MSE News: Ban for firms posing as happy customers online 24 December 2009 at 1:58PM in Shop but don't drop 76 replies 12.9K views

Former_MSE_Guy

This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:

"Hundreds of companies are trying to con the public by posing as satisfied customers on internet forums ..."

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Ban for firms posing as happy customers online

Reaper

You ought to name and shame them, otherwise they might as well give it a go as there is no down side.

JAG

Reaper wrote: »

You ought to name and shame them, otherwise they might as well give it a go as there is no down side.

Have to agree with you.

All they have to do is use a computer at home and it would be hard to trace back to a particular company.

I suspect that most of them were newbies and used their companies computers to do the posting, and their IP addresses revealed the true location and probably their company name as well.

poppy10_2

Name and shame! Name and shame!

TREVORCOLMAN

Normally not many posts and often have just joined.

davethorp

Another call for naming and shaming

*Vikki*

Name and shame!!

madmuppet5

Bump for name and shame!!

nickj_2

name + shame

dacouch

Here is an example for you from new poster "Stancord13...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=28086723&highlight=conviction#post28086723

Do a search of MSE forums for the phone number stancord quotes and you will see other new posters recommending Neil Cook. If you also google the number you will also find people recommending Neil on other forums.

jamespir

name and shame here to