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RipoffReport.com Warns Businesses Away from Reputtion Management & SEO Companies

by TheCG
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Ripoff Report | Reputation Management the new

I guess you are just supposed to take your Ripoff Report medicine. True or not, deal with it.

They call Reputation Management the "New Digital Extortion."

They also claim that once posted a report on their site will never be removed but I happen to know of a guy that sued them and had his report removed as well as got a judgment.

http://www.steptoe.com/assets/attachments/3766.pdf

http://www.scribd.com/doc/56105063/C...-LLC-Complaint
#businesses #companies #management #reputtion #ripoffreportcom #seo #warns
  • Profile picture of the author ryanmckinney
    It seems like a few bad apples is "ruining" it for everyone else... what's new?
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    • Profile picture of the author David Miller
      If we all concerned ourselves with what goes on with sites like ripoff report and many others, we may as well give up and learn how to say "next window please" with enthusiasm.

      Every successful or promising business model brings with it the probability of someone *******izing the concept for a quick buck. That is our problem but it also the consumer's problem as well. I've been involved in a area of business that was so littered with corrupt copycats that every call was a struggle to prove our legitimacy. In the end it worked to our advantage because we provided prospects with every thing they needed to check our credentials.

      Our business exploded!
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      • Profile picture of the author TheCG
        Originally Posted by David Miller View Post

        If we all concerned ourselves with what goes on with sites like ripoff report and many others, we may as well give up and learn how to say "next window please" with enthusiasm.

        Every successful or promising business model brings with it the probability of someone *******izing the concept for a quick buck. That is our problem but it also the consumer's problem as well. I've been involved in a area of business that was so littered with corrupt copycats that every call was a struggle to prove our legitimacy. In the end it worked to our advantage because we provided prospects with every thing they needed to check our credentials.

        Our business exploded!
        Oh, I get what you are saying and I agree completely. I just happened to see this today and thought it was ironic that Ripoff Report calls what we do extortion when they promote one of the largest evils on the net. Unsubstantiated accusations and assertions.
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        Yes, by the way, I AM in the Witness Protection Program. I could tell you who I am but then I would have to kill you.

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        • Profile picture of the author HypeText
          One needs to research RipOffReport more closely.

          RipOffReport is currently under investigation in a number of states for Extortion because they are pushing Reputation Management Services themselves.

          Basically RipOffReport charges Tens of Thousands of Dollars to Businesses to remove complaints on their site. Even if the complaint is legitimate.

          The Owner of the site has warrants for his arrest and has essentially dropped off the grid.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    The rip off report "itself" is an extortion deal. i have had people say to me "Do this and that or I will write you up on rip off report", or send out a "scam alert". Lol. Imagine, scammers sending out scam alerts..... Its bs.

    There are places also where people steal your material and say "Pay for membership and we wont steal your sh**".

    Anyone who wants to associate with that... well I dont know, but my take is "Go ahead and steal my sh** then, its your karma".

    In the end none of this can harm your market if you are focused on your market and not theirs. They can only reach their own market.

    Rip off report only reaches its own market and maybe one in 500 visitors actually makes a buying decision based off what they read there.

    Its like a chihuahua with a big yapper that wont shut up, but it cant really do much, except scare people.

    The world is a big place, don't be bothered by haters, they are too much the minority to harm you. They do more harm warning you about publicity to trip you up than the actual publicity itself does.

    If you miss a customer here and there due to them..... You'll never miss em.

    Ps. I actually had another warrior tell me "If you dont include your report in my package I will copy it and make it my report anyway...".

    What is this the small fry mafia or what? Do these guys not get the basic principles of authenticity and what it means?

    Like I care. Steal it. You cant be me and your results will be dismal because you cant speak it with conviction. Allan Says once wrote that whatever you write, your energy comes across in it, even if you try to hide it.

    You send it out with a certain energy and it will send that energy back to you.

    Never fails.

    Ps. Eventually intellectual property will be protected on the internet and some of these "Bad People" will find out that karma is absolute and no one escapes it. The wolves might not be getting you today....but trust me, there is a day with your name on it if you are extorting hard working people, and I for one will not feel sorry when karma teaches you its lesson.

    The laws of sowing and reaping are absolute even if you laugh at the thought of them.
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