Paul
Wyalusing,#2General Comment
Thu, February 06, 2014
Honesty hurts
Pennsylvania,#3Author of original report
Sat, June 08, 2013
I am glad the house was sold. It looks very nice. I just hope that the owners know what they've gotten into... I am pretty sure that they did but they made the house/barn look great! I do not think that I could of done a better job and the people who moved in are really nice folk!
Honesty hurts
Pennsylvania,#4Author of original report
Thu, July 05, 2012
Your name is not Ann. It is Sherri Ann Ferrulli Brinskelle
Honesty hurts
Pennsylvania,#5Author of original report
Sun, July 01, 2012
I know what you both did. You know what you both did. Now it is time for me to move on and to forgive you both for what you did to my family and I. And time will make most of my feelings torwards you both go away. In time. But I will never forget what you did to us. Yes, both of your actions were that profound. But I do hope that you can learn from your mistakes and NEVER do this to anyone else ever again.
Honesty hurts
Pennsylvania,#6Author of original report
Sun, July 01, 2012
Companies whom you choose to try to remove your name from search engines is wrong especially when you did a bunch of wrong to other people. All these companies essentially do is bump your name from the first or second page of a search engine because many people think that the most updated information is on the first or second page..... I do not know why my words would have such a chilling affect on someone who did me wrong. Who hurt my family. When essentially, you are only hurting yourself- You cannot place yourself in the shoes of someone that you hurt? Can you? Are you so emotionally abrubt that you cannot see that what you did was wrong? I know that you speak up when you feel that you've been done wrong. I've read such documents. So what would make you think that it would be any different for someone that you have hurt?
Better yet- Just don't screw anyone over anymore like you did to me. And again, factor out the lawyers, the parents. "reliable sources", you can spin your story anyway that you want because only the four of us really knows what happened! And if you think that you can try to have my words removed about you, try again. I have every right to type what I did because what you did was WRONG. It was very hurtful. Mean. Manipulating. Deceptive. But I can see that you still do not understand what you did. Or you just do not care. Either way, I have every right to speak up about what happened! Because what you did was WRONG. Nothing more and nothing less. And yes, the truth hurts but when asked to file a retraction to say that none of this ever happened, again, I cannot. I am not dishonest. Or loose with the truth! What I did was speak the truth and nothing but.... And if you had just thought about who you were hurting, you might have thought twice about doing what you did but you didn't.
What you should of done was apologize for what you did. And that would of been sufficient enough. But you did not. And that just showed that you did not care about what you did!
Here is some food for thought- I don't want to see you get taken advantage of, the way you took advantage of me.
What is SEO?
The term can refer to many different things, but in general it is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the natural or un-paid (organic or algorithmic) search results. HUH?
In plain English, reputation management or SEO companies will typically promise to help you hide negative complaints about your company. Sounds good, right?
These companies usually do this by creating positive profiles on social networking and other sites which are designed to rank highly in search engines such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo! (NOTE you can do this yourself for free). These companies may even claim that for a $995 up-front fee and $109.00 per month they can remove negative information from the Google search results. In our experience, that is false. If you see any website that claims to be able to remove content from a search engine like Google, you should view this as a MAJOR red flag.
What SEO or reputation management companies are really saying is that they can create positive web pages that will show up before the negative ones, thereby pushing the negative results lower, maybe to the second or third pages of Googles search results. The negative pages are never removed, they are just a little harder to find. And, these results are often only temporarya negative complaint may be pushed down for a few days or weeks, but then will suddenly pop back up to the top of the results putting you back at square one. Those who have used these services claim that the SEO company will make things even worse.
Of course, you may find that the Reputation Management SEO company has no guarantee of results. IF they do, they are more than likely based overseas, so once they have your money, you may have absolutely no recourse if they fail to deliver results. Get ready for threats and intimidation. See below.
story in a few days from the date of this Report posting.
Also, if the SEO Company is promising to actually remove the negative information from Google, they may be breaking the law. Ripoff Report recently uncovered a reputation management scheme, that actually involved injecting unauthorized code into the website -- a criminal offense. The companies who paid for that service not only contributed to the crime but their listing also ended up right back at the top of the search engines once the illegal code was removed.
SEO Companies Promise Help, But May Become Your Worst Nightmare
Ripoff Report has been told that some Reputation Management SEO companies have even threatened their own customers keep paying, or the Reputation Management SEO company will create even MORE complaints about you! This is shocking, but we have heard these stories over and over again. Links to some of these horror stores are below and more to come. Many have told Ripoff Report they are afraid to post anything about them in fear of retaliation as many have been threatened. Dont let that friendly salesperson fool you.
