Selasa, 10 Juli 2012

ScamBook: A Thief By Any Other Name

By Bill Pinker


Scambook has become one of the supposed modes designed to help the consumer to get back what companies have taken from you - at least this is the intention. This model, however, has proven to be simply a self centered site, and is aimed at helping the owners of the website instead of customers who have lost in a bad business transaction.

There are several reasons why the Scambook business model does not work.

An anonymous person comes to Scambook, they submit a complaint. The complaint does not have to be true. At no time are they questioned about the truth of the claim, nor are they asked to verify their words in any way. The company is given a bad report by this website which may follow them, damaging their business or even their personal life.

If the company in question wants to have a complaint removed, they must pay a hefty registration fee, and then offer money to the person who initiated the Scambook complaint. Remember, the original complain never had to be verified. In many cases, it may not be a true complaint, yet many small businesses are damaged by these reviews.

One small business claims that the reports online so damaged them that they lose their house and their company. The husband committed suicide in January of this year, as a direct result, so the statement of the wife says, of the intervention by Scambook into their company. The allegations are, according to her, untrue. They attempted resolution in several ways but the report changed from one, to three reports. This is not at all uncommon according to other Scambook reports. Very often one report becomes several reports and they are nearly impossible to remove.

The extreme "extortion" fees being demanded from the person who filed the original report, as well as the extreme registration fees on Scambook, can negatively impact the financial standing of your business, as well as the reputation.

Common sense dictates that a business model which is based on nothing more than legal blackmail should not be lent any credence at all online. Further, common sense dictates that no sentient being would use Scambook when legitimate businesses such as the Better Business Bureau do not give a good grade to Scambook, offering them an F Minus for their complaints and their business.

If you have a legitimate complaint against a business, for your own sake, Scambook is not the place to take it. Take your online complaints to any organization who is not seeking to steal from you and the small business, leaving both of you much poorer and with a bad reputation for dealing with Scambook.






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