Roomster

The site has bugs, bots and underhanded billing practices. My bad for not reading reviews prior to signing up. Please save your hard earned money and do not sign up on this site.

1) you can create a free room listing - yay!
2) you have to pay to see any messages, far more than the competitors for less duration
3) I received ZERO leads from my area for 3 weeks with a free listing
4) I had to pay to see one bogus lead 1.5 hours away including a ferry ride
5) Finally I received not a lead but a listing 5 hours away in... Canada!
6) They denied any problems and gave no refund

Sent several messages, none were responded too but then a random man with no photo that neither of us contacted sent both me and my daughter private messages that we then find out we have to pay to read the messages. Get the feeling if we pay to read the message that it is just spam and nothing real, which makes you wonder are any of them real or current because we sent a lot of messages that not one person responded back on. Only spam bot/guy. Kinda scummy business practice.

I was surprised...rather, naive.
Fake accounts made it seem so much like those dating apps.
The really tricky, disingenuous action they've taken is to make you think you have lots of messages. And, of course, the only way to see those messages is to pay. So, you open the messages and THEY ARE NOT MESSAGES. They're basically posts of units, etc that are available. No one is reaching out to you. The same info is free if you just type in your parameters.
And to further make it seem like you're going to be making contact with a potential roommate, there's a screen that pops up asking you to agree to be careful in your pending negotiations. Such deception.
There may be a righteous site or app out there that really has everyone's best interest. Roomster is definitely not such a set.up.
I also failed with roomies.com and Craigslist. Bogus agendas offering credit score info, "Hurry, don't miss out" strategies...
Be careful, friends.

Absolutely disgusted with this app as my boyfriend was scammed out of $1200 in "rent" after trusting that someone by the name of Savannah had a room to rent for him. After sending the money he was then told she needed an additional $500 to "send the keys" we will be taking legal action however it is unacceptable that this app and these people are taking advantage of innocent people looking for a place to lay their heads.

Extremely bad site. Not only in the zero results that you get but in customer service. I am a landlord trying to advertise a unit to lease and subscribed for one month $$29.99. I got the weirdest requests from Roomster's clients and from all over locations that did not relate to any future residents for the unit's area. I used the service for 2 days only and immediately realized the mistake. I requested refund or partial refund but Roomster customer service rejected. Roomster is not worth your time or your money.

You WILL get scammed if you associate with this company whatsoever.

You've been warned….shiesty shady $#*! company. I hope every one of you in your fraudulent company are born with some sort of terrible condition or under awful living environment in your next life that causes extreme physical pain and emotional damage that makes you want to die every day of your miserable life.

Mark my words, scumbags like you will receive their karma and sometimes it doesn't show up in your current lifetime. I assure you, your conning lifestyle will surface!

The one thing I will say is make sure to confirm with someone that your subscription has been canceled. Despite what they say - deactivating or suspending your account does not stop them from charging you. They also say you can cancel just by clicking cancel but no such button exist. I do not recommend.

Roomster has good site infrastructure and is easy to navigate and find rooms, however the services requires that you pay before you can even communicate with anyone on the site which is an absolute joke. Just use Roomies or Spareroom and forget this nonsense.

I used Roomster for a couple of weeks, and came across very few legitimate ads. Received about 10 dms daily from seemingly fake users. The authentic places were mostly sponsored by outside groups that I'm sure also advertise on other sites. With the price, I really don't see the benefit of this website. The money isn't going into improving the experience.