VALUEDMERCHANTS.COM - CARDSERVICEKY.COM - CARDSERVICENATIONWIDE.COM - CSI-EMAIL.COM - FDIS-EMAIL.COM - FDISNATIONWIDE.COM - FIRSTDATANATIONWIDE.COM - MERCHANTSNATIONWIDE.COM - MPS-EMAIL.COM - MPSMERCHANT.COM - MPSNATIONWIDE.COM TA TAKINGCARDS.COM - TAKINGCHECKS.COM - TAKINGDEBIT.COM Idaho Falls, Idaho

I got an UNSOLICITED EMAIL from these people.  I wrote them an email about it.  I've posted it below.  I'm not an expert on laws regarding what
constitutes illegal spam, so when I mentioned anything about the law being broken, it
may not have actually been broken.  I made an effort in trying to report it to their ISP though!  It's just bad business etiquette!

Hello Chris Del

Grande,

                                                                                                                        

It’s nice of you to write me.  

I don’t consider UNSOLICITED EMAILS spam at
all.  

Sure why not just email
everyone.  

RIGHT?  

And I definitely want to work for a c ompany
that
sends out UNSOLICITED EMAILS.  I guess you guys aren't aware of the
CAN-SPAM Act.  Do you know how many have gone to jail for sending out
spam?  Do you realize that you are breaking the law?  And you don't
know who you just emailed.   You emailed me a commercial email and I could be a CAN-SPAM compliance officer.

It's great that you have begun hiring in

MY

area.  I have many
questions about your business.

Seems with a simple google search, you're hiring all across the land.  So
you're not just hiring in

MY

area.

I found 2 complaints about your company.  Here are the links.

(((Redacted)))

http://www.ripoffreport.com/Credit-Card-Processing-ACH-Companies/MPS-Merchant-Pro

What do you have to say about those complaints?  One of the complaints
comes from a customer, and the other one comes from a person who seems
to have worked for you.  Information provided in both complaints match
up with
your company’s information.

These
complaints weigh very heavy in my mind when
considering working for you.  And what really gets me is that you
haven't even responded to either one in a reply.  The complaint coming
from the guy who seems
to have worked for you, talks about faulty equipment being sent to
clients,
issues with not getting paid, a frustrating system for representatives
to work
with, and poor support either for him or for clients.  The complaint
from
the customer, Steve, who signed up because his friend was working for
your
company, also talks about a payment issue for his friend.  And you have
nothing to say?

People who work for you can’t even really be called employees since
they are really 1099’s or independent contractors.  

That leaves you guys plenty of room to really
screw someone over.  

I noticed at BBB.org
it says you have 500 EMPLOYEES.  

Come on
now.  

They are 1099’s.  

That’s some deceptive information right
there.  

Do you guys really withhold
income taxes and pay social security and medicare taxes, and pay unemployment
tax on wages paid to 500 people?  

No you
don’t.  

I think you need to review what
information you have sent to the BBB.  

You wouldn’t make any money if people had to log time sheets and take
lunch breaks.  

How would you even keep track of them?  In fact, I think I should
contact the BBB just to make sure they know what’s going on.  

If they say it’s cool then they are the ones
misinforming the public.  

Although I may
or may not bother depending on how bored I am.  

HAHA!

You no longer do business with Bank of America and work with Wells Fargo
now.  Why is that?  That's actually quite interesting.  Wells
Fargo had a better deal?  Or was the switch because of another reason?  

Both complaints mention you working with Bank
of America and now I see in the email that you mentioned Wells Fargo.

You have A TON OF websites registered on the same server, which MOST of them
lead to the same website.  Why would you need so many with the same exact
information?  I see this as an extremely bad sign.  It says that
there is something to hide.  When one site gets a bad name, you can switch
to another name and start advertising immediately so people can't search and
find complaints.  And simply, it allows your business to operate under
many different guises.  Why would anyone need to operate under so many
guises???  
Do you really want customers or your independent contractors having to
remember so many sites, rather than just one?  It makes no sense to
promote so many different sites for the same thing.

Sites on the server include:  CARDSERVICEKY.COM 
CARDSERVICENATIONWIDE.COM  CSI-EMAIL.COM  FDIS-EMAIL.COM 
FDISNATIONWIDE.COM  FIRSTDATANATIONWIDE.COM 
MERCHANTSNATIONWIDE.COM  MPS-EMAIL.COM  MPSMERCHANT.COM 
MPSNATIONWIDE.COM  TAKINGCARDS.COM  TAKINGCHECKS.COM 
TAKINGDEBIT.COM  VALUEDMERCHANTS.COM

I found that CSI-EMAIL.COM as an email address and
CARDSERVICENATIONWIDE.COM  are in replies at ripoffreport.com.  Both
are found here:

http://www.ripoffreport.com/Small-Business-Services/Card-Service-Interna/card-service-international-dis-b7wf7.htm

And CSI-EMAIL.COM as an email address is found here:

http://www.ripoffreport.com/credit-card-processing-companies/retriever-payment-sy/retriever-payment-systems-ripp-xaf27.htm

Interestingly enough, both CSI-EMAIL.COM and
CARDSERVICENATIONWIDE.COM were registered by a man named SEAN RUPPEL who is
mentioned in the complaint at complaints.com as the CEO of
www.mpsnationwide.com, which is a redirect to valuedmerchants.com.

And even more interestingly, CSI-EMAIL.COM and CARDSERVICENATIONWIDE.COM
are no longer working websites.  

What
happened to those sites?  

What are the
reasons why these sites no longer operate?  

