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- bendeboy, on 05/06/2008, -1/+22I've done far worse things for $5
- supermanpi, on 05/06/2008, -2/+17haha definitely a bribe. Guess they didn't have good enough customer service to get the customers to rate them a 10 on their own.
- casspa, on 05/06/2008, -0/+14Shouldn't you get a bribe for submitting this story?
- EricaBZ, on 05/06/2008, -1/+12That's crazy...how else do you define "bribe?"
- Miff, on 05/06/2008, -0/+6I just went and voted them down again and negated a 10/10 vote. Looks like they just wasted $5.
- nahsrocketeer75, on 05/06/2008, -0/+5Hadn't thought of that, but yes, I want my palm greased, too.
- VinceNoir, on 05/06/2008, -0/+5Holy crap it's real. I thought it was a parody of some legit MS ad. It's Genuine Microsoft, complete with a sleazeball male model. Astounding.
- 360news, on 05/06/2008, -0/+5
Thankyou for the link.
Why didn't the person who submitted this article just submit the actual article ?
I really do not understand why I have to read an article about an article.
I have not been on Digg long, but I see this sort of thing quite a bit, and It seems insane.
Please dont send me around in a circle gentlemen. Link to the articles. - mithrasinvictus, on 05/06/2008, -1/+5reminds me of this microsoft campaign:
http://mry.itsnotcheating.com.au/blog_contest.aspx
Write a suck up blog entry about office 2007 to win 10000 or a laptop. "Entries for prizes 1 to 3 below will be individually judged based on originality and creativity of the blog
submission." - Maynza, on 05/06/2008, -1/+5blogspam
http://consumerist.com/386979/thecellshopnet-caugh ... - GramarNatzi, on 05/06/2008, -1/+5What they meant to say was, "Rate us 10/10 or we'll break your ***** kneecaps, bitch"
- louiebaur, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3For sure a bribe
- Drahkar, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3Frankly they don't have a good enough Bribe to get one either.
- jessehadden, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3It's kinda sad that "we misspoke" is now an acceptable out for just about anything, thanks to the example of the bureaucrats.
- mikephimikephi, on 05/06/2008, -1/+3I just made five bucks
- mrjhmm, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2Here are the reviews of the store:
http://www.resellerratings.com/store/TheCellShop_n ... - MortalynFlux, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2Are they also managing Hillary's campaign?
- MacBookForMe, on 05/06/2008, -1/+3Bribe = Polite Offer ??? (you cannot refused)
- gnorth75, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2Even negative press is better than no press. Think about how many more hits they have gotten as a result of their misworded email...
- Dweller99, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2If you seriously can not see the difference then I am not going to bother trying to explain it to you.
- diggenerate, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2maybe they just mis-spoke.
- Seth024, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2If you get your $5 like they promise in their second email, you made them waste $10 !
- mithrasinvictus, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2think about how many people gave them 0/10 to compensate for the cheating
- GRTWHT, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2From the actual Consumerist article (http://consumerist.com/386979/thecellshopnet-caugh ...
"Danny, are you saying that it's possible to post a fake review for your company on resellerratings.com with a made-up invoice number? Are you saying any random 7-digit string that begins with a "4" will be accepted? Are you saying it's okay to lie about your company on the site? Danny, this is the Internet—are you insane?"
Makes you wonder what would happen to their rating if everyone here used the same method? - shadowspawn, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2I have to ask.... who rates the rating sites?
- Anonchrist, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1I was looking for the misspoke comment. The opportunity just must have seem irresistible.
- 360news, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1So the moral of the story is do not trust resellerratings because their ratings are not what they seem.
/ have I got that right?
/ It opens a whole can of worms eh? - Black6x, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1Listen, Mrbabyman did this same thing to get us to dig and front page all of his articles. Would you call that a bribe?
- controltheweb, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1Where do we send the diggs .. er, I mean money. Or do I mean diggs?
- jamesdew, on 05/06/2008, -0/+0thats a lot of theoretical internet dollars
- betona, on 05/06/2008, -1/+1For a minute there I thought it was the site I've bought from. This article is about thecellshop.net, while I've bought accessories several times at very good prices from cellphoneshop.net.
- oldcyborg, on 05/06/2008, -1/+1It simply means that they don't really want to know what you DO think...... Advertising, at it's most base crassness.
Cyborg - daizaru, on 05/06/2008, -1/+1It's a bribe but really not that uncommon, just the other day we read that apple gave coupons if you rated them low on their own personal thing. I've never even heard of that ratings site, is it popular? if not, who cares?
- antdude, on 05/06/2008, -3/+1Crap, I thought it said Bride. :)
- britblogger, on 05/06/2008, -4/+1how is this different from Verizon offering a $50 rebate if you choose to sign up for their 2 year contract? Giving something for giving them something is called aggressive customer acquisition, and it's been a business tactic for years.
- thebloodvayne, on 05/06/2008, -4/+0Obvious it's a bribe, and the company sounds dubious. But hey, it's 5 bucks = bribe taken.
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