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Shakedowns To Fix Negative Online Reviews

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-up dept.

First time accepted submitter unjedai writes "A company is putting horrible reviews of small business online, and then offering to improve the company's reputation and take the reviews off for a fraction of the cost that a real reputation improvement company would charge. Sierra West received a call from a 'reputation improvement company' telling them they had a negative review online and that the company would take the review offline if Sierra West paid $500. 'Of course when someone is offering $500 the day (the bad review) goes up seemed not legitimate.'"

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  1. The best way to deal with this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This post was removed due to Dice content standards violations.

    1. Re:The best way to deal with this by BasilBrush · · Score: 5, Funny

      This post was added due to Gullibility standards violations.

  2. Aha! by dimeglio · · Score: 3, Funny

    That might explain all the negative comments we see about Microsoft.

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    1. Re:Aha! by Chrisq · · Score: 3, Funny

      That might explain all the negative comments we see about Microsoft.

      I'm still waiting for them to send me $500

  3. Slashdot Smells by telchine · · Score: 5, Funny

    I went to Slashdot and the service was terrible. They treated me badly and I think they cloned my credit card.

    Right, anyone know CmdrTaco's number?

  4. Re:Data storage, data mining. by KiloByte · · Score: 5, Funny

    They have absolutely zero credibility.

    Fixed it for you.

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