That’s suspicious.  

I believe that
what happened to these websites is an indicator to the short survival of the
many other websites you have created.  

Close one down if things get crazy right?

Your site tells people "Read about us on the Better Business Bureau
website - (((Redacted)))" and that link doesn't even go to(((Redacted))) because (((Redacted))) isn't a real
link.  But you make it look like it's a real link to make people believe
that there is some real connection between your business and the BBB. 
That's the kind of

small deception

that really does go a long way in
saying your business is untrustworthy.  It's trickery that intends to
deceive.  I have a business myself, cash only, and I wouldn't even think
about tricking people into believing that it's bigger and better or more
official than it really is.

Can anyone even get a BBB.org/MyBusinessNameHere website?!  BBB.org isn't
a social networking site that offers links like that, unlike facebook.com where
you can put in a business name or a person’s name.

When website viewers click on bbb.org/VALUEDMERCHANTS on
your website, they get redirected to (((Redacted))) That doesn’t seem so official
anymore.  The text should just say CLICK HERE instead of making it appear
as a different link.

Your business is not BBB accredited anyway.  What’s
there to brag about if you aren’t committed to the BBB ethical standards of a
transparent business and honesty, and all the other values like trust and
integrity that can be found at (((Redacted))) Anyway, thanks for the very random email Chris.  From
searching on google, and after a long review, there are too many things that
warrant too much suspicion about the business practices going on in Idaho

Falls for me to consider being a representative for
your company.

Feel free to answer the questions as I will be posting
this email for the world to see, and I will post your reply as well, depending
on if I really want to bother.

The
questions being:  

Why did you switch banks?   Why do
you have so many different names for the same website?   Is there any merit to Steve’s complaint or
the complaint from the guy who seems to have worked for you?   Why would you not say anything in response to the complaints?  Why does it say you have 500 employees on
bbb.org when they are really 1099’s, which is a very critical difference in how
a business operates?   Why would you have
a deceptive bbb.org link on your website to look more official when that link
doesn’t really exist?   Why have
CSI-EMAIL.COM and CARDSERVICENATIONWIDE.COM shut down?   Why did you tell me you were hiring in my
area instead of telling me that you’re hiring all across the

United States

, looking for anybody who will work for
you?  Why did you break the law by sending out commercial SPAM to my email address, which is clearly against the law?

What do all these things add up to?  

Simply put, your business is shady.  

It’s obvious your business has undergone
changes with websites and banks, but the question is why?  

Maybe it’s all legit, but that’s just
doubtful because you have a ton of website names and have some shady ways of doing business.  

No business would promote all those names at
the same time, because an honest business would want customers and people who
work for them to only have to remember one name.

You have those complaints that exist with no reply on
your behalf, which really do weigh heavy in the minds of people.  

Joe Blow writing a complaint against a
company?  

Most likely he really did get
screwed, and probably just wanted to vent about it and let other people
know.  

Good for him!  

And not saying anything for yourself is
really bad.  

Whether you have to admit
wrongdoing or stick up for yourself, at least say something.  

But hey it's your business!  Tiger Woods just said something about his
accident.  

No details, but he said
something.

And the other shady thing is just the way you guys come
off, sending me this random email out of nowhere and having this link on your
website which obviously isn’t a real link, and telling me you are hiring in my
area when really you’re hiring all across the land.  

You don’t know who I am.  

You’re sending out unsolicited emails which
equals spam.  

Are
you aware of the CAN-SPAM Act?  I sure as hell am.  And I might just
look into seeing what I want to do about the commercial email that you
just sent me, depending on how I feel.  Maybe you should think about
who you're emailing before you send out mass emails.  People have gone
to jail for that.  You think I want to work for
a company that sends out spam, basically breaking the law, and has a
deceptive link on their website, and
makes things seem personal by saying you’re hiring in my area when
really you’re
hiring anyone in the United States ?  

The BBB.org 500 employee thing, when they are
really 1099’s, maybe that’s the only spot that the BBB allows you to announce
how many 1099’s you have.  

It’s still misleading.  

It's time to get your act together.

From what I’ve found, I’m going to recommend that no one
ever work for you or be a customer with your company. I’m assuming you’ll have nothing to say, and if your past
with the complaints that I’ve already seen holds true today, you won’t say much
at all.  

Although I do look forward to
your answers.  And please, enlighten me on what made you think you had the right to send me commercial email, that clearly breaks the law?

Yours Wonderfully, Chuck Norris

Ph.D ABCDEFGHYJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ FRIENDS WITH SUPERMAN

BEST SELLING AUTHOR #1 IN EVERYTHING

BBB.ORG/COOL

P.S.

I CAN WIN TRIVIA BY ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS WITH MY
OWN NAME

> From: chris@valuedmerchants.com

> Subject: Positions Available - Reply to Schedule an Interview

> To: CHUCKNORRIS@hotmail.com

> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009

09:37:22 -0700

>

> I have begun hiring again for openings in the following positions in your
area

>

> > Inside Sales

> > Outside Sales

> > Appointment Setting (home based)

> > Sales Management

>

> If you are still not satisfied with your current career or are currently
looking for work. Give me a call to discuss the opening that would best fit
your experience.

>

> Thank you for your time

>

> Warm Regards,

>

> Chris Del Grande

> President

> Valued Merchant Services

> A Registered ISO/MSP of Wells Fargo Bank. N.A.

> 800-531-8575 Main

> Ext. 102

> 208-243-0818 Cell

> 877-885-1740 Fax

> chris@valuedmerchants.com

> www.valuedmerchants.com

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