23-11-2003, 07:22 AM
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Shades of the Petswarehouse Lawsuit!
tose (LeighMo) wrote in message ...
They claim to be based in Houston, but you certainly wouldn't know it
from their language skills.
Near as I can tell, they have their web site hosted with a company in Houston.
But if you look at their actual physical addresses (listed on their web site,
under "contacts"), they're all overseas, in places like Thailand, the Malta
Islands, Indonesia, Singapore, Portugal, etc. If they want to file a lawsuit
in the U.S., they're going to have to hire a lawyer. I think they'll find
American lawyers are a lot pricier than American webhosting.
Actually that means nothing. They can have business partners in Europe
or Asia. Its an American company based in Houston. Even if they are
part of a parent company overseas, they have an American office. They
are a member of the Houston Better Business bureau. They make
donations to Aquarium Societies all over the USA. If they have offices
all over the world, thats even scarier, that means they have the money
to sue. I am not defending them or attacking them here....all I am
saying is that the legal definition of slander would be in their
favor. If you bought their product and expressed dis satisfaction,
that would be different, but none of you have done that.
There is a well known name in the industry who markets products that I
have often heard people refer to as snake oil, but if people said that
publicaly on the internet, they would be crazy! Because they would get
sued and they would lose...most likely. Am I being over cautious?
Maybe I am, but I have good reason to be. The Pets whse thing IS
different. Complaining of bad service is not slander.
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