Why would Facebook verification override email address?
Useless app. I tried to post an apartment but would never be able to see responses because I could not adjust the email address it was attached to even after changing it on Facebook and restarting/relogging in to PadMapper app. Extremely frustrating and unhelpful.
Got so many responses
Reviewing from Pittsburgh - this town loves Padmapper! Craigslist got me zero responses. With only two weeks left to find someone I was super worried about how I was going to advertise until someone on Reddit recommended this app. To my relief, I got dozens of inquiries within a few days and rented my apartment the same week I signed up! Extremely grateful.
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Use ROOMI instead!
This was impossible to use and I got no help when I emailed them. My Facebook account has always been attached to my old college email address. PadMapper uses your Facebook profile to “validate” who you are and will not let you change the email address from the Facebook email address. When I tried to set up another account with my actual email address, they again asked to verify with Facebook and rejected my listing because my profile was already tied to another account. So now I have no way to create a listing with a working email attached to it. I’ve tried to delete my previous account to no avail. Also the idea that you can only post from your iPhone is inconvenient and unnecessary. I very much recommend everyone here try Roomi instead. You validate who you are with government issues IDs and you can perform a background check.
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Looks pretty crooked
At first, I really liked PadMapper. They rarely sent me ‘no pet’ listings. I thought it was an ‘on the ball’, detail oriented group of app developers. But now I am starting to think it’s rigged. The same ‘rented’ place has Stayed on PadMapper At Least 10-14 days. I reported it as rented Twice myself. It’s still there. When you click on this apartment, they try to sell you another for $450 MORE! Hey, I can get bait and switch from property managers, and the price difference is only $100! Maybe PadMapper is getting a payoff from some of the realty companies! Best way to find apartments is thru people you meet!
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Absolutely horrible
I was wondering why nobody was contacting me about my rental listing. Then I realized that the account re-linked itself to my FB email address, which is not a real email account. I tried changing my FB email, but it won't let me. I tried making a new Padmapper account in my husband's name, but I must have typed the wrong password the first time; after attempting to link his FB account, it asked me to input the password again. I put in the password and it was wrong. I tried to change the password and it asks for the old one. I am literally ready to bang my head against a wall.
I don't think they have customer service either, so now it is likely impossible for me to list anything on there. Screw this app and the headache it brings.
I don't think they have customer service either, so now it is likely impossible for me to list anything on there. Screw this app and the headache it brings.
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Okay app, Could be better
I gave it 2 stars, as I feel this app could be better.
I don’t like the fact I have to log on to Facebook to post a pad. The location services wouldn’t acknowledge my address so it picked a spot near by and I can’t change my contact email (as it’s using my Facebook email). If there was an “account” tab where some of these things could be changed that would be a huge improvement.
I don’t like the fact I have to log on to Facebook to post a pad. The location services wouldn’t acknowledge my address so it picked a spot near by and I can’t change my contact email (as it’s using my Facebook email). If there was an “account” tab where some of these things could be changed that would be a huge improvement.
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Big fail for requiring FB to post
PadMapper was a great web app when it arrived. From what I see now, the web app has been cut down so it doesn’t allow posting an apt. Instead, one has to download this app. But the biggest sin is requiring FaceBook to post an ad. Ostensibly for verifying that I am a real human, it is terrible that PadMapper forces one to get a FB account in this day and age of account safety breaches and FB losing trust faster than the Titanic sank. I don’t and will never have FB. Now I won’t have PadMapper as well.
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Super slow
This is a good app for looking apt but lately is SUPER slow. It takes minutes to refresh the map, to close one view and open another. Whatever they did in this update is completely wrong and hope they fix it.
Meets all my needs
PadMapper is a simple, no fluff app. It has just what you need to find a place in your area. The only issue I have had, is that an apartment show up in my area that had the same exact address as another apartment that was in a different state. That’s not a reason to stay away from this app though, since it’s the only time it’s happened. I wanted to share the good and the bad though.
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Easy to use found a place quick!
I have tried all kinds of apps and sites to find places but padmapper is the best! I found an apartment in my first day of looking with padmapper. Also the places I contacted through the app actually got back to me quickly unlike other sites I’ve tried.
It’s super easy to use and it turns properties you’ve already looked at a different color on the map (this sounds stupid until you’ve spent weeks looking at maps) I would 100% recommend this to anyone looking for a place. I’ll use it again when I move for sure!
It’s super easy to use and it turns properties you’ve already looked at a different color on the map (this sounds stupid until you’ve spent weeks looking at maps) I would 100% recommend this to anyone looking for a place. I’ll use it again when I move for sure!
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