So we get this call from a person in Florida claiming our company was selected to be on a TV show with Kathy Ireland. As we asked more questions eventually the person said it would cost $19,800 as an “investment” and assured us 3 executives from Apple have been on their show, we asked which ones and the person said she “didn’t need to prove anything to us, they’ve been doing this for 20 years”. Any way, while on the phone we googled around and saw a note on RipOff report and some more background information. The person from Florida promised lead generation, and all sorts of things – she hung up on us when we asked for more specific questions of how us spending $19,800 made sense if it was “TV show”. We’re posting this because they said they wanted “DIY companies”, heads up folks.
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Update: 8/17/2015, this came in…
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To: @adafruit.comWhat is the expected time to get the repsonse from your end ?
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According to Article 17 of the United Nations
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states1. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his
privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his
honour and reputation.2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such
interference or attacks.Basis of Liability for Cyber libel
a) Distributor/Publisher Characterizations: One of the most important issues
in cyber libel is whether the online service providers, operators of
bulletin boards or website owners are common
carriers, distributors or publishers.
b) Publishers, such as newspapers, magazines and broadcasters, are
responsible and liable for everything that they produce, post and broadcast.
Their liability is grounded in the fact that they can edit what they wish to
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television broadcast, website or newsgroup.As the admin and host of this website you have the privilege to remove the
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When Cult of Lego was published I was cold-called by a production company asking if I wanted to talk about the book on a TV show, and I said TOTES and they said they would need just a little dough to offset production costs. It might even be the same company, or else it’s a thing. It’s something to watch out for: when you
create stuff for a living, beware of those who make money off of taking advantage of you.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
There is no such thing as a simple business plan for $19,800. You have to look at being in business as a challenge and that is how you go to work every day. It is too competitive and our boss has a warehouse full of products that can’t be sold so that is why business owners are afraid to spend money.
Our employer won’t do business with individuals anymore because they can’t trust non-companies paying the company back.