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Ripoffreport.com Complaint - Ripoffreport extortionists

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Review by nuview24 on 2009-10-20
I first became aware on Ripoffreport. Com in 2006 while browsing the internet. I looked up my company name and found a negative report about a company with the same name as mine, but in a state 500 miles away. I made use of the comment section, using my company name, my personal name, and my location, suggesting that the complainer should pursue through local channels if they actually have a complaint, rather than posting a company name on a national forum such as Ripoffreport. I expressed that I hoped this report did not cause confusion that would negatively affect my company. I asked that the report be removed, and I received a response saying no, and that it was clear to anyone reading it that it was about a business other than mine. Over the next two years my business volume plummeted. I had no idea why, until summer of 2009 when I again searched my company name on the internet. Ripoffreport was now linking this complaint together with my response. Therefore when someone did a websearch for my business and hometown, up comes a link saying '(my business name) contactors, run away as fast as you can, terrible service, arrogant owner....." It then lists my personal name and hometown from my response to the original complaint, giving the impression that this ad is about my company. When you try to click the link to read the report, 9 times out of ten the site will not open for about 5 minutes. I imagine this is caused by the website not properly maintaining its servers. So my business income fell from 100,000 in 2006 to 20,000 in 2009. I then asked Ripoffreport. Com to remove my response to the original complaint so that it would stop showing up on the web with my personal info in it. Obviously it was not the intent of the complainer to ruin an innocent business. Twice Ripoffreport. Com never responded to my request.

I then searched the web for ways of getting this info removed. Lots of websites willing to provide service for $5000.00. And guess what. I'm willing to bet that theses same websites are discreetly owned by ed magedson, the same person who owns Ripoffreport. Thats the only possible explanation for why this scumbag has decided to destroy my business, a business in no way related to the original complaint. Time for the attorney general to put this scumbag behind bars instead of letting him profit off destroying honest businessmen while hiding behind the U.S. Constitution.
Comments:
Posted by bearkatkitten on 2009-10-20:
This is why you don't post personal information on a public forum. Anyone can see it. And, if they see fit... can do exactly what some little jerk water did to you.
Posted by redmx3racer on 2009-10-20:
Your blaming $80K in losses over 3 years on one little report on one little website? How do any of the "frequent fliers" on this site manage to stay in business..Best Buy, the cell phone providers, car rental companies-all have hundreds of reviews on here-not to mention Epinions, Planetfeedback, ripoff report etc etc.
Sorry, but I think there are deeper issues here. Also-maybe you did not hear, but the economy has been in the crapper the last 2 years. A lot of companies have lost revenue in the last few years.
Posted by trp2hevn on 2009-10-20:
I don't see how you could blame that much of a loss on one website report. Not sure what kind of company you have, but I think just about every company in the US has seen a decline in income lately.
Posted by superbowl on 2009-10-20:
Ed Magedson and his sleazy operation has been sued so many times it's become a Internet joke of sorts. The only way Ed will clean up what might be hurting your business is to pay him off. Ed makes his money by extoring money from business owners that want lies removed and truth told. Errors in information only help Ed to extort more money. Ed will also take money from criminal operations like the Galaxy Mall and remove hundreds of complaints about their company.


Ed and his sleazy operation is nothing nice.
Posted by KenPopcorn on 2009-10-20:
Supe is correct. The site is widely regarded as a joke, is down more than it is up, and very few, if any, take it seriously. I doubt it costs you any business.
Posted by Ponie on 2009-10-20:
Tupper Lake NY, Alpharetta GA? Are those soap operas still running?
Posted by Slimjim on 2009-10-20:
That's so strange ED wouldn't respond to you. Oh wait, you weren't signing up for him "corporate advocacy" feature with your check book open.

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