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	Blogger offered cash to kill "Cash4Gold" exposé

masbury

2-4-2009 12:30 AM

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cash4gold, bribes, blogs

masbury says:

Shoots to top of Google searches, gets email from agent offering cash for "reputation management."

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2-4-2009 8:00 AM

BartendingBear

As I FF'd past their commercial last night, I couldn't help but wonder who would put their gold in the mail to a company they never heard of before.

2-4-2009 8:48 AM

Yassin_M

I'm afraid ... this is the de-facto mentality of our people nowadays. let us do our best to change this way of thinking.

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Amazing story from amateur sociologist Rob Cockerham of Cockeyed.com. In short, Rob wrote a funny article about the questionable practices of Cash4Gold, a company that offers money for gold jewelry and coins you send them. (Read his article, "<A href="http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/goldkit/cheat.shtml">Cash4Gold Will Offer One-Third of the Actual Value for your Gold</A>.")
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<P>I work with Cash4Gold on the reputation management. Your article is ranking #3 on their brand term. They would really like to make it worth your while to take it down or make it more positive. They did something similar by joining (OTHER CONSUMER AFFAIRS WEBSITE)’s advocacy program. Is it worth a few thousand to take it down? If not, maybe a donation to your favorite charity is more to your liking?
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