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The Truth, the Whole Truth, Nothing but the Truth

Reputations are important, right? We all want to be understood for who we are, what we’ve done and how we conduct ourselves. Companies and corporations are no different. They work very hard to protect their image and their product’s images. And they get lots of help from people like those at Reputation(dot)com and other reputation management companies. So, that’s a good thing, right?

NO, it’s not.

Internet companies that promise reputation management do so by creating FALSE websites and FALSE search results to keep the general public from seeing what complaints exist about a company. They commit a fraud against you, the consumer, in favor of their clients who are paying them huge sums of money.

Why do they pay these HUGE sums of cash? Because it’s easier than SATISFYING their customers. It’s easier than DOING WHAT THEY PROMISED. It’s easier to LIE TO THE PUBLIC and get away with it.

It’s just a 21st Century form of CENSORSHIP.  But it’s not some government TRYING TO PROTECT its citizenship. It’s the COMPANIES THAT ARE TRYING TO SCREW YOU.

When people want to find out about a company or service THEY DO NOT KNOW ABOUT they use Google, Bing, Yahoo or any of a number of internet search engines. We all count on them to offer REAL information and REAL results. Not some fake pages put up by companies TRYING TO COMMIT CRIMES AGAINST CONSUMERS.

Imagine this scenario:

By now, you’ve probably all heard the accusations about Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach. He’s been charged with more than 40 counts of sex crimes against teen boys who participated in his training camps and other events. So, imagine if you had a teen athlete in your family and were looking for some private coaching to help him achieve his goals. What if you searched Google (or Bing, Yahoo, etc.) and found this:

Jerry Sandusky fake ad

Don’t let that be your search result!

THAT’S what REPUTATION MANAGEMENT COMPANIES want to illegally fill the web with: LIES.

DON’T LET THEM.

16 comments

  1. Ed Magedson Site author

    be sure to check out http://www.ripoffreport.com
  2. Danikel Kallie

    I like to know how did you busted the SRS which was apart of the TDI ,because they filed my claim for me back in Sep.9,2009 and they later closed it because of the trucking co. who set me up with the, they just told me the job who I was Leased to ask a o/o trucker to file a claim with the TWC for help. But the state dept. never would talk about this insurance co. anytime in the time this case was filed.

    I didn’t not know anything about this until I read what you’ll had said about the state dept. of insurance. I have been fighting the state dept. of insurance for 10 yrs. now over this act who filed this claim for the trucking co. knowing they name wasn’t on my insurance policy with this trucking co. I was leased too.

    I file a claim with the TWC the of Texas Insurance for help and I told them about this insurance co. who the job had me to call for help, so I sign the forms and the work the case for 10 days and I was told the job don’t want to pay ,e and for me to file a claim with the TWC for help cause I had a stroke why I was at work.

    I didn’t understand that because I was having $175.00 taken from my payroll a month from 2005 up till Aug. 2009 by this job. This was TRUCKING Co. Group Insurance to cover me while on the job & under a Dispatcher at work. This state dep. insurance didn’t have anything to say about this insurance co. working my claim , but after reading your report last week they was part of the Texas Dept. Insurance ,so that was okay with the state.

    So as of now I’m still fighting the4 state dept. on this wrongdoing cause the had the proof if my Trucker Group Insurance Policy and they done nothing at all to help me ,but they agent keep telling me to just go away. But I’m just fighting for my rights and my money that I was owned from the policy that I never did get in 10 yrs. now.
  3. Charles

    Thank you Ed.
    We need more people like you.
    For the good of the world, and in every country
    Sincerely
    1. Sherry Endersby

      you bet we need more ripoiff reports Especially when it comes to people we know that con others and ripoff our government by filing fraulent tax returns and ripping off I.C.B.C. like one person I know. They sure are all costing all of extra money .. especially when the insurance rates are going up 6% this year. See I do not like cons and slimy types either and I, unfortunately, have run across quite a few of them. They are always the same cons and ripoff types though aren’t they. It is always the honest onest ones that are penalized for it though, isn’t it.
  4. jim leggett

    George brazil plumbing & heating: this co. installed a heater for my sister, she is 80 years old. they charged her $14,850.00. an example of charges: purchase and install a thermostat, a $75.00 item that can be installed in 30 minutes. brazil charged her $860.00. that is the price for an 80 year old woman. a 35 year old business man would receive a different price
  5. shanna mayberry

    I already liked the rip off report, it is an awesome tool when you can find others with the same issue about the same company. Restores confidence that sanity has not left me. Unethical behavior with in a large company can be hard to prove if you do not have the necessary resources. This wonderful site provides the utilities needed to establish that an endless number of strangers are not having the identical illusions but nightmares with real monsters. Ed is an admirable man with a back bone make of steel. Thank you for helping us Ed, we owe you much more than one.
  6. kenneth anderson

