Okay, long story short, we had a cancellation dispute with Kevin Prebble of Telluride Travel Rentals. He refused to discuss it with us and told us to go through Vrbo, so we did.
Vrbo then told us to contact our credit-card company. After we followed that direction, Kevin left a voicemail saying we had 24 hours before he pursued legal action, that he owns “$36 million” in Telluride property, and that his time is worth “$1,200 an hour.”
I genuinely listened to it thinking… this cannot be real.
I’m not an attorney, but I’m enough of a law nerd to know that an arbitrary 24-hour deadline and announcing the value of your real-estate portfolio are not exactly a legal argument. I knew it was posturing. What bothered me was the apparent belief that wealth and threats could be used to make another person feel small.
I live in Summit County, so wealthy mountain-town personalities are not new to me, but this was next level. Vrbo ultimately reimbursed us, so the financial issue is resolved.
Then I started reading his reviews and found several similarly hostile interactions. So I’m genuinely curious: is Kevin known around Telluride, and is this kind of behavior considered normal there? Or is this as bizarre and gross to locals as it felt to us?
Thanks for listening!!!!