I was left very frustrated that they’d decided to base it around a bogus theory that should have been caught by anyone with basic technical knowledge of SEO.
i think it was more based around this fellow's intentionally shocking, reprehensible business practices ("I know where you live," wtf!)
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 30 November 2010 02:48 (thirteen years ago) link
this crook = anecdotal lead right? larger issue = cybershopping - still scary? new hook = any publicity is good publicity due to an algorithm (poor followthru here)
― balls, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
ONLINE SELLING BULLSHIT: guy who won my Macbook Auction last Monday hasn't paid, if I have to re-sell it'll probably be too late for anyone to buy it for Christmas, so I'll get less
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 03:04 (thirteen years ago) link
still a great read though! it is hilarious to read knowing this arrogant schmuck has no idea what's coming his way now, if he had just said 'no comment/speak to my lawyers/every business has dissatisfied customers' this story has little impact and maybe even never sees print. and unlike simply selling fake rolexes on the street or whatever this involves interstate commerce and mail fraud all it takes is one bored federal prosecutor looking to boost his numbers to take this fucker down.
― balls, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 03:10 (thirteen years ago) link
exactly ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. hubris and lack of self-awareness brings down a lot of people.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 30 November 2010 03:13 (thirteen years ago) link
rip he did it for the lulz
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 06:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Well this was predictable:
http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/devil-details/online-retailer-charged-with-fraud-threats/3478/
― ball (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Guess who's back: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/business/eyeglass-vendor-imprisoned-for-terrorizing-consumers-is-accused-of-fraud.html
Another customer, identified in the complaint as Victim-8, clicked on an OpticsFast link that generated a shipping label to mail in glasses for repair. When he decided against using the label and refused to pay for it, OpticsFast sent him hundreds of emails, including 456 in a single day. Hundreds of them had “I WIN!!!” in the subject line.Efforts to reach Mr. Borker at the time were unsuccessful, although he was not keeping a particularly low profile. Earlier in the year, he posted a GoFundMe plea for $1,000 to buy long skis for an April trip to Utah. His short skis, he said, would not suffice in deep-powder snow.“Clearly, I don’t want to pay for this upgrade,” he wrote, in what by his standards qualified as a charm offensive. “Please give me money.”
Efforts to reach Mr. Borker at the time were unsuccessful, although he was not keeping a particularly low profile. Earlier in the year, he posted a GoFundMe plea for $1,000 to buy long skis for an April trip to Utah. His short skis, he said, would not suffice in deep-powder snow.
“Clearly, I don’t want to pay for this upgrade,” he wrote, in what by his standards qualified as a charm offensive. “Please give me money.”
― JoeStork, Friday, 26 May 2017 17:11 (six years ago) link