    I was personally bad mouth by this ripoff.com report. I feel it is sad that someone would print something without investigating the real truth. That makes the ripoff.com not really telling the truth if they do not investigate. I'am 66 years old and have been in my industry for many years. What I do as a recruiter is help people in there quest to get a job and get on with there life. I read a report about me and it is sad that a person can say something that is not true and it is published with out true investigation on the subject matter. I think it is great that someone is willing to tell things that are not good about companies and a certain person , but to put in print without talking to both parties is very very very wrong on the person that let it happen. I had a very bad post on me and yes there are other people on that same post that told the author that the bad mouth was not correct. Now if you have one bad post and every post after that is telling a different story ,would you not take the bad report offline? This is what is bad about this person you are praising and yet he is very wrong for not making sure that the ripoff is correct. Shame should fall on the shoulders of this ripoff report.
  7. Tricia Fidone

    Hello Ed!
    Wow I wish I had known about you in the early 2000's, as I was harassed by the small time bullies where I used to live just because I didn't want buildings with high density housing going up next to our house, and the real estate lady lied to me, anyhow, the town bullies ganged up on me and they the politicos of corruption gearedup and into action, I was jailed for so many false things and nothing true, all lies I was put in the newspaper as a quasi terror of the town, and these big fish in the little pond had such a field day, my good name was ruined, I still have these things on my record, lucky I'm older now, as it was impossible to get a job, as the records are now searched b4 employment I spent many monies on attorney fees as I had to defend myself rather than be charged with most of this hocus pocus, some ended up as civil suits, anyhow in the end the sneaky slippery city manager, ended up with 3 million dollars of tax payer money, for an infrastructure grant to fix the water lines in the town, which he never did, there are some that are still made of old redwood logs from the 1800's, but it still makes me angry that he tried somewhat successfully to ruin my reputation, and ends up 3 million dollars richer at the poor taxpayers expense and the little town still floods when the rains come, will he ever be held accountable for what he did to me and others??????
    don't know???????
    A dirty business for sure!
  8. John

    Thanks for your website Rip-Off Report! Its a great forum to tell the truth about companies and individuals who are dishonest and/or untruthful in their business dealings.

    As Americans our justice system has failed to protect the average everyday working Joe from treatment such as this. If you have money that your willing to pay a lawyer, then there is nothing an attorney is not willing to do to charge his client, regardles of right or wrong, truth or lies. The courts no longer require a higher standard of lawyers as "officers of the court". Their basically licensed liars! God Bless you Ed!
  9. Dorsi Ann Kaufmann

    ITS A CRYING SHAME WHEN THE GOD DAM GOVERNMENT MAKES THE RULES
    BUT CANT LIVE BY THEIR RULES...THE TRUTH..THE WHOLE TRUTH..AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD...THAT HAPPENS IN OHIO COUNTY AND STATE COURTS., ie hrs-dcf and in Florida State and County Courts...LORAIN COUNTY OHIO. AND SUWANNEE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES IN FLORIDA. THANK GOD FOR YOU ED M.
  10. Dorsi Ann Kaufmann

    THANK YOU ED M. FOR HELPING CITIZENS REALIZE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST PERSONS ORGANIZATIONS BUSINESSES OR EVEN THE PRESIDENT THAT SEEM TO THINK ITS OK TO ABUSE AMERICANS CIVIL RIGHTS...THANK GOD FOR YOU THE ACLU AND THE DISABILITY RIGHTS FLORIDA AND THE DISABILITY CIVIL RIGHTS...
  11. Dorsi Ann Kaufmann

    THANK YOU ED M. WE DO HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST PEOPLE ORGANIZATIONS OR EVEN THE PRESIDENT WHEN THEY START ABUSING CITIZENS CIVIL RIGHTS.....THANK GOD FOR THE ACLU ALSO...
  12. sonny f.

    amen, i think the bbb is even taking bribes, never been
    any help, and how do they get paid! not by the ripped
    off consumers! even the media wants something refreshing, whether the crimes been goin on forever,damn reporters can't even speak their mind no
    matter how big an issue! it's unethical. what?
  13. ann

    thanks, ED, FOR PROVIDING A FORUM TO ME AND OTHER ONSUMERS WHO ARE BEING RIPPED OFF EVERY DAY. I JUST FILED A REPORT WITH YOUR SITE AND I FEEL BETTER ALREADY!
  14. Emily

    I just happened to "Ed Magedson, voice of the consumer". I am truly thrilled to have bumped into you Ed. Lately, it seems, as I cruise, haphazardly, across the websites (in search of someone, somewhere) hoping and praying I would get a sign leading me to where I could feel safe and find the missing link. The link that would be a starting point, THE starting point, where I could unload, to someone, who would listen and understand. Yes, someone who would truly understand, the hell I have endured, unjustly, and help me get the justice I deserve. It not only is my God given right but my constitutional right as well. Just because I am not rich doesn't mean I'm not as good or better than all the b_______s who have ripped me off!
  15. margie tyrrell

    as usual, great Job, Ed! the truth may not always be easy, but the truth will always PREVAIL.

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