Comments on Advance Indiana™: What's The Difference Between Ugotposted And Angie's List?

I cancelled my membership last week after reading ...

2015-04-05T17:53:08.627-05:00

I cancelled my membership last week after reading about how they wanted to fleece us for 18 million and because of the lawsuit. Their business model is indeed a scam given that the concept they sell of client based reviews cannot sustain the business without compromising credibility. Also, their blatant attempt to spin the latest religious freedom act shows they cannot be trusted. I hope many other local clients wake up.

Angie's List now appears more of a "Prote...

2015-04-05T15:22:05.787-05:00

Angie's List now appears more of a "Protection Racket" than a legitimate consumer reporting agency. I found this definition of a racket and I think it fits: "A racket is a service that is fraudulently offered to solve a problem, such as for a problem that does not actually exist, that will not be put into effect, or that would not otherwise exist if the racket did not exist. Conducting a racket is racketeering. Particularly, the potential problem may be caused by the same party that offers to solve it, although that fact may be concealed, with the specific intent to engender continual patronage for this party."

Is Angie's List the protection racket, wherein it indicates that they could protect a service business from potential damage, damage from publishing true consumer reports?

The correlation of threat and protection may be more or less deniably veiled, allowing some level of plausible deniability, distinguishing it from the more direct act of extortion. Nonetheless, it is what it is. Now a court needs to rule.

And shouldn't this article, just as all the re...

2015-04-05T10:59:58.667-05:00

And shouldn't this article, just as all the recent, accurate AI articles about the political scam that is called "Angie's List" make ardent Angie's List devotee
Democrat City County Councilor Zach Adamson [and the other Councilors just like him] cringe in shame for his puppy-dog adoration and apparently deep desire to burn OUR $18.5 Million tax dollars as was proposed before the LIE that is was RFRA that scotched that deal? Oh wait... I used "cringe in shame"- that could never happen...not from any politician.

If the allegations of how the business is being co...

2015-04-05T08:24:21.124-05:00

If the allegations of how the business is being conducted are true, both civil and criminal RICO laws would come into play.

I am not an attorney but isn't this why the R...

2015-04-05T07:57:56.132-05:00

I am not an attorney but isn't this why the RICO law was created to prevent this forced extortion? My view is from the business owners who in effect "paid" to have their businesses marketed to keep negative reviews from the public.

Seems like this is a double edged sword in terms of the apparent member manipulation and the perceived Racketeering that occurred to businesses forced to $$$$.