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Old 22-11-2006, 08:12 PM
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ah ok thanks. So let me get this straight, you submit your site and they send the letter and if you sign you get whacked for the hefty price?

Oh I sniff link bait to the blacknight blog
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ah ok thanks. So let me get this straight, you submit your site and they send the letter and if you sign you get whacked for the hefty price?
They're obviously mining a database of some kind, as they have us listed three times .. No idea why, but there ya go...

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And I meant to add....

You're listed in their "directory" by default...

If you sign off on the yoke they send you they then whack you with the €950+ bill, which you've agreed to.. whether it would be legally binding considering the way it's done is another matter
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Old 22-11-2006, 08:18 PM
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Yeah sure you'll sleep better tonight knowing your getting more "natural" links.

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whether it would be legally binding considering the way it's done is another matter
I agree and it is a very thin line they are walking on.
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I agree and it is a very thin line they are walking on.
They aren't the first ones to try this kind of scam and they probably won't be the last.

The main difference I see with this lot is that they seem to be a legal entity, as opposed to some kind of EU front for a US operation.
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Put them against the wall and shot them.
Too many gullible idiots out there, that will sign up for it keeps them alive and rising up like mushrooms after rain..
Put the gullible idiots against the wall too.
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Default Ah - just did a search on this and found this thread
Got a few of these in the door yesterday and today.

I've read the letter first but cant find the address of the register until I read richardos post with it.

Like the wall idea tho...
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Got a few of these in the door yesterday and today.
Are they all related to .ie domains or did you get some more generic ones?

All the ones I got yesterday were for .ie domains....
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