What is Cash4Gold doing? Starting a "Search to Find the Perfect Canadian Personality for Future Ads."
PREVIOUSLY: The Article Cash4Gold Doesn't Want You To Read
I'm sorry about the lawsuit (obvious bullshit) but congratulations for having giant brass balls. No one else on the intertubes currently seem to own a pair.
I love you guys.
Sincerely,
Erik
Great go for it! let us know when you go for the big G!:-)
]]>I hope the events that brought the chain of events to this site, are resolved and all the defending parties prevail.
Good luck to all the defendants involved.
]]>I always encourage my friends to file safety reports, harassment claims, etc. and not to back down. Even if you don't win, you shed light on the bad guys and the next person who has a problem will have an easier time proving the pattern. Standing up to bullies may hurt sometimes, but it is the only way to get change.
]]>That's not false.
It said experience WITH Carnac, not AS Carnac
]]>Also, is Consumerist now "The Daily Show" equivalent of consumer issues?
]]>@Smashville_makes his own comments at home: I would like to nominate Cash4Gold for next years golden turd award. I would like to, but they would probably only send back a cheque for two dollars.
]]>"We're proud of the work that Ben and Meg have done, and we only regret that
their report could not include a response from Cash4Gold CEO Jeff Aronson
beyond his earlier public comments," Perton said. "We also hope today's post
will help lay to rest the idea that blogs don't do investigative reporting."
@bloggerX: The original article has about 200,000 views now. That's just mind-boggling to me.
]]>@HogwartsAlum:
Yar.
I am SO for this. I love Random Acts of Mail.
]]>Lol, just paint them gold. Or find some fools gold and send it in.
]]>"20% more" could be anything when you determine the standard rates, and they don't seem uniform.
]]>@TheDarkJester: No. He's also thinking of donuts.
]]>This is good, solid work. I'm proud to be a supporter of your efforts.
]]>@Raekwon:
Why pay for fake jewelry to send them when we can send all the free rocks we can find that will fit into the mailer...?
]]>Well I see C4G has hit the consumerist like a log hits a diamond-encrusted saw.
Not very bright C4G. Funny, but not very bright.
]]>@Raekwon: My nephew has a ton of that junk. He begs me for quarters to buy it so he can break small parts off to stabilize one of his Lego/K'nex creations. I could send broken toy jewels to them! Life is sweet!
]]>From the "Canadian personality" article:
"The late, legendary Ed McMahon brought us his experience with Carnac the
Magnificent in opening envelopes, while MC Hammer taught our staff how to
dance," said Jeff Aronson, CEO of Cash4Gold.
BULL. SHIT.
Johnny Carson was Carnac. That is false. And defamatory.
]]>@Raekwon: Is there anything that says you have to put your real name when ordering it?
]]>I'm sort of surprised I haven't seen anyone organizing a mass request of a bunch of their packets and sending them all back empty...considering they'd have to pay shipping both ways.
]]>@BrianDaBrain: Don't forget Cash4Gold.blogspot.com (because you know a site is legit when their blog is hosted by blogspot!)
]]>Yeah!!!!!! Freeeaaakin awesome!!!
]]>There's an intriguing irony to that dream, as well.
]]>@lehrdude: All the more reason to deal with the corner sleazeball at the local pawnshop. He may be greasy, but he's got to be fair(ish) since you're standing in his face.
]]>Just donated (and also my first post) after reading this article. Long time reader, but I'm just now coming off the bench! Great work, Consumerist team.
]]>@calchip: >>When will companies (particularly dirtbag companies) ever learn that suing people to shut them up almost always has the opposite effect of what they're intending?<<
If CEO Arronson actually thought that far, he would've laid off the Big Macs and fried twinkies 200 lbs ago.
]]>@Coyote: Considering how many times Consumer Reports has been sued over bad reviews (Bose, Isuzu, Sharper Image, Korbel Champagne, Suzuki), I doubt it even phases them.
]]>I just want to know how much money C4G has made from people "testing" to see how much money they will REALLY get for their gold...
Every article I have read talks about how they got $3 back from $100 worth of gold.
]]>I'm suprised no one else has commented, the commercials (Chicago area) now talk about a huge push to busy 200 million dollars of gold by the end of the month and so they are paying 20% MORE (small print: than our standard rates).
You are now being screwed 20% less, hurry everyone, send in your gold!
Timing of new ads is just coincidence?
]]>* Even better, yesterday's search had the Consumerist story as a sub-link under Cockeye's, and now it's broken out as its own entry (with its own sub-link!). Yay, Google!
]]>I always knew that superbowl commercial would come back to bite them in the ass, I just assumed it would be people laughing at them... not them pulling a Streisand and trying to sue everybody.
]]>Now they shall feel wrath of effing with Consumerist!
]]>@pz: They did according to the lawsuit. Knowing what Consumer's Union is...that they may not.
]]>Uh, they do know that Consumerist's parent company is now Consumer Reports, right? That it's not just some website?
]]>@Binaryslyder: They will, too. Just wait and see.
]]>Not only are they not getting what they're after, they now will have a bazillion people that had never *heard* of cash4gold finding out that they are complete asshats who not only take advantage of their customers, but will go to great lengths to be able to continue their scam.
]]>This is so false and defamatory.
]]>@pecan 3.14159265: Just make sure you source it.
Love,
Wikipedia Admin Smashville
]]>This is going to make for a really awesome entry on your Wikipedia page, Consumerist.
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