Re: Google yourself
As an aside. Google people you are dealing with. Google their username ( if you are buying from a forum or ebay) People often use the same name of a number of forums. Google their email address, and google their phone number.
Some of you may remember my post 8 months ago on a 96 impala SS that I got ripped off on. That is currently still under investigation by the police.
However I started to do as much investigation as I could. I found this scumbag on about 6 forums, either because he was using the same username, his name, or his phone number. (google will often index entire forums. especially useful when someone posts their email address).
Suprise Suprise, he had also ripped off a few people on these forums, nothing as big as had happened with me, But had I done my homework before the buy, I wouldn't be in this predicimate now. Needless to say, I called him out for personal satisfaction and he is no longer a welcome guest on those forums.
I still check periodically, and will find him if he's on other forums. I also have a website planned, and as soon as the investigation is over his name and bad dealings will be ensrined for ages.
Food for thought: He is an upcoming college grad, Many employers are getting very savvy about researching recruits. This has become very easy with social networking sites such as Myspace.com and thefacebook.com. Do you think this could have an impact on this future? I do, especially if i can get such a site of page 1 of google search for his name.
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