Quick Answer: RipoffReport complaints can be legitimate consumer feedback or retaliatory attacks, as demonstrated by a debt advice writer who discovered someone posted about him after warning consumers about questionable companies. The site allows both genuine service complaints and personal vendettas, making it important to evaluate each report’s context and motivations.
I just had the strangest experience. I got an email from a company saying they would help me suppress a report that had been written about me on RipoffReport.com. I didn’t know someone had written something about me on RipoffReport.
I guess on one hand I always knew that day would come. If you write about enough companies and warn consumers about bad actors and debt relief groups that don’t seem to make good sense for consumers, you are bound to ruffle some feathers. I guess I finally did. So on the other hand the report is somewhat of a badge of honor.
RipoffReport.com has been a destination that many people use, including myself, to research companies. Consumers that are unhappy for one reason or another go to RipoffReport.com and file a complaint against the company. In many instances it is a valuable resource to let people speak their mind about their impression of the services they received.
Every weekday I read the enforcement actions, filings and fine print the outlets skip, and turn them into the one or two moves that actually improve your position — a rate worth moving for, a fee you can refuse, a deadline to beat before it costs you.
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In my case my Ripoff Report listing isn’t a complaint about any service I provided but an apparent attempt to bitch slap me in public.
So it is what it is, some ruffled feathers and some attempted retribution at me. I am glad I did have an opportunity to respond and set the record straight about the allegations made.
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