[Summit] Boycott Samson Realty

[red smith]

While you're at it, boycott Weiss.

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Coryndon Luxmoore <coryndon at luxmoore.com>wrote:

> Tricia,
> Yup I did  the same several months ago as they also repeatedly sent me
> emails to my listing (marked no solicitation) offering rental listing
> services in violation of the craigs list terms of service. No action by
> craigslist despite repeated customer service emails.
>
> --C
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> Coryndon Luxmoore
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> Interaction Designer
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> coryndon (at) luxmoore (dot) com
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>  On Nov 4, 2009, at 10:42 PM, Patricia Kammerer wrote:
>
>  Dear neighbors,
>
> I own a 3-family house in the neighborhood (and live in one of the units)
> and have for many years used craigslist, and other means of advertising, to
> rent apartments.  Along with renting during a bad economy at a horrible time
> of year, us mom-and-pop landlords now have to deal with a local realty
> company hijacking craigslist with their ads.  If a potential tenant is
> looking for an apartment on craigslist and types "east side" in their
> search, EVERY ad Samson Realty has posted in the entire region comes up,
> including apartments for rent in Bristol, Attleboro, West Warwick, and
> Central Falls.
>
> I have flagged Samson's ads nearly every day for "spam/overpost" which
> craigslist says to do if ads are "too commercial" or have been seen too
> often.  But I am one person. I have also emailed Samson encouraging them to
> stop this practice.     Yet today, on November 4th, there are no less than
> 65 ads for non-east-side Samson apartments posted under an "east-side"
> search.
>
> If you are a local neighborhood landlord finding yourself in a similar
> position, or even if you are just a concerned neighborhood citizen, I
> encourage you to go on to craigslist and flag the