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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOnline Retailer Fines Couple $3,500 For Negative Review, Then Dings Their Credit Score
A couple has been fined $3,500 and had their credit score dinged after writing a negative review online about an online retailer that never sent them the products they ordered.
The company that charged the fine is Kleargear.com, which sells odd gifts like LED shoelaces and desktop nap pillows, The Consumerist reports via KUTV.
More at: http://www.businessinsider.com/online-retailer-fines-couple-3500-for-negative-review-2013-11
The company that charged the fine is Kleargear.com, which sells odd gifts like LED shoelaces and desktop nap pillows, The Consumerist reports via KUTV.
More at: http://www.businessinsider.com/online-retailer-fines-couple-3500-for-negative-review-2013-11
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Online Retailer Fines Couple $3,500 For Negative Review, Then Dings Their Credit Score (Original Post)
Dr. Strange
Nov 2013
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Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)1. Agreed.
Decaffeinated
(556 posts)2. Terrible
Enrique
(27,461 posts)3. can't be legal
can it?
Dwayne Hicks
(637 posts)4. What?
Since when does a company have any authority to fine you for anything? I'd just laugh and throw their "bill" in the trash.
hibbing
(10,109 posts)9. my thoughts exactly
What a weird way to word that.
Peace
catrose
(5,073 posts)10. And if it were legal
how can they claim they have a contract when the company didn't send a product and the couple cancelled payment through PayPal? This is weird. And scary.
Riftaxe
(2,693 posts)5. "Business Insider was unable to reach anyone by phone or email at Kleargear.com."
Considering that the original complaint was "There is absolutely no way to get in touch with a physical human being,"
defacto7
(13,485 posts)6. Sounds like a legal cash cow to me.
They should sue the retailer for a tidy triple digit sum and check out options to press criminal charges against the owners. The company lawyers will balk and threaten but so what. Legal contract my ass.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)7. Three years later?
The "actions" of that site have GOT to be illegal.
Be sure to read the article at the link.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)8. Steer clear of ripoffreport!
Jen Palmer contacted RipoffReport.com to remove the post, but the website told her there is a $2,000 charge for taking down reviews.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/online-retailer-fines-couple-3500-for-negative-review-2013-11#ixzz2kmho8TL7
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/online-retailer-fines-couple-3500-for-negative-review-2013-11#ixzz2kmho8TL7
sakabatou
(42,174 posts)12. I know, it's ridiculous
grantcart
(53,061 posts)13. RipoffReport is legalized extortion.
Terrible companies (and I worked for one) pay them hundreds of thousands of dollars to publish a phony report that proclaims that the company is addressing all of the quality issues, etc.
sakabatou
(42,174 posts)11. This should be taken to court