Attorney General Madigan Files Suit Against local affiliate marketer



alpal said:
Yeah I want to see how this case breaks down. Hope the affiliates get off by finding a loop hole. Pure politics. They're going after affiliates because they're too cowardly to go after the credit card companies and the guys in the infomercials selling blue stuff. "That's why they call it marketing"! Our job is too sell, the customers job is to read the fine print, if they have a problem with rebills cancel the credit card. In fact before they come after us they need to go after Bally's Total Fitness and their shady membership contracts. The government just wants a bigger piece of the action because of how much money is flowing through the industry. We need to get some lobbyists, haha!
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That's fucking priceless. Remind me never to buy a used car from you.
 
Garrett said:
Damn... these companies really need to learn how to let customers cancel.
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Actively preventing cancellations, or charging after a cancellation was "confirmed" is really what will screw the advertiser over in the end. Legal arguments can be made regarding the fine print and the rebill agreement, but there's not much that can be said in terms of preventing cancellations.
 
kingfish said:
I think anyone with 2 brain cells could see this coming
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Exactly. To think that you can drive that much volume in such an extremely obvious and shady way is just pure arrogance. Those guys were so intoxicated with all the money that they couldn't see the obvious.
 
Sohan said:
Whoa I would have expected more than 175k, but good to see a resolution.
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That only mentions a resolution for the lawsuit in Arizona brought by the Arizona AG. There are other cases brought by the AGs of other states, and then there is also the case being filed on behalf of Harpo Productions. This is probably only the tip of the iceberg.
 
Something tells me in 10 years this will make a great movie... like boiler room haha
 
johnysc430 said:
fucking berry room lol
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yeah it'll go something like this:

"fuckin shit bro- O just mentioned acai and everyone is trying to buy them"

"oh shit? Fake review them mothafuckas and fire up two-fiddy in adwerdz son" <bonggggg rippppppppppp>

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"Oh shit- $1500 in sales off the 250??!!!!11"

"Xbox Son! Kablow, oh and more kush"

"Yo, what about a blog about some bitch who lost a bucnh of weight, but she also cleansed her colon"

"I like it- I like it! Double-dippin!"

<3 month montage sequence of LP's spreading like a virus in Outbreak set to Birdman/Wayne's "money to blow" - were this the 80's lots of gay shorts and high-fives, but given it's 2010 mix it up with fist pounds and rock & republic jeans.>

<cut to another montage of affiliates becomming rappers and rapping about black cards.>

"We livin boyeeeee! Berries mothafucka berries. "

<fade out, in cheesy fasion ala the jurassic park can getting burried in the mud obviously setting up the sequel the final line is delivered:>

"Everyone is broke, what if we did a 'i got a job working online blog - we'll use that domain I originally bought for weed pics "Kevingetsgreen.inFoZ"
 
My guess is the affiliates will get an offer for a $10k settlement + lawyer fees + permanent injunction from using the Oprah/Dr. Oz names for marketing again.
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I once got sued for "$10mil + lawyer fees + a permanent injunction barring me from ... + a few other things"

The $10 mill figure was justified based on $82,000/day in damages for a rather long period of time.

The settlement ended up costing me less than a fancy night out (on a condition that the money paid doesn't constitute admission of wrongdoing on my end) + 2 solo mailings for the plaintiffs to my list.

So the initial number doesn't matter. It could be $1 or 10x GDP of USA. They can ask for gazillion-bazillion and still settle for some nominal fee.

But I got a feeling that somone's ass is definitely going to take it hard.
 
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