22 Sep 08 The start of a new Gisol?
Last night I Googled “Gisol” for what seemed like the 1,000,000th time:
Nothing strange about the results, although I was happy that gisol.com is 2nd, and www.gisolsucks.com is 1st. Good news that they’re not topping the search results for their own name, and an added bonus that it’s a website against them that does! (A little jealous maybe – I’m trying to get to the top myself)
I was just about to do something else Gisol related (yeh, it has become an obsession) when I noticed the Sponsored Links to the right.
‘What’s this?’, I thought, ‘Gisol.com Problems? Yes, we’ve got those (duh), I better take a look’.
The mouse clicked the link and I ended up at www.dailyrazor.com, a webhosting company. ‘OK, no problem, they’ve heard about Gisol’s Fraud, and are jumping on the bandwagon trying to poach their unhappy customers’, methinks.
Suddenly, something caught my eye… Something was moving… Something with numbers… counting down…
‘My God! It’s a Special Offer Countdown Timer!’
!!GISOL ALARM!! !!GISOL ALARM!! !!GISOL ALARM!!
‘Is it? NO, it can’t be. Is it? A new Gisol?’. I scanned a few pages for the checklist:
- 30 Days Money Back Guarantee* – Tick
- 99.9% Uptime Guarantee** – Tick
- Free Domain name*** – Tick
- 24/7 Technical Support – Tick
- Free Website Builder – Tick
- Spelling mistakes (techincal) – Tick
- No Terms/Policy link – Tick
- A Suite Number in the Address – Tick
- State-of-the-art Data Centers – Tick
- Don’t forget the COUNTDOWN TIMER! – TICK!
Straight back to Google I went, and typed in “dailyrazor reviews“…
You can do the rest yourselves… This is the first one I found to help you on your way:
http://www.webhostingstuff.com/review/DailyRazorHosting.html
Disclaimer: I nor report-gisol.com are in any way suggesting that dailyrazor.com is in any way connected to gisol.com in any way, BUT, there are some similarities on the website and in the reviews, anyway.
ADDED: Searching for “dailyrazor scam” brings up some interesting results. I should have added to my checklist:
- Registering domains in their name
- Domain hijacking etc…
Ringing any bells?
22 Sep 08 Small Claims Court – Self Help
This only applies to victims in the US…
For any of you thinking that you cannot take Gisol to Small Claims Court because you cannot get to Los Angeles, please see:
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/smallclaims/findright.htm
Gisol’s contract states:
ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT MUST BE BROUGHT IN A STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS (AND OF THE APPROPRIATE APPELLATE COURTS THEREFROM) IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING WHICH IS BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
But, as with many points in their contract, it may not actually stand up in court. See this quote from the California Courts Self Help section on Small Claims:
What if I’m suing because of a contract?
You can file in the county where you signed the contract. You can also file where the defendant lived or worked when you signed the contract.
Don’t assume you have to be in Los Angeles to file a small claims – check with your local courts. And don’t just accept the quick answer.
You signed your contract at home on your computer.
A victim posting on this site successfully took Gisol to Small Claims and WON. Read her Story.
