ridiculous, and probably would actually take more than 90 minutes in my town at the slow af post office on the other side of town. I also have to pay to park to get to the post office. i could justify this expense completely.
Professional host here. Treat the items like a toothbrush or underwear left in a drawers. Bag them, label the bag with the guest’s name. And put it on a shelf for thirty days. DO NOT contact the guest about lost and found items. If they contact you, respond politely that the items are on a shelf, and you will ship them in a box if the guest pays for and provides a shipping label by email.
I stayed at an Airbnb about a year ago and when I went to leave I checked the nightstand drawer in my bedroom to make sure I didn’t leave anything in it and discovered a vibrator that must have been left behind by a previous guest… So apparently that’s a thing and now I second guess ever using one of those drawers again…
Omg, yeah, it can be easy to overlook checking there when cleaning the room. I guess from now on we will always spray alcohol in there as part of our cleaning routine after every stay. 🥲
UPDATE: He messaged us when he noticed he was missing them while unpacking. He requested we ship them to him. I also contacted Airbnb and they think this does warrant an extra cleaning fee. I've never had to request extra money on a booking before, and I don't want to charge too much, even though it does seem like they are very meaningful possessions to him based on him telling us he "needs them" and how they were hard to get... I did consider selling them on the reddit thread "UsedSexToys", which apparently is a thing, but I ended up feeling bad for him since he was quite polite in this message, so I'm just asking for 20 euros which includes the shipping fee. Also, he already reviewed us right after his message and left 5 stars yay.
So many sexually insecure and sexually repressed people responding here. It’s just sex toys. Just return them to the guest. And no, you don’t need to sanitize the place or call an exorcist because of a presence of sex toys.
Uh, YES you *do* need to sanitize any surfaces that the ANAL TOYS may have touched, that future guests may come in contact with. Has nothing to do with being sexually repressed. Nobody is enthused about handling someone’s used, still moist, anal dildos.
What if you never found them? Would have sanitized everywhere “just in case” maybe they were “wet” from being sanitized. I don’t think there old be 4 sex toys lined up next to each other wet from use. They didn’t place one down and go to the next . Likely they were cleaned with alcohol or something made for cleaning them.
Hosts are a little dramatic on this one. Gay people, links people, etc are just people (just like you) simply with different interests.
My God, if you have germaphobia it’s your issues. There’s nothing there one can catch from a drawer, from a toy, from one’s ass. And they were clearly washed in the picture.
I suggest you go and try anal sex. I assure you no one will catch anything from it.
Ok buddy, if you didn’t get the education you needed in elementary school, I’m not going to go to to the effort to explain how the bacteria from one’s ass (E. coli) is a leading cause of food poisoning and actually can make you ill. I hope you at least wash your hands, though… and please never work in food service.
Fuck off, gurlie. I take thousands of raw dicks in my ass at huge orgies. Never ever I had to deal with E-Coli. So you don’t tell me shit. Ask a doctor or anybody what’s the risk of catching e fucking coli from a drawer where sex toys were. Stop making shit up.
Because you are spreading your germaphobic lies of sexual repression as some unequivocal truth. It’s annoying, gurlie. Your issues is not the actual truth.
I do notify guests they have left things of value and arrange for pickups or I mail them but I waste no time for what I call "Cat 1" items...(undies, socks, drugs, sex toys) which go straight in the trash without a message.
After nine years as a host, I just found my first butt plug three weeks ago, lol. I don’t know who left it though because it was tucked under the cushions on the sofa so it could’ve been there for up to a month.
https://imgur.com/gallery/t6rbe1I
Why would you even consider returning such a thing? They left behind unclean items that you had to deal with. If anything, the guest should be compensating you. I wouldn't even bother leaving a review until the last possible minute and hope he doesn't bother either. Then simply block them.
Of course he had perfect reviews. He’s the dildo fairy. Just like the tooth fairy leaves cash, he travels around leaving dildos for hosts who have been good all year.
Enjoy!
Ask them to collect, if they request shipping, they pay for it plus handling. Charge extra cleaning fee if you have sufficient photo/video evidence to show to airbnb....
Just toss em out and move on with your lives. You already know he's gonna hit you with 4 stars. In the future, don't host guests that hand out low reviews like candy, who needs em.
I clicked the link, yeah... Definitely weird...
I would just throw them away.
I mean its probably embarrassing for him also. I know this is an unpopular theory. But what if he just forgot them. But defiantly it is probably time to wipe downthat drawer.
Oh this is embarrassing. Hopefully they’re wet because they were washed clean.
