WARNING ~ YOU BETTER TAKE THAT POST DOWN!

It is good that you did not take down the post in response to his treat, however it would have been better had you mentioned his name and his company's name.

Having to retain an attorney to prove what you already know to be true is the stressful part.

Paula, way to go! We are ONE VOICE - and rest assured, we all will be there with you...just in case Mr. Hard Ball does not soften himself!

Glad you stood up to him.  Amazing the $ these people are making from unsuspecting agents!

Paula, I am glad you stood up to Mr. Fuzzy ball. Obviously this person does not understand that threatening (the way he did) is unacceptable in the business world. If he doesn't like what was written about him, he could have answered or written an explanation.

I hope that Mr. Hard Ball is reading this post!  Fair warning to him to cease and desist!!

You go Paula!  Blogs like this need to be read.  So what if one person doesn't like it??  Thanks for sharing!                    

Paula, you did the right thing by contacting your attorney. Mr. Hardball has been warned!

Another GREAT reason not to trust online reviews, etc.  They are so severely subjective and have no basis in fact.

Paula, I would probably have my attorney send such a letter to him. Then let's see how he feels about it.

A lot of damage can be done in the internet to someones reputation even when the info is untrue.

Paula, give us the name of his company!  I get a ton of calls every day from people promising me leads...

People seem to think they can just do things with no consequence whatsoever...it's very frustrating.

Paula, You have handled this weird person as a professional and consulting with your lawyer was smart and Kudos to you for this blog post, we really appreciate others sharing these kind of experiences. Have a beautiful Friday and wonderful weekend.

Don't mess with Paula!!!!!!!!!!!   :)  love ya

This Jerk spends his time threatening and intimidating.  How sad.  Good for you for standing up, Paula.

Paula, i read your previous post. I also get emails from this company. But i think the word "bogus" that you use is the problem. Bogus means false, misleading, counterfeit, deceit. This was more of inadequate quality control on their automatic system. They didn't make up the lead. The comment in the lead proves that. It was actually left by the new owner of the home. Why would you have the person berate you for ten minutes when you called? If you read the comment part of the lead it was pretty clear what happened. The problem is that they don't seem to have a good system for keeping the status of listings up to date. A better word might be "mistake" or "pretty crappy system". But then i see listings on Zillow that say that they are active when in fact they might have sold two months ago. Is Zillow a bogus company? Maybe not very competant about keeping things up to date but i wouldn't say that it is fraud or deceit. Those are pretty serious terms. That company wasn't asking for any money upfront. How did they scam you? Why did you even waste your time calling up the "lead" when you read that comment that was part of the lead that was sent? Also, you refer to the lead as a "he" in this post but as a "she" in the original post. You probably made a simple mistake and probably this post is not a bogus post. Mistakes do happen. You wouldn't want someone to call this a bogus post. If they made fake listings for their site and then sent out fabricated leads in order to get you to pay them for nothing, then that would be bogus. What i read was more of a simple mistake.

those online reviews.......

I have impression that everyone who has no idea how hard you work, can go online and leave a bad review for no reason.

I had a terrible experience last week: I had a call, but I was on another line, when I was done, I called the phone back and he did not answer this time, I left a message and called again later. Someone picked up the phone, said that i must call back again later. I was annoyed. Soon this  person called me very pissed complaining that I did not provide information he was looking for and he is a 'very important investor'. A note: i already had 15 offers on that property in 4 days. I said him that we do have offers. The person became even angrier and promised to report me to a board and where ever  he can and hang up on me. Here we are....I sent him email thanking for his interest in the property and his valuable suggestions.

 

By "bogus" leads, he means those SOLD or under contract leads that many web sites contain, he might rethink his position. 

Me thinks he protests too much.

That's ridiculous that he would come after a post that's two years old, and then threaten you on top of it.  He will get what's coming to him.