Heres the problem -- once the Reputation Management SEO company knows who you are and knows that your business is worried about online attacks, they know you are vulnerable. Armed with that knowledge, unscrupulous Reputation Management SEO companies may even engage in digital extortion by threatening to create more false complaints about you unless you continue paying them. THIS IS NO JOKE! A link to an investigation by a consumer Reporter will be posted here and as an UPDATE to this
ONE OF MANY RED FLAGS
While there may be some legitimate SEO companies out there, many are fly-by-night operations which have no physical address. They often call themselves affiliates working with other Reputation Repair companies. Even if the company claims to have a U.S. address, this may just be a rented mailbox or a virtual office (virtual offices are simply addresses offered for rent to make a company appear more legitimate, but the company is more than likely not actually located at that address). Reputation management - SEO companies that are actually based overseas in dangerous places like Nigeria, Romania, Russia, India, and places like Canada, can make it look like that are in California, Florida, Colorado, Texas and places in-between using many different VOIP phones along with throw-away cell phones in their advertising. So if you give them your hard-earned money and dont see any results, you may have little or no legal recourse at all. Even if they advertise on the radio or TV, or if they are a big publicly held company, .. that is no assurance that the company is reliable.
SEO Companies Operate under many different names
Some companies market themselves using dozens of different names because they end up blackmailing customers forcing them to continue to pay them, threatening they will make things worse.. Consumers will always find negative comments if they are out there, even if they have to search past page 3 or 20 on search engines, they will find it.
Many SEO companies cannot even hide negative complaints about themselves from the Internet so they have to keep changing their name.
Tips for Dealing With SEO Companies
Before you decide to hire an SEO company, here are a few suggestions. First, conduct a search on Ripoff Report for SEO and the word Reputation and take a few minutes to read the horror stories that other people have experienced. While Ripoff Report does not generally investigate or vouch for the accuracy of complaints, the sheer volume of reports about reputation management - SEO companies should give you an idea of the warning signs to look out for on Ripoff Report and other places on the Internet.
As we stated above, most people are very afraid to speak out about these companies as they have been threatened by these companies that they will make things worse if they dont continue to pay or if they say anything about them on the Internet.
Second, if you are approached by a reputation management SEO company, ask them to provide you with their physical address in the United States. If they dont have a U.S. address, then you should immediately look elsewhere. Of course, if they give you an address in the U.S., you should run a search and try to determine if this is a real office or simply a virtual one or a rented mailbox. One common virtual office provider is a company called Regus, so if you see that name associated with a particular address, this is a good indication that its a virtual office, not a real one.
Third, you should NEVER pay anything up-front to an SEO company. Legitimate SEO companies will agree to show results before you are charged anything, so if you are asked to pay first, thats a huge red flag that should convince you to walk away immediately. Again, once you let them know you are slightly interested, more than likely they will make things worse for you and you will be beholden to them forever.
Finally, if you are hell-bent on using an SEO Reputation Management company, Never, Ever pay any SEO company via any method other than a major credit card. This means no checks, no debit cards, no Paypal, and no wire transfers. If you happen to get ripped-off by an SEO company, only a major credit card can protect you by allowing you to dispute the charge and get your money back. So, if you are contacted by an SEO company that wont accept your credit card, you should assume you will have absolutely no way to get your money back if you arent happy with the results.
BEST ADVISE DO NOT PICK UP THE PHONE WHEN THEY CALL, AND DO NO CALL THEM BACK
By telling a reputation management / SEO company that you are willing to talk to them, you are telling them that you are probably willing to pay them. You could be telling them that if things get just a little bit worse, you will break down and pay them big money to fix it by hiding the problem. That could tempt an unscrupulous company into making your problem worse. No kidding, we have heard of it.
Honesty hurts
Wyalusing,#7Author of original report
Fri, March 30, 2012
http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=6450
Rita
Bensalem,#8Author of original report
Tue, November 08, 2011
We had to leave Pennsylvania to be with my husband's Father who is Terminally Ill- We wanted to spend time with him- We wanted our children to be with their Grandfather during that difficult time- It was a very difficult move for everyone- It proved harder on me because I only knew Pennsylvania-
But we got to see a lot of amazing things and places- We all adjusted- Overcame- Improvised- We were having lots of fun as a Family unit- Then within the blink of an eye, I was involved in a terrible accident which left me with Full Body Reflex Sympathtic Dystrophy and then I had to come home- A year after, I received a phone call out of the blue to rent out the home that we were in-
In thinking of what Sherri Brinskelle told me, "I hope you are loving your new home as much as we did," it was really a dream come true for my family & I for we finally had roots! But in actuality, it was a slap in the face- I prided myself in taking care of that house- I kept it neat and clean- Everything that went wrong in that house, I or my husband fixed or cleaned-
Made everything shine- I know and my friends know, who came to visit with us and spend time with us, that I did right by it- I was a very good tenant paying my rent 1-2 weeks in advance
Worked through so much pain and suffering to make it our home- It was going to be ours- We just had to work out some things before we could purchase the home-
Ten months living in the house, that is when we received the notice to quit- Sherri didn't want to wait- She wanted to sell now- All to protect her good name, is what she said to me!
