Ripoff Reports is a joke

You can't find out who these people are running the site and anyone can
leave any story of any kind that they want.

Chris

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"Chris Russell" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
news:[email protected]...
> You can't find out who these people are running the site

Au contraire, it's easy to find the owner of any website:

Domain Name: RIPOFFREPORT.COM

Registrant:
Xcentric Ventures, llc
P.O. Box 470
Tempe, AZ 85280
US
602.518.4357=20
=20
Administrative Contact:=20
Magedson, Ed domain@ xcentricventures.com
P.O. Box 470
Tempe, AZ 85280
US
602.518.4357=20
=20

Technical Contact:=20
Magedson, Ed domain@ xcentricventures.com
P.O. Box 470
Tempe, AZ 85280
US
602.518.4357=20
=20

Record last updated 09-17-2003 07:03:32 PM
Record expires on 12-08-2004
Record created on 12-09-1998

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.5.6.34
NS7.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.42.93.34
NS6.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.35.51.34
NS4.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.31.80.34

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John Richards <[email protected]> wrote:
> Au contraire, it's easy to find the owner of any website:
>
> Domain Name: RIPOFFREPORT.COM
>
> Registrant:
> Xcentric Ventures, llc
> P.O. Box 470
> Tempe, AZ 85280
> US
> 602.518.4357
>
> Administrative Contact:
> Magedson, Ed domain@ xcentricventures.com
> P.O. Box 470
> Tempe, AZ 85280
> US
> 602.518.4357
>
>
> Technical Contact:
> Magedson, Ed domain@ xcentricventures.com
> P.O. Box 470
> Tempe, AZ 85280
> US
> 602.518.4357
>
>
> Record last updated 09-17-2003 07:03:32 PM
> Record expires on 12-08-2004
> Record created on 12-09-1998
>
> Domain servers in listed order:
> NS1.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.5.6.34
> NS7.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.42.93.34
> NS6.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.35.51.34
> NS4.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.31.80.34
>

Whoever it is that run it seems to read here! The DNS has already been
updated and the whois database now returns:

Sterling Network Services LLC SNS-PHX-NET1 (NET-66-235-224-0-1)
66.235.224.0 - 66.235.255.255
Xcentric Ventures, llc SNS-PHX-XCENT-1 (NET-66-235-224-128-1)
66.235.224.128 - 66.235.224.191

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2004-05-11 19:15
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

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Thomas T. Veldhouse
Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1

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John Richards <[email protected]> wrote:
> Au contraire, it's easy to find the owner of any website:

Assuming the info is accurate (granted, it looks like this info is).

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(Chris=A0Russell) wrote:
<<You can't find out who these people are running the site and anyone
can leave any story of any kind that they want. >>

Its the same kind of thing as people leaving reviews and such at sites
like amazon or imdb... its a site for people to express their experience
or opinions publically. Much like this newsgroup.

Eric

And the question is: how many Phillipe's does it attract to leave
messages(since it is negative in tone)?

Chris

"Eric" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
(Chris Russell) wrote:
<<You can't find out who these people are running the site and anyone
can leave any story of any kind that they want. >>

Its the same kind of thing as people leaving reviews and such at sites
like amazon or imdb... its a site for people to express their experience
or opinions publically. Much like this newsgroup.

Eric

I could easily have found this info, but I was pointing out that no real
info about who these people are is available on the website. That just
leads me to think it is a bunch of BS if they stay anonymous.

Chris

"John Richards" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
"Chris Russell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> You can't find out who these people are running the site

Au contraire, it's easy to find the owner of any website:

Domain Name: RIPOFFREPORT.COM

Registrant:
Xcentric Ventures, llc
P.O. Box 470
Tempe, AZ 85280
US
602.518.4357

Administrative Contact:
Magedson, Ed domain@ xcentricventures.com
P.O. Box 470
Tempe, AZ 85280
US
602.518.4357


Technical Contact:
Magedson, Ed domain@ xcentricventures.com
P.O. Box 470
Tempe, AZ 85280
US
602.518.4357


Record last updated 09-17-2003 07:03:32 PM
Record expires on 12-08-2004
Record created on 12-09-1998

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.5.6.34
NS7.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.42.93.34
NS6.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.35.51.34
NS4.DNSMANAGED.COM 192.31.80.34

I think I'd want to stay anonymous too, if I posted something
that was very critical of a company who might otherwise harass
me with their lawyers.
Usenet has a long tradition of affording anonymity.
There's no easy way to know whether the name I post with or the
name you post with is real or an assumed pen name.
The moral is that you should judge the message, not the messenger.
--=20

John Richards


"Chris Russell" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
news:[email protected]...
>I could easily have found this info, but I was pointing out that no =
real
> info about who these people are is available on the website. That =
just
> leads me to think it is a bunch of BS if they stay anonymous.
>=20
> Chris

In article <[email protected]>,
"John Richards" <[email protected]> says:

>I think I'd want to stay anonymous too, if I posted something
>that was very critical of a company who might otherwise harass
>me with their lawyers.

Yeah, well, I post critical stuff about companies all the time (and
have for many years). I'll let you know when the first lawyer comes
after me.

In my tenure on Usenet, the people who really value truly anonymous
postings (I mean not even a first name) are 99% trolls, so I've
learned to filter out the message because of the poster.

(F'rinstance, I'm not totally convinced you're not one of "Richard M"
(et al.)'s many schizophrenic aliases.)

-Kenny

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"Kenneth Crudup" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> In my tenure on Usenet, the people who really value truly anonymous
> postings (I mean not even a first name) are 99% trolls, so I've
> learned to filter out the message because of the poster.
>
> (F'rinstance, I'm not totally convinced you're not one of "Richard M"
> (et al.)'s many schizophrenic aliases.)

Did you learn anything in your tenure on Usenet? Such as how to
read the headers that indicate where a post is originating from?

--

John Richards

In article <[email protected]>,
"John Richards" <[email protected]> says:

>Such as how to read the headers that indicate where a post is originating from?

Yeah, but that means little nowadays. You know that.

-Kenny

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H: 3630 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #138, L.A., CA 90034-6809 (310) 391-1898
W: 26601 Agoura Road, Calabasas, CA 91302-1959 (818) 444-3685