| Admins - how much screening do you give your ads? 17:41 - Jun 11 with 411 views | Ryorry |
Liked the look of a pair of sandals that came up on a clothing company (mirenl.com) ad, but as it looked US based, checked it for authenticity - and apparently it's pretty dodgy -
https://www.scam-detector.com/ |  |
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| Admins - how much screening do you give your ads? on 17:47 - Jun 11 with 346 views | wkj |
It's a sad day when Sandals are part of Ripoff Britain.
I've reached the stage where I treat every advert on the internet like a fox staring through the kitchen window. It might be harmless, but it's certainly after something.
What worries me is how much effort some of these companies put into looking respectable. Professional logos, smiling models, promises of "family values" and "customer satisfaction." Then you scratch the surface and discover the company headquarters appears to be a mailbox balanced on a folding chair somewhere in the Pacific.
I find myself conducting investigations over things I have no intention of buying. A suspicious advert can ruin an entire afternoon. Before you know it I've got seventeen browser tabs open, three WHOIS lookups, and I'm trying to work out why a sandal retailer shares an address with a vitamin company, a cryptocurrency exchange and what appears to be a taxidermist.
Good catch checking it first. The modern internet increasingly feels like a giant village fete where one stall sells homemade jam and the next is quietly harvesting your card details. The trouble is they're both using the same font. |  |
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| Admins - how much screening do you give your ads? on 17:50 - Jun 11 with 327 views | Ryorry |
| Admins - how much screening do you give your ads? on 17:47 - Jun 11 by wkj |
It's a sad day when Sandals are part of Ripoff Britain.
I've reached the stage where I treat every advert on the internet like a fox staring through the kitchen window. It might be harmless, but it's certainly after something.
What worries me is how much effort some of these companies put into looking respectable. Professional logos, smiling models, promises of "family values" and "customer satisfaction." Then you scratch the surface and discover the company headquarters appears to be a mailbox balanced on a folding chair somewhere in the Pacific.
I find myself conducting investigations over things I have no intention of buying. A suspicious advert can ruin an entire afternoon. Before you know it I've got seventeen browser tabs open, three WHOIS lookups, and I'm trying to work out why a sandal retailer shares an address with a vitamin company, a cryptocurrency exchange and what appears to be a taxidermist.
Good catch checking it first. The modern internet increasingly feels like a giant village fete where one stall sells homemade jam and the next is quietly harvesting your card details. The trouble is they're both using the same font. |
Amusing - and true 👍 | |
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| Admins - how much screening do you give your ads? on 18:10 - Jun 11 with 273 views | GavTWTD |
We don't do any screening at all. They are provided by our new advertiser Planet Sports who in turn use several agencies, Google being the main one. The quality of advertising with them is the highest its been but there will be rogue ads which we need to flag when they arise. You have to be careful out there. I'll try and report that and get it removed. |  |
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| Admins - how much screening do you give your ads? on 19:38 - Jun 11 with 140 views | armchaircritic59 |
| Admins - how much screening do you give your ads? on 17:47 - Jun 11 by wkj |
It's a sad day when Sandals are part of Ripoff Britain.
I've reached the stage where I treat every advert on the internet like a fox staring through the kitchen window. It might be harmless, but it's certainly after something.
What worries me is how much effort some of these companies put into looking respectable. Professional logos, smiling models, promises of "family values" and "customer satisfaction." Then you scratch the surface and discover the company headquarters appears to be a mailbox balanced on a folding chair somewhere in the Pacific.
I find myself conducting investigations over things I have no intention of buying. A suspicious advert can ruin an entire afternoon. Before you know it I've got seventeen browser tabs open, three WHOIS lookups, and I'm trying to work out why a sandal retailer shares an address with a vitamin company, a cryptocurrency exchange and what appears to be a taxidermist.
Good catch checking it first. The modern internet increasingly feels like a giant village fete where one stall sells homemade jam and the next is quietly harvesting your card details. The trouble is they're both using the same font. |
Well you know the old saying, if it looks like a duck........ Trust your instincts. |  | | |
| Admins - how much screening do you give your ads? on 19:43 - Jun 11 with 127 views | Meadowlark |
Leaving present for Kieran for when he walks across the River Orwell? |  | | |
| Admins - how much screening do you give your ads? on 19:51 - Jun 11 with 94 views | Ryorry |
| Admins - how much screening do you give your ads? on 18:10 - Jun 11 by GavTWTD |
We don't do any screening at all. They are provided by our new advertiser Planet Sports who in turn use several agencies, Google being the main one. The quality of advertising with them is the highest its been but there will be rogue ads which we need to flag when they arise. You have to be careful out there. I'll try and report that and get it removed. |
Thanks 👍 | |
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