Well if this company is US based I would not think where you are matters if it is fraud. You could still enter a complaint at the FBI site.
I would also think they would be working with the UK counterpart. Doug On Sat, 23 Dec 2006, Kevin Walsh wrote: > Doug Crompton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If this (or any) company is really stealing or not living up to a contract > > then why not report them as such, especially if they are US based. I would > > suspect you would have another route to take. > > > I am UK-based - there's not a lot I can do to a US-based company, > and they know it. That is unless I'm willing to fly over there to > sue them, which I'm not. In this case, it was better to just cut > our losses and make sure as many others as possible know about our > experience and are forewarned. > > I have already convinced several others to abandon NuFone. I was > the one who recommended them in the first place, so I felt that I > had to warn them and try my best to persuade them to migrate. > > Remember - sometimes, when you annoy one customer, you loose a lot > more than just that one customer. Whatever playground victory NuFone > thinks they won by helping themselves to the content of our account, > they lost hundreds of times over in terms of the future revenue from > the customers I know that they lost. > > > > > If you don't do anything about it then they will just go on abusing > > others and getting away with it. > > > That's why I feel it is right and proper to warn others. > > If NuFone carries on operating they way they do, they will lose a > lot more than just the customers we had powers of persuasion over. > The snowball effect induced by mounting bad publicity is a powerful > thing, and not something any company wants to be on the receiving end > of. > > I know that I have caused more damage this way than I could ever do by > simply recovering the account balance in court, and I didn't have to fly > anywhere to do it. NuFone's short-sighted and clearly criminal ways > will come back to haunt them one day. > > > > > At the very least the BBB (bbb.org) should be notified. They have a web > > site and if it is really wire/internet fraud then the FBI > > (www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/internetschemes.htm) has a site you can > > register a complaint with. > > > I've never heard of the BBB. I have now - thanks. I doubt that > NuFone's behaviour counts as fraud though. I'd class their actions > as just plain old-fashioned theft. > > If you are a NuFone customer then I advise you to use up your balance > and leave as soon as possible. It's very easy to do - especially if > you're only using a company as an outgoing route and don't need to port > a number to a new provider. If you know any NuFone customers then you > should try to get them to do the same. > > -- > _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ > _/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ K e v i n W a l s h > _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > "Those that sacrifice essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin (1759) **************************** * Doug Crompton * * Richboro, PA 18954 * * 215-431-6307 * * * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * http://www.crompton.com * **************************** _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
