Determined (or maybe just obsessive)

@dawnald (85137)
Shingle Springs, California
August 21, 2013 11:25am CST
So I had made a complaint about that real estate agent who represented the buyers in my home sale. I won't go into the story again, but the complaint was ignored, and I posted some negative reviews online. Alas, not understanding how Yelp works, my review there got filtered. This means it's still there at the bottom, but doesn't factor into the person's score, and you have to click a link and enter a captcha to see it. Meanwhile, she sent two friends over to post positive reviews. These people signed up at Yelp, posted just that, and didn't go back. One of them actually has her as a friend there. So, I complained. One of those two reviews got filtered also, and I am hoping that the other one will as well. Meanwhile, I got sneaky, set up another account, did a bunch of reviews, and then went back over there and re-posted my negative review, re-worded. Hopefully Yelp's filter doesn't check IP addresses. OK, so I'm an OCD pain in the neck, but I think I have a legitimate gripe, and a right to be heard. Now, how to get the dang review up on Zillow. They rejected it, and when I asked them what I needed to change, instead of responding, they rejected it again. Hmm......
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@Bluedoll (16770)
• Canada
21 Aug 13
I think IP addresses get noticed, I know it is not hard to see. It does seem biased when you get rejected without reason but owners of a site can do that and often do. I think it is fair that they give a short reason than not but it is their business. Real estate reps are like lawyers they can play on both sides and gain financially from it. Hope you are able to voice what you want to.
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
21 Aug 13
I believe the reason may have been that I gave her a negative review and another real estate agent a positive review. both got filtered. This time I gave her a negative review on one account on one IP, and the other agent a positive review on a different account on a different IP. We'll see if it works. Both reviews are deserved.
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
21 Aug 13
@dawnald And before I did that, I posted lots of other reviews...
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Aug 13
@dawnald And... My nice review of my own realtor has gotten itself filtered. The other one is still there so far. may send a local friend to put my review up for me and see what that does.
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