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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: The Jester of Wibbly on November 14, 2019, 09:09:07 pm

Title: How would you handle this sad competitor?
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on November 14, 2019, 09:09:07 pm
I have been chatting today to another two wc in my area.  Most wc I tend to get on well with.

We have discovered today after a lot of digging and phone calls that we have a competitor leaving fake bad reviews on Google.    Without going into specifics we have recorded a pattern and and linked it to one competitor.   
 
Our blood is at boiling point and we need to tackle this somehow.   I admit, I need to calm down a bit before I make any contact, but any advice would be great.
Title: Re: How would you handle this...
Post by: Phil J on November 14, 2019, 09:41:00 pm
I'd contact Google and explain the situation. Hopefully they'll remove the negative feedback. Not worth confronting the bitter competitor. He'll only deny any involvement.
Title: Re: How would you handle this...
Post by: TomCrowther on November 15, 2019, 11:55:47 am
Shotguns, balaclava's all available online.
Title: Re: How would you handle this...
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on November 15, 2019, 02:41:45 pm
Defo not letting it slip as we need to halt this ASAP and put to bed.

The culprit is a regular user of this forum, probably wont admit to it, but we have enough proof now. 

Hopefully he has seen the post and will remove all these fake reviews over the weekend, and we can forget all about it and move on, or we will all be having words next week.

I won't name him for legal reasons at the moment, so no asking  ;D
Title: Re: How would you handle this...
Post by: zesty on November 15, 2019, 02:49:04 pm
I had the same thing, I contacted google, who then could see he had also left 1 star reviews on a few other window cleaners business pages.

They removed the fake review from my listing.

It has since happened again, this time from someone else, but google have said they can’t remove it because this time there isn’t enough evidence. Which really REALLY annoyed me.

People are immature and low lives.

Hope google remove it for you, they should do.
Title: Re: How would you handle this...
Post by: Ooooooog on November 15, 2019, 03:11:56 pm
Defo not letting it slip as we need to halt this ASAP and put to bed.

The culprit is a regular user of this forum, probably wont admit to it, but we have enough proof now. 

Hopefully he has seen the post and will remove all these fake reviews over the weekend, and we can forget all about it and move on, or we will all be having words next week.

I won't name him for legal reasons at the moment, so no asking  ;D

Give us a clue!
How many syllables?
Title: Re: How would you handle this...
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on November 15, 2019, 03:18:16 pm
Defo not letting it slip as we need to halt this ASAP and put to bed.

The culprit is a regular user of this forum, probably wont admit to it, but we have enough proof now. 

Hopefully he has seen the post and will remove all these fake reviews over the weekend, and we can forget all about it and move on, or we will all be having words next week.

I won't name him for legal reasons at the moment, so no asking  ;D

Give us a clue!
How many syllables?

I hold up two fingers  ;D ;D
Title: Re: How would you handle this...
Post by: nathankaye on November 15, 2019, 03:22:29 pm
No, im spartacus
Title: Re: How would you handle this...
Post by: Ooooooog on November 15, 2019, 03:30:07 pm
Defo not letting it slip as we need to halt this ASAP and put to bed.

The culprit is a regular user of this forum, probably wont admit to it, but we have enough proof now. 

Hopefully he has seen the post and will remove all these fake reviews over the weekend, and we can forget all about it and move on, or we will all be having words next week.

I won't name him for legal reasons at the moment, so no asking  ;D

Give us a clue!
How many syllables?

I hold up two fingers  ;D ;D

Two words!

First word...............?
Sounds like.........?
Title: Re: How would you handle this...
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on November 15, 2019, 03:35:25 pm
Defo not letting it slip as we need to halt this ASAP and put to bed.

The culprit is a regular user of this forum, probably wont admit to it, but we have enough proof now. 

Hopefully he has seen the post and will remove all these fake reviews over the weekend, and we can forget all about it and move on, or we will all be having words next week.

I won't name him for legal reasons at the moment, so no asking  ;D

Give us a clue!
How many syllables?

I hold up two fingers  ;D ;D

Two words!

First word...............?
Sounds like.........?

Nope the two fingers is me with a V sign hehe (joke)

Can't give any clues bud at the moment and won't if he resloves it out of respect  ;)
Title: Re: How would you handle this...
Post by: Slacky on November 15, 2019, 04:11:26 pm
Had a dodgy review left for me by a custard.

It motivated me in to updating my website and SEO. Im top of Google once more. Every cloud...
Title: Re: How would you handle this...
Post by: Richard iSparkle on November 15, 2019, 05:05:19 pm
I have been chatting today to another two wc in my area.  Most wc I tend to get on well with.

We have discovered today after a lot of digging and phone calls that we have a competitor leaving fake bad reviews on Google.    Without going into specifics we have recorded a pattern and and linked it to one competitor.   
 
Our blood is at boiling point and we need to tackle this somehow.   I admit, I need to calm down a bit before I make any contact, but any advice would be great.

drown it out with great reviews to start with..

then let the plonker know that you know.

leaving fake reviews is a mugs game. they can just do the same to you and then everyone looses
Title: Re: How would you handle this...
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on November 16, 2019, 02:02:39 pm
I have been chatting today to another two wc in my area.  Most wc I tend to get on well with.

We have discovered today after a lot of digging and phone calls that we have a competitor leaving fake bad reviews on Google.    Without going into specifics we have recorded a pattern and and linked it to one competitor.   
 
Our blood is at boiling point and we need to tackle this somehow.   I admit, I need to calm down a bit before I make any contact, but any advice would be great.

drown it out with great reviews to start with..

then let the plonker know that you know.

leaving fake reviews is a mugs game. they can just do the same to you and then everyone looses

Yep. Its a sad world we live in.  It's pure jelousy really.