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Posted By: Jim F
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, at 6:05 a.m.
While this may be a good site in some respects, there is also a problem with this type of site... keep in mind, this is a "forum" and all posts are not necessarily reviewed for accuracy or investigated. It is a conglomeration of posts by anyone who "FEELS" they have been 'ripped-off".
ANYONE can accuse a company of being a rip-off. This does NOT mean that the company IS a rip-off. Disgruntled customers, employees, etc. can post whatever they want. Unfortunately, it may not always be a valid complaint. It may be a misunderstanding or other such problem (from the customers point of view). It can be a disgruntled employee (may have been fired for valid reasons) who only intends to try to damage the company's reputation.
So, while RipOff.com may serve to provide some good material, you must also keep in mind that just because someone complains, doesn't mean that the accused company is a rip-off. And if a company doesn't respond to the charges made on the forum also does NOT indicate that the accuser has a valid complaint. If these companies responded to every complaint on every forum on the internet, it would take a whole department just to keep up with all the forums on the web. Usually those types of departments are already busy just trying to take care of the matter at hand with the customer, who has probably already complained to them and probably already in the process of trying to resolve the problem, if possible... (sometimes there are customers who will never be satisfied - just another fact of business).
Use discretion when viewing such forums.
Jim F
PS. Happily, I can say, "No... you won't find my business listed there!"
> You can find scams by state .
> Look up www.ripoffreport.com . You can do searches
> for scams by state on their website.
> Go to catogories and put in the state you wish to look up.
> This site is free to search and post on.
> This site can save you much money by exposing scams.
> Take care, DO NOT BUY ANYTHING until you check things out.
> Do not let salesmen pressure you into making quick decisions
> you will end up regretting later.
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