I don't know if you read The Oatmeal (a web comic) but that site's author recently went through a similar kind of thing. In the end, he won, the accusations were dropped and a huge well of public support went to him and a great deal of condemnation went to the douchbag lawyer who thought intimidation was the way to go. The original (and wonderful) post at The Oatmeal is here FunnyJunk is threatening to file a federal lawsuit against me unless I pay $20,000 in damages - The Oatmeal (NSFW language, possible imagery) The long and complete legal analysis is here - and is worth reading for the total insanity of the the lawyer involved. Oatmeal V. FunnyJunk | Popehat I recommend reading the whole thing from beginning to end.
Nathan. I'd love to know the name of the vendor (though, from the sound of it, I might have some silicone boots on Jango from this vendor already). I like to vote with my wallet.
Just the sort of company I would like to deal with. The original thread made it clear the problem was resolved. If I needed a product they sell I would have considered buying from them. Not now though sending threatening letters to have a negative review removed from a site just makes me wonder how many bad reviews got removed.
I'm camping out with the crowd on this one. That said, on a closely related topic I've always been a little annoyed with OPs who start a thread with the title of "XXXX, Inc. Sucks! Avoid At All Costs!" followed by a lengthy, over-the-top rant in the first post (rarely justified), perhaps followed by multiple, measured, and well-reasoned responses and e-dialogue by a representative of Company XXXX trying to do the right thing, and often capped off by the OP finally posting his/her sincere gratitude to Company XXXX for their responsiveness and action. All of the enfranchised parties end up happy -- except that damn thread title throwing mud on the vendor lives on forever in the online forum, popping up ad nauseam in independent searches, and likely steering away potential future customers whose research may never extend beyond conclusions reached by reading a summary of thread titles. This situation may not even apply in this case, but in cases where it does I have some sympathy for the affected vendors (not for their "attorneys").
I was elusive on purpose. If I was to name the vendor then the site will lose the protection of USC 230 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the “Communications Decency Actâ€); “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.†Since I have rendered an opinion on this vendor there would be a basis for legal action. I will say this is not a Vendor that one would associate with MINI parts normally. Your boots are safe.
I agree...and to that end the thread title has been edited to reflect that the issue has been resolved. Furthermore; the request to edit the thread title came from the OP once the issue had been resolved. As complaints against a vendor go this one was handled in clean manner. Not only did the OP edit the first post to note the issue resolved the members of Motoring Alliance did not jump in and condemn the Vendor, pretty much every post in the thread offered advice. There was not the mass hysteria either for or against the Vendor as so often happens on sites with a less enlightened membership.
Hey Nathan, I'm headed to the beach this weekend or next. I'll pick up some extra sand for the guy to go and pound... And... Raise a pint to the US Women's Soccer Team. Winners of the 2012 Olympic Soccer Tournament. Ziggy Zoggy Ziggy Zoggy - Oy Oy Oy! :beer
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So far I have not heard from any kind of legal beagles since calling one of them a strong word. If stronger words are needed, I'll call those fiddler farts some word that will describe how ... OH poop, I'm just going to call them Knicker Knockers:cornut:
OK, everyone involved, that has ANYTHING to say against this site is a peckerhead:mad5::arf::beer:lol: