Complaint Review: Gay Realty Network - El Dorado Hills California
- Gay Realty Network PO Box 4666, El Dorado Hills, California U.S.A.
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Gay Realty Network Gay Realty Network Once you are listed on thier Network they will NOT let you remove your Profile. Even after it expires. El Dorado Hills California
*REBUTTAL Owner of company: Gay Realty Network follows practices as agreed to at sign-up
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I join Gay Realty Network and did not receive any business from the site. I paid $99.00 for a year subscription hoping to connect with people who would feel more comfortable dealing with gay and gay friendly people.
After more than a year now I have been getting increasing calls from past clients who are not aware of my sexual orientation asking if I was gay. All the years I have done real estate I have never brought up my orientation and was caught off guard.
Finally, a client REFUSED to do business with me after referring me to a friend who Googled me and saw this Gay Network Profile. I lost a very large client due to this profile.
When I search Google and saw a large photo and my entire Profile at the top of a search engine stating l*****n Realtor in bold type. I immediately attempted to remove it. However, my subscription ran out many months ago so it would not allow me to access my profile.
I instantly emailed Mark at customer service, and I believe he is the owner, to please remove this information immediately. He refused.
His Response was :
Per the disclosure on the initial GAY REALTY NETWORK sign-up form you completed, we'll re-direct the traffic we built up for you via the GAY REALTY NETWORK listing. Once that traffic is gone, approx 6 mos or more, we'll delete the listing.
however-
Site Policies on the Site states:
Gay Realty Network will not trade or sell the names on its mailing lists to any other company or individual. Email addresses added to our list will be used solely for our own internal and marketing purposes - and emails provided for our contest entry will be shared only with the contest property, who will not share them with any other party. In addition, we will immediately remove anyone from the list upon receipt of a written request (via email or US mail).
After 11 emails back and forth in which he was extremly rude and even cc'd his attorney accusing me of fraud and not being gay. (because I asked of I have to pay the $99.00, I do not have, to re-enter the site and remove my photo and l*****n title -- which they charge you additional fees to change a photo on your profile-- He still refused to remove the profile. I am being directly effected by this profile and he still has not removed it.
C. john
Los Alamitos, California
U.S.A.
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#1 REBUTTAL Owner of company
Gay Realty Network follows practices as agreed to at sign-up
AUTHOR: Mark Guzman - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Monday, May 18, 2009
The client had a number of questions about the issue, once resolved the redirect page was deleted immediately. As sometimes happens, browsers and search engines hold cached pages until they recrawl the site, but this is not under our control (also explained to the agent vie email). Browsers or search engines may have been displaying old versions of the page even though the page was entirely removed from the Gay Realty Network directory shortly after her contact with us. A search of Google today shows that this redirected page no longer appears.
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