Although I found Francesca’s apartment to be nice and well located, I was disappointed that she had advertised having an operational television knowing she did not set it up at all. As a professor of French, when I come to France, I depend on having a television to watch the news, to study French culture, to learn new French expressions and to have constant visual and audio input of the ever-evolving French language. After I requested that Francesca install the television that she had pictured in her original listing, as well as address a few other items in the apartment, (for example, broken coffee maker, dishwasher not working well), she said it would not be possible, removed the television from her ad and subsequently became defensive. Therefore, I asked for a reduction in price, as she falsely represented having this important item. In the end, she offered a nominal compensation but, unfortunately, this did not solve the issue. Had I known Francesca did not have a television, I would not have chosen her apartment.