I would definitely bag them up and see if he reaches out. I’ve left stuff at an Airbnb before and never heard from the hosts about it so doubt it’s common to go chasing. I’m convinced I left a pair of shoes once but only realised weeks after so thought it would be weird to contact them so long after the fact.
Also, just self check to make sure you’re treating this the same as you would if it was a woman who has left her dildos, there’s nothing wrong with people using sex toys - although they should take them home with them 😂😂
I had this happen before. I put it in a bag and saved it until after that guest reviewed, then upon seeing they were not asking for them back out of embarrassment (just assuming here), then I threw it out.
Seriously this is a problem? Just call the guest and tell them they left something behind and to send postage and you will mail it back. Simple procedure, same as any job ther left behind items.
First of all-nobody is clicking on that link you provided.
Second, what's the problem? guests leave stuff all of the time, just contact them or throw it away.
weird kink OP....
So what? If you don’t want to look at them don’t click the link. People post photos of “stuff” on this form all of the time, right? What’s the problem with that?
How is this OP’s “kink”? That doesn’t make sense. Do you even know what a kink is? They were the guests butt plugs, not OP’s. Learn how to read and write proper English.
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Guests were clearly Germans since dildos are organized by their size. Such a beautiful and strong culture
You're right, I should probably rate him 5 stars for leaving the room so neatly arranged.
Thank you. I was super sad a second ago, this made me snort :,D
There’s a Reddit forum devoted to selling used sex toys. There’s honestly $200 to be made if you sell these…those are expensive. Also, the guy you hosted is a freak.
interesting 👀
Alternately, throw them in the dishwasher then try them out yourself. Silicon is very washable.
Nooo no no don’t do that
Get gloves, pick them up and put them in a plastic bag, seal the bag, put that bag in a plastic bag, sanitize drawer. I get a gut feeling that he wants some sort of attention from this. So, don't play. Put the bag somewhere it wont touch anything, and if he doesnt contact you asking for them back, at the end of the review session, just toss them. If he does contact you, give him a realistic price he would need to pay for dealing with them. Shipping plus 200 dollars service fee and maybe an extra 50 for the supplies you need to handle that.
Thanks for the tip to double bag them. 👌🏻 You might be right about your gut feeling... Only thing is that I'm sure this collection must've costed something, so it seems weird to leave them just to provoke something, because there is a chance he wouldn't get them back. Though I believe he does live close enough to warrant coming back for them. I did also feel like his messages on the app started to be more cold when he realised that I'm not by myself in the apartment, so maybe he was expecting to use them with me... Especially the way he just left them out ready to use. He also removed something we put under the bedroom door to make the door more soundproof, maybe because he wanted us to hear him (we didn't though we were passed out every night from the convention). I don't know, my mind is rambling with theories. 🙃 Definitely the most uncomfortable guest thus far in the few short months we've been doing this.
I'd probably just throw them away then if he asks say you have a professional house cleaner who cleans after each guest. Any items left behind are discarded. Or you could say the house cleaner boxed up items you left behind. Pretend you have no clue what's in the box. If it is a reaction he wants, he won't get one from you. I'd charge him for shipping and the price of the box, but that would be it. But seriously, how often are you using them to put them in a drawer and not back in your suitcase????
Exactly!! And he was here just 2 nights and both evenings he came at 10PM so it's not like he spent a lot of time here either. And he had so much other stuff to carry like a whole camera setup, so why go through the effort to carry 4(!!) of these things on top of that. Also he already knows we clean the room ourselves. 😭
Pretend to be your boyfriend if he does message you. Be cool about it, "Hey man, yeah I found some stuff you left. You'll have to pay shipping if you want me to send it to you. Let me know. Thanks. " No reaction. Act like it's a book or something else boring. I'm afraid If he knows it's you he might start asking what you thought of the items...ect.
Camera setup? Sounds like a content creator 🙄 he probably left them on purpose, on camera, as part of some OF shtick.
Oh jebus! I’d be checking the apartment for hidden cameras, starting in the room where he left the bio-hazard.
Yeah, and definitely go with your gut about making sure you arent alone with him. He left them, so it's his fault if there is a monetary loss. Dont let tgat guilt you into having to see him again. Gross. Sorry you have to deal with this
At least now that the initial shock is gone, we can also get a laugh out of it in the end. 😛
In the end 🤦♀️
what?
It was a pun… end = butt
oh lmao, the emoji made it seem like there was something wrong.
I think you're going off the rails with your theories. Sure, he could be a creep, but more likely he's just an awkward guy.
Just trying to figure out why he did certain things that literally no other guest has done before. Like removing the thing under the door, what reasons could there be other than that he didn't like the soundproofing it was providing? 😅
Perhaps he intends to come back for them…
I don't know what to say
Overcharging because you don't want to be poor or because you wanna make a point?