The kids miss their rooms now- They kept asking me why we had to leave and I told them why- They were upset but they sure understood- They still look over asking why we can't go back- That's sad! I miss the privacy that my husband and I had-
But I am for the better as I will learn from all of this and know that if something is to good to be true, IT IS! Without any question-
DO NOT hesitate to walk away and say, no thank you!!!!
Hindsight is 20/20 anyway- And everything happens for a reason!
Rita
Bensalem,#9Author of original report
Mon, November 07, 2011
I just received a letter today from a Mr. Parker, (lawyer), which reads, I have been retained by Mrs. Brinskelle concerning Insurance Allegations- In which I made Several untrue and Defamatory Statements- HERE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH! AND I HAVE EVERY SINGLE RIGHT TO SPEAK WHAT'S ON MY MIND- For it is everyone's fundmental right- Freedom of Speech :) And I will not be bullied by a Lawyer of Mrs. Brinskelle's either!
Mrs. Brinskelle IS a slumlord allowing me to fend for myself with total disregard for a written lease- I was majorly flooded out 2 months ago- Where was the landlord? The property was damaged- Mrs. Brinskelle left personal belongings behind when she left in a rush- They got damaged- Who was gong to clean it up? It was attracting Vermin! Mrs. Brinskelle? She was not here- Where was she? It was more than difficult to clean up from the flood since I am in constant pain, in what ever I do-
In the lease, it clearly states that they would fix anything that was broken except if we broke it- We broke nothing- We tried to better the property until Mrs. Brinskelle sent us a letter to stop even though her husband gave us the go- The home is infested with vermin- The septic is bad according to a repairman who had talked with me- Toilets do not work in Tandem- Raw sewage backing up through the main shower and toilet- I had to clean it EVERY TIME! Back breaking work! They did not fix it- Still not- Them insisting that I was placing non flushables down the toilet- Sorry, try again! I use a trash can! And in explaining all of this to Mrs. Brinskelle or her husband, all I received were excuses- And then I was ignored- And there were many parts of the kitchen that could not be used- Drawers- In one, I found a Mice poison- We didn't put it there so they LIED!
I asked one very specific question before we moved in- I couldn't of been more clear! Is there anything about this house that I need to be concerned with? The answer was NO- So that would make her lying person- She preyed on my weakness and used me from the very beginning from when she made me an offer to rent this house out- Mrs. Brinskelle DID think that I was stupid- She may not with others but she did with me!
Deceitful for going behind my back and contacting two good people who had NOTHING to do with her or this lease between Mrs. Brinskelle and I- Desperate in asking these good folk to cosign for me- And when I confronted her on this issue, Mrs. Brinskelle told me that she had to sell the house, to get money, to protect her good name- After knowing that Mrs. Brinskelle charged for sessions in which I only saw her once, she did steal from the Goverment because I was on Medicaid- After I was left disabled with a life altering disease, she preyed apon my weaknesses- This I cannot say for others but Mrs. Brinskelle did it to me!
Mr. Parker,
#1. When I called my Insurance Company I found that Mrs. Brinskelle made several claims to me in which two were denied, when I only saw her ONCE! Manipulating the system- It was a Criminal act!
#2. I called the appropiate Agency- They told me that Mrs. Brinskelle was already being investigated for 51 counts of Insurance Fraud- And will be charged- How true that is who knows- I do not know nor do I care! That is what was TOLD TO ME!
#3. I began getting phone calls from Federal Agents regarding Mrs. Brinskelle- I have enough bullsht to worry about- They asked me questions and I told them the truth- Yes, I saw the way they lived- It was quite comfortable- Beyond their means, in my opinion-
In truth who will really know what Mrs. Brinskelle did to others but I know what she did to me! And remember to keep my husband out of this! He has nothing to do with anything that I say or do! He works hard everyday for his money and DOES NOT NEED this happy horse s**t- He has not one word for either you, Lou or Sherri Brinskelle- He doesn't believe in wasting time with such foolishness- He couldn't of been more kind!
Now, we are out of their house- And to get over how I was used and abused by Mrs. Brinskelle.... And much better for it! I'll get over it- I won't be harassed for money- Did I mention that Mrs. Brinskelle left me without a stove for 15 days? It's against Pennsylvania Law to do that-