How to get back at companies that ripped you off

Ok I'm sick and tired of companies taking advantage of consumers and practically stealing our hard earned money. I haven't posted to this blog in a long time because like many of you i been consumed by work, business and life. I been getting ripped off here and there by big and small companies but i haven't had time to post such events in this blog. However, i'm sick of seeing me and countless other Americans getting ripped off hundreds of dollars at the time and i decided that i need to make time to help you and other fight back against these companies. In the many years social media, search engine optimization, viral media etc. has given use countless of tools to fight back against companies who fucked us and left us without any other options. The problem with stuff like this is that it takes time and for us working class is a very precious commodity. However, you need to make time to make your voice be heard not just for you but for countless others that can't or don't have time. I remember one of my worse experiences was when Brighthouse from Orlando came to my house to repair my cable. They went to the attic and damaged my Air ducts. These guys cost me hundreds of dollars in higher electric bills and thousands of dollars in damages. The manager refused to take responsibility and put the burden on me to proof their damages. I didn't have time nor money to pursue this in the courts and once again this huge corporation got away with thousands of dollars of my hard earned money. This happened because we didn't have social media nor i possessed the information that i'm about to share with you guys now. Don't get me wrong huge corporations are not the only problem. Small mom and pop shops like your local mechanic, A/C company, or restaurant can cost you hundreds or thousands of dollars too. The same tools apply and some work better with small or large business. The point is that you need to make time so you either get made whole or you help other not get ripped off. So what can the small guys like us do to huge corporations like Brighthouse, LG, alltech, etc? or small companies who refuse to take your call? Well we got to find out how business work and acquire their new costumers. The old phrase "i will never do business with you again!!" is powerless in today's economy. They already got your money and they don't care what you do.. There is countless other suckers ready to get ripped off just like they did to you!! In today's new economy business are made and broken in the internet everyday. This is where most companies get their new costumers and where costumers get their new services. Most people will do a quick google for A/C companies, mechanic, etc. They will read 1 or two reviews and pick the one with the best reviews. This is where companies spend a lot of the money. They pay for a website, maybe (SEO) search engine optimization, to get on Angie's list, yelp, foursquare, twitter, instagram, facebook, etc.. Companies will pay for companies to monitor the social media in order to avoid viral negative press. So this is where we need to attack them if you want to get a refund or you want to help others not get ripped off like you just did. A lot of people don't want to get into social media to get a refund. that's why i will touch on that last. In the 1st couple of steps i will be touching up on the basics that a lot of people forget. The Consumer Protection advocates These guys are the basic line of defense. Please try to work something out with the owner or company before going to this stage. I usually call them at least two times to try to work something out. i try to do it calm and try very hard to keep my cool. If the owner or company refuse to work with you then is open season in my opinion. You need to ESCALATE this.. if you don't you are pretty much guaranteeing that you will never get a refund and you are sentencing for someone else to get ripped off in the future. The Better Business Bureau aka BBB go here fill up your complaint and submit it (copy and paste your complaint into a word doc since you don't want to re-type it later on) http://www.bbb.org/ These guys do great work but not always get stuff resolved thats why you need to keep going!! These guys helped me get from a maze of robots to a Manager with Verizon. The RIPOFFREPORT.com These guys pretty much help you with the thing i touched on before. Search engine optimization (SEO) business uses it to get higher in the search area. You want your complaint to pop up on top right under or above their company when people search for it. Ripoffreport.com pretty much gives you a mini website for your complaint and the ability for the company to respond. These guys are amazing and if you want to get a company's attention just copy and paste your complaint here. http://www.ripoffreport.com/ The Consumerist.com This website is amazing and i been a huge fan for years. They practically shame the company into doing the right thing by shinning a light over it. They have saved millions of costumer from scammers and rip off companies. I honestly been trying to get on this website for years but i haven't been able to. However, if you get on their website is almost guarantee that you will be refunded or made whole again.. Consumerist.com Your State Attorney General Your state has a lawyer that is in charge of protecting their state consumers. You are paying for this guy or girl with your tax dollars and most of the time they will help you with your case small or big. They have plenty of staffers and people who suppose to help you out. Just google your state attorney general and fill up their forms. Yelp if available copy and paste your review of the business. forusquare if available copy and paste your review of the business. google maps if available copy and paste your review of the business. https://www.google.com/maps/ ------------------------------- Those 4 places can be all done with the same copy and pasted complaint you typed in the 1st place. So it shouldn't take you that long and will yield some kind of results. At the very least your complaint should show up when people google that company that ripped you off and it will cost them costumers. If you cost them costumers it will add up little by little and before you know it the company that ripped you off will be wishing they didn't rip you off in the 1st place. So those are the four that usually work pretty good. However, they are not the only tools you have at your disposal. Now we will be touching up on social media and viral complaints Twitter, facebook, youtube, instagram, etc are all extremely powerful. I have a friend who used twitter to get a refund on a pet store boarding who made her dog lay on his own piss for days. Or how tiwtter made a stubborn home depot manager replace a mold filled refrigerator he sold me as new. Twitter If you don't have an account create one.. if you don't want to make it permanent you can make throw away account like @PetlandSucks or @homedepotisdirty etc.. the title can be funny and catchy.. anyways start twettinng stuff about your experience with such company.. Pictures or videos are extremely easy to make and catchier. I remember taking a picture of the mold filled freezer i got at home depot and hashtagging #homedepot.. before you knew it i was getting an apology from the manager who was being a dick a couple of hours before. I'm guessing their social media called and scaled him over my experience. You might not get as much attention as you would like or necessary to push for a response. So get your friends to retweet your tweet and make it a bit more viral.. This helped a lot when my friend was getting ignored with the petstore who boarded her dog. Facebook Companies usually have a facebook page and sometimes it will allow you to post reviews or just add a comment on their wall so other people can see it. Youtube This one is tricky.. you need to make something people will want to watch and at the same time ridicule or expose the company that ripped you off. This one was one of my last resorts when dealing with LG. This company was selling a defective sounds system that keep on breaking and of course the company refused to fix it. So i made a video where i showed how to fix your piece of shit LG surround system. this surround system cost me about 60 bucks to fix. LG wanted hundreds on labor, shipping, and parts.. So i said fuck them i'll fix it myself. It pisses me off because my buddy has the same exact unit that is broken!! just like mine is.. This video has been watched almost 3,000 times.. if this video prevented 10% of those people to buy something LG thats 300 people.. How much do you think this video cost them? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrx_VKnjLSs ANyways i hope these links help you get your money back or help you get revenge on the business that ripped you off.. i'll be uploading samples of ways these steps have helped me in the past thanks and keep on checking my posts