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If you are interested in finding out the truth about the issues, there is something you can do about it
Posted By: R. Shapiro In Response To: Re: Get Real Truth from StoresOnline? Sadly, no. (The Roadie)
Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, at 3:31 p.m.(pst)
>> Posting from Storesonline's internet connection in Utah. Busted.
I can post from work or from home - it would not change how I feel about what I posted or the logic that people should look a little deeper than what they find on a random blog.The information from 2002 and 2003 that you posted are issues that have been resolved. What other response can there be to that? Unfortunately there have been people who have decided to go after their own selfish agendas rather than choose to do what is right and what was best for the customer and company as a whole. Issues are always being resolved by most companies, if you don't believe that, find me a company without a legal staff that is answering complaints on a daily basis.
I am not defending of the actions that have been commited by irresponsible, unthinking people who are no longer with the company. If only there was a way to put the consequences on them rather than the company and all of it's employees who actually support customers in a reputable and professional manner.
That was what the original post was about - finding balance and digging deeper for those who actually want more information. Contact the Customer Relations Manager or someone who has actually gone through the experience of having a website with StoresOnline - instead of reading the first person who had a keyboard and could type a blog post, that may or may not have ever had anything to do with StoresOnline.
>> If only you weren't so obviously Googling for your employer's name,
>> then posting as if you're a satisfied client. If only you were a
>> disinterested observer.
>> Instead of an insider with an obvious motive to rebut any on-line
>> mention of the company in a negative light.There is nothing in my post that says I was a satisfied client - I posted my opinion, the same way as you and everyone else has on this blog. If I were a "disinterested observer" as you have put it, I wouldn't have bothered posting, but the truth is that I visited this blog as a very interested participant who is tired of hoping that the good this company does will one day get noticed. My obvious motive...well, read this posting again and maybe you'll get it, although it seems that it won't matter what I say as you seem to already have everything figured out.
If you care about something that you put your time and effort into building, then it's easy to speak up when there are so many people willing to destroy it - there is the truth, take it or leave it.
If you want to really find out what happened with all of the information you posted, get in touch with Mari Silva at StoresOnline. If you are interested in finding out what it takes to get issues resolved and what happened in the first place instead of posting some glib response, you'll do it.
Mari Silva
Director of Customer Relations
Stores Online Inc.
Phone: (801) 227-0004
Fax: (801) 426-6712
Toll Free Fax: (888) 416-7370
Email: msilva@storesonline.comAnd your "one chance to make a first impression" line, let that be your opinion and response from within the confines of your limited view. Let's let the comments go toe to toe and if people are interested in finding out more, then they will. That is the truth that I'm offering those who are truly interested in finding out more about StoresOnline.
>> OK. Let's go on a truth-hunt, shall we?
>> Mr. Shapiro.
>> Posting from Storesonline's internet connection in Utah. Busted.
>> The same Storesonline (Imergent) subject to a Cease and Desist order
>> in Washington state in April, 2003?
>> http://www.dfi.wa.gov/sd/orders/S-03-010-03-TO01.pdf and a Consent order
>> (with consumer refunds ordered) to never violate their Business
>> Opportunity Fraud Act filed in December, 2003?
>> http://www.dfi.wa.gov/sd/orders/S-03-010-03-CO01.pdf>> News from Utah:
>> http://bankrupt.com/CAR_Public/070925.mbx>> IMERGENT INC: Settles Consolidated Securities Fraud Suit in Utah
>> Did you also go after WTAE in 2002 when they talked about a Dateline
>> investigation when you were called Galaxy Mall?>> http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/team4/1419114/detail.html
>> If only you weren't so obviously Googling for your employer's name,
>> then posting as if you're a satisfied client. If only you were a
>> disinterested observer.>> Instead of an insider with an obvious motive to rebut any on-line
>> mention of the company in a negative light. FIB must be Googling pretty
>> high on your name.>> You had one chance to make a good first impression, and you blew it.
>> Sorry.
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