Comments on: Locksmith Mad as Hell -Sues AZ Attorney General to Enforce Law http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/10/04/locksmiths-are-mad-as-hell-and-they-arent-going-to-take-it-anymore/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Tue, 21 May 2013 10:44:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jim Newell http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/10/04/locksmiths-are-mad-as-hell-and-they-arent-going-to-take-it-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-544120 Jim Newell Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:43:05 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7471#comment-544120 Same scams have been very active in WI. However WI AG, has gone after them, they are mostly out of the print yellow pages, but still all over the online directories. Locksmiths in our state pushed the issue up to the AG office. See my blog for a fwe posts on this subject.

Jim

]]> By: David Kyle http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/10/04/locksmiths-are-mad-as-hell-and-they-arent-going-to-take-it-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-538469 David Kyle Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:24:18 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7471#comment-538469 Hey Mike

I actually just did some searching and found there was a much more recent development. This happened last month:

http://www.wral.com/news/local/wral_investigates/story/8217122/

Apparently after finding the advertiser not guilty, they continued to pursue the actual scammers. Big judgement against one of them.

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/10/04/locksmiths-are-mad-as-hell-and-they-arent-going-to-take-it-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-538388 Mike Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:02:40 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7471#comment-538388 @David

Do you have a link about the NC Attorney General?

]]> By: David Kyle http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/10/04/locksmiths-are-mad-as-hell-and-they-arent-going-to-take-it-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-538153 David Kyle Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:57:58 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7471#comment-538153 Interesting story. The NC Attorney General got very proactive about this problem last year. The sad thing was is the court found them not guilty. They got off on the account they were just “advertising” the locksmiths, and did not know if they were actually licensed or not.

]]> By: panzermike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/10/04/locksmiths-are-mad-as-hell-and-they-arent-going-to-take-it-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-538123 panzermike Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:00:30 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7471#comment-538123 @Mike. And the way I see it, unless Places starts hiring more help and resolving these issues in a REASONABLE time period, they will also be named in these claims, hounded by AG’s, etc. It seems better to fix these problems, rather than their custodian of records dealing with subpoena requests and such.

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/10/04/locksmiths-are-mad-as-hell-and-they-arent-going-to-take-it-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-538112 Mike Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:04:24 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7471#comment-538112 @AJ
Yes, well this Locksmith started his own law suit. So while many may be mad, this one took the next step.

]]> By: AJ http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/10/04/locksmiths-are-mad-as-hell-and-they-arent-going-to-take-it-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-538108 AJ Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:59:16 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7471#comment-538108 It isn’t just locksmiths, we see it all the time with moving companies creating fake addresses. One address is a parking garage, another is a street corner. We have reported it to Google several times over the past year and they continue to stay in the top 10 listings. This is illegal under public utility commission laws but no one does anything no matter how many times you report it.

]]> By: panzermike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/10/04/locksmiths-are-mad-as-hell-and-they-arent-going-to-take-it-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-538090 panzermike Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:25:02 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=7471#comment-538090 I will contact my associate in AZ and see if I can help him. I want to go after these SEO companies that are creating fake listings, claiming listings and blackmailing people.

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