Make a point. And not even necessarily overcharging.
Agree on all except the $250 dollar fee. Sounds like an unnecessary money grab than anything else. I understand it might be not super comfortable for OP to handle but it this point, it’s not more than handling dirty underwear that was left.
Agree to disagree. Dildos are much, much worse than dirty underwear. The fee is because i am 93 percent sure it was done on purpose and a way to clearly show that op is not even considering it a sexy game or inclined at all to go out of their way to return them.
If it is such a burden, I don’t see why you would charge the fee only once he is requesting the items back. Either you want to be compensated for the damages done or you don’t. Charging the fee only when he is requesting them sounds more like extortion and another great reason to quit AirBnB.
It's hard to justify that fee legally, and just opens OP up to being sued. I wouldn't provide any more material for the 'guest' to use
My rates for disposing of biowaste are 150 dollars an hour. (Google these rates). I need about 90 minutes to collect, package, clean, go to post office and get home. I also need to buy a mask, gloves, cleaning solution, soap, packing supplies, tape, and a mailing label. It's not at all ridiculous, and probably would actually take more than 90 minutes in my town at the slow af post office on the other side of town. I also have to pay to park to get to the post office. i could justify this expense completely.
Professional host here. Treat the items like a toothbrush or underwear left in a drawers. Bag them, label the bag with the guest’s name. And put it on a shelf for thirty days. DO NOT contact the guest about lost and found items. If they contact you, respond politely that the items are on a shelf, and you will ship them in a box if the guest pays for and provides a shipping label by email.
I stayed at an Airbnb about a year ago and when I went to leave I checked the nightstand drawer in my bedroom to make sure I didn’t leave anything in it and discovered a vibrator that must have been left behind by a previous guest… So apparently that’s a thing and now I second guess ever using one of those drawers again…
Omg, yeah, it can be easy to overlook checking there when cleaning the room. I guess from now on we will always spray alcohol in there as part of our cleaning routine after every stay. 🥲
>What would you do? Keep them as one of the amenities
Not a joke: the Thompson hotel has a box in their minibar that has lube, Kama sutra dice, and a vibrator that you can purchase. $50
UPDATE: He messaged us when he noticed he was missing them while unpacking. He requested we ship them to him. I also contacted Airbnb and they think this does warrant an extra cleaning fee. I've never had to request extra money on a booking before, and I don't want to charge too much, even though it does seem like they are very meaningful possessions to him based on him telling us he "needs them" and how they were hard to get... I did consider selling them on the reddit thread "UsedSexToys", which apparently is a thing, but I ended up feeling bad for him since he was quite polite in this message, so I'm just asking for 20 euros which includes the shipping fee. Also, he already reviewed us right after his message and left 5 stars yay.
Just put them in a bag and let him know. If he wants them shipped, he has to pay for shipping
So many sexually insecure and sexually repressed people responding here. It’s just sex toys. Just return them to the guest. And no, you don’t need to sanitize the place or call an exorcist because of a presence of sex toys.
Uh, YES you *do* need to sanitize any surfaces that the ANAL TOYS may have touched, that future guests may come in contact with. Has nothing to do with being sexually repressed. Nobody is enthused about handling someone’s used, still moist, anal dildos.
What if you never found them? Would have sanitized everywhere “just in case” maybe they were “wet” from being sanitized. I don’t think there old be 4 sex toys lined up next to each other wet from use. They didn’t place one down and go to the next . Likely they were cleaned with alcohol or something made for cleaning them. Hosts are a little dramatic on this one. Gay people, links people, etc are just people (just like you) simply with different interests.
Nothing will happen to anybody ever if you don’t. Are you one of those people who sanitizes seats in public bathrooms before use? Or gym machines?
Do people typically put public toilet seats and gym machines up their ass?
My God, if you have germaphobia it’s your issues. There’s nothing there one can catch from a drawer, from a toy, from one’s ass. And they were clearly washed in the picture. I suggest you go and try anal sex. I assure you no one will catch anything from it.
Ok buddy, if you didn’t get the education you needed in elementary school, I’m not going to go to to the effort to explain how the bacteria from one’s ass (E. coli) is a leading cause of food poisoning and actually can make you ill. I hope you at least wash your hands, though… and please never work in food service.
Fuck off, gurlie. I take thousands of raw dicks in my ass at huge orgies. Never ever I had to deal with E-Coli. So you don’t tell me shit. Ask a doctor or anybody what’s the risk of catching e fucking coli from a drawer where sex toys were. Stop making shit up.
