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Ripoffreport.com Complaint - Ripoffreport.com - Misinformation

Misinformation - Complaint
Review by Beaufort Bruce on 2010-12-09
It seems to me that the real rip off here is this organization “Ripoff Reports”. They claim to be advocates of good business practice yet post anonymous claims against any business as they are received. No verification, no investigation, no justification. They go so far as to admit this on their main page. While we encourage and even require authors to only file truthful reports, Ripoff Report does not guarantee that all reports are authentic or accurate.

They further state that they never remove reports, presumably even when those reports are false, slanderous, or just plain dishonest. Yet a quick search on Google shows several companies that guarantee ripoff Report removal, for a fee. Could these companies be somehow related? That would be extortion as I see it? Against federal law as I understand it. Could that be the reason the Ripoff Report server is located in Turkey? They do have a PO Box in Tempe, Arizona, perhaps a mail forwarding service of some type? I do not know, smells funny to me.

Rip offs by ripoffs.com seem to be quite a growing concern, so much in fact that their web page even has a section on why it would be foolish to sue them. Let me add my own opinions:
1. It is hard to sue a con man, they often have the angles figured out, it is their occupation.
2. It is impossible to sue a PO Box.
3. It’s very difficult and expensive to sue someone in Turkey if you live in the USA.

If you feel that you have been victimized by this or some other scam here are a few places that you can go. All are US government sponsored.

www.ic3.gov The Internet Crime Complaint Center ( FBI and NW3C Partnership ).

www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Internet_Fraud. shtml Us Government internet fraud.

www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/fraud/internet_fraud/internet_fraud FBI

www.justice.gov/criminal/cybercrime/reporting.htm Department of Justice site.
Comments:
Posted by MDSasquatch on 2010-12-09:
I believe this site is owned and operated by Direct Buy, that alone ought to tell you how credible the site is.
Posted by dan gordon on 2010-12-09:
if you want to respond they used to charge which you don't know until you type out the whole response.
Posted by tnchuck100 on 2010-12-09:
MDSasquatch, where did you get the connection between DirectBuy and Ripoff Report?

Or is your reference to "this site" meant as my3cents?
Posted by MDSasquatch on 2010-12-09:
"this site" is a reference to ripoffreport.com

just go to their site and type in Direct Buy,
Posted by trmn8r on 2010-12-09:
Do any of the feedback websites verify the information posted - ComplaintsBoard, RipOffReport, My3Cents, PlanetFeedback?

I have seen instances where after litigation, posters have come back to ROR and added a comment "I retract my previous comments re: company XYZ," but I believe the original comment remains.

RipOffReport has the feature that asks you to identify yourself as someone who: has dealt with the company, who is just an observer, an employee of the company, etc. This is not verified either, I assume.

Think of all the work it would take to verify comments.
Posted by Slimjim on 2010-12-09:
Tr's right in that no complaint site is under much obligation to verify content since they don't author it. Rip-Off Report is distinctly different from others in the evidence they(he) manipulates certain reports and the ability to fairly respond and rebuttal. In a nutshell, you won't find my3cents charging a company to rebuttal an attack against them, nor will you find any of those sites offering the ability to spin complaints in return for thousands of dollars in extortion payments.

FYI, the site is not owned by Best Buy, but one individual owner/operator named Ed Magedson.
Posted by MDSasquatch on 2010-12-09:
Direct Buy, not Best Buy
Posted by Slimjim on 2010-12-09:
Oh, either way, no. it's just Ed.
Posted by Wally86 on 2010-12-09:
lol I dunno what company would wanna by ripoffreport and put themselves in such liability.
Posted by MDSasquatch on 2010-12-09:
ripoff report used to be full of negative blogs about Direct Buy, then one day, they all were replaced by positive blogs.

You do the math
Posted by Slimjim on 2010-12-09:
That's probably becuase they joined the "Corporate Advocacy" program of his I briefly described above. Here's the short version.
*Your business has negative rip off reports on his site.
*You pay him thousands of dollars up front and then monthly
*You get a glowing endorsement from ROR and all of the sudden, you're the best company since sliced bread.

It's a pretty simple gig he has going. I'm still amazed no one can stick RICO charges on him yet, but it certainly hasn't been for a lack of trying.
Posted by leet60 on 2010-12-09:
The owner of this website has a nefarious past at best. There are websites online that are in opposition to ROR that have posted letters their businesses received from ROR asking them to "sign up" for a service they provide to businesses in which they will delete any negative complaints, push "compliment" posts to the forefront, post updates that the business has pleasantly resolved the Original complainants issue etc. All this for a hefty signup fee and a monthly maintenance fee.

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