Complaint Against Parked.com
As a final note because I do want to provide unnecessary information. This much I will reply.
Traffic after 12:00 pm makes sense because postings on Craiglists are placed in the mornings and viewers/readers visit the sites once the postings are live. Usually it takes craiglist a couple of hours to go live. Postings on craiglist, according to parked.com acct. mangr, should have trigered a warning. See his email mssg:
Thank you for using the parked.com Trouble Ticket System. The following
response is from a qualified parked.com customer support team member:
Date: 08/28/07 10:15am
From: Jim Macallum
Had it been the craigslist ads on their own I would have sent a warning. However, the other issues I found required the termination of the account. We will not re-instate the account.
Jim Macallum
[email protected]
ICQ# 81864227
Never did your account mngr. mention issues of click fraud. However, now that you have twice publicly accused me of such, you should consult with your attorneys, since there are so many, about the implications from spreading false and defamatory statements that are injurious to the reputation. Charges of defamation of character may also carry punitive damages. "The potential size of a punitive damages award is unpredictable, and the process of arriving at it is just as arbitrary. There are no maximums and no minimums as in criminal law – the jury alone determines the amount. Problems arise because juries sometimes act emotionally and without regard to the broader implications of their decisions". I have printed and saved your statements.
Remember, while I expressed that you are refusing to pay, I never accused you of fraud, nor disclosed any false and inflammatory statements against your company. The context of my statements have remain strictly on facts without asserting to biased interpretation.
Your interpretation may differ from facts and may be subjective. This is where you have a problem. You will need to prove that I clicked on my links. My computer and IP address are available. Your books may make my case stronger and provide ammunition to others.
By the way, I rely on just one attorney and his role in this you will find out at the right time.
Please govern your self accordingly. Pay what I've earned or pay the lawyers and who knows who else. Its a business decision and it would not be the first time I file a suit and win. I have won more than lost. It all depends on who has more to lose and how much are we willing to pay to defend a case.
Once I file you must defend. By itself it becomes costly and public. How many people have read about this today and may think twice before joining your service? How many are with you and now worry about what could happen to them in the future? This is beginning to be very interesting, right???
It is only beginning.
Also, it was my attorney who recommended that I do not park my sites with anyone else. Domains don't pay my mortgage and I was only doing this for 3 months. Ask your attorneys and they might figure out why my attorney made such recommendation. Again, wonder how many of your customers would like to review your books.