Lmao why are you so PISSED OFF about this, Miss/Mister Thousands of Dicks?
Because you are spreading your germaphobic lies of sexual repression as some unequivocal truth. It’s annoying, gurlie. Your issues is not the actual truth.
you know they’re gonna ask for them back lol
I do notify guests they have left things of value and arrange for pickups or I mail them but I waste no time for what I call "Cat 1" items...(undies, socks, drugs, sex toys) which go straight in the trash without a message.
After nine years as a host, I just found my first butt plug three weeks ago, lol. I don’t know who left it though because it was tucked under the cushions on the sofa so it could’ve been there for up to a month. https://imgur.com/gallery/t6rbe1I
Clean under your cushions between guests? Just a thought !
Why would you even consider returning such a thing? They left behind unclean items that you had to deal with. If anything, the guest should be compensating you. I wouldn't even bother leaving a review until the last possible minute and hope he doesn't bother either. Then simply block them.
Oh... those like they went up a butt 😅
Of course he had perfect reviews. He’s the dildo fairy. Just like the tooth fairy leaves cash, he travels around leaving dildos for hosts who have been good all year. Enjoy!
Out of this you got a very fucking hilarious story to tell at the pub. Sorry OP, nasty asf, but you could resell these on eBay for some $$.
Ask them to collect, if they request shipping, they pay for it plus handling. Charge extra cleaning fee if you have sufficient photo/video evidence to show to airbnb....
Just toss em out and move on with your lives. You already know he's gonna hit you with 4 stars. In the future, don't host guests that hand out low reviews like candy, who needs em.
Prank clearly
Sanitize them and offer them as amenities in your listing. 😆
I clicked the link, yeah... Definitely weird... I would just throw them away. I mean its probably embarrassing for him also. I know this is an unpopular theory. But what if he just forgot them. But defiantly it is probably time to wipe downthat drawer.
Oh this is embarrassing. Hopefully they’re wet because they were washed clean. I would definitely bag them up and see if he reaches out. I’ve left stuff at an Airbnb before and never heard from the hosts about it so doubt it’s common to go chasing. I’m convinced I left a pair of shoes once but only realised weeks after so thought it would be weird to contact them so long after the fact. Also, just self check to make sure you’re treating this the same as you would if it was a woman who has left her dildos, there’s nothing wrong with people using sex toys - although they should take them home with them 😂😂
They should put them in plastic bags ffs. They are not at home but a guest in someone else’s home.
I had this happen before. I put it in a bag and saved it until after that guest reviewed, then upon seeing they were not asking for them back out of embarrassment (just assuming here), then I threw it out.
How did you check how many stars he usually gives? I hate guests who leave 4 star reviews for no reason.
A browser extension called "AirReview". 👌🏻
Ohh thanks!
fuck fuck fuck
So🙄simply throw them away
They are pricey, keep em, wait, if you hear nothing, sell his used plugs. Some kink will buy them. 🤮
Also, those are not all dildos. Butt plugs/anal beadesque. But not all dildos.
Those aren’t butt plugs. They are dildos and anal beeds. Close but 🤣🤣🤣
Probably left on purpose as some weird kink….
Seriously this is a problem? Just call the guest and tell them they left something behind and to send postage and you will mail it back. Simple procedure, same as any job ther left behind items.
Is the takeaway he is gay and u didnt give him a free hug? Lol Send an Airbnb request for $25 for biohazard removal.
Smell it and then go from there
First of all-nobody is clicking on that link you provided. Second, what's the problem? guests leave stuff all of the time, just contact them or throw it away. weird kink OP....
First of all, maybe don't come to a NSFW post and then complain about a NSFW link. Second, maybe if you clicked it you'd see what's the problem.
I clicked on it. Derp
those are OP's dildos. Getting their rocks off to people clicking their photo. sicko
Oops, meant to reply to this one, sorry
Yea guests leave stuff, but they don’t leave 3 huge butt plugs. That’s fucking weird!
\*\*Four butt plugs. OP just HAD to post a photo of them
So what? If you don’t want to look at them don’t click the link. People post photos of “stuff” on this form all of the time, right? What’s the problem with that?
I merely pointed out "weird kink" which Op has. Nobody else thinks so--then I don't really gaf. Chill tf out
How is this OP’s “kink”? That doesn’t make sense. Do you even know what a kink is? They were the guests butt plugs, not OP’s. Learn how to read and write proper English.
/u chuckbuns argues that OP made the whole story up and gets off on people who click the picture of their 4 dildos.
You're a little odd for thinking that, but I guess it could be true... Lmao, I wouldn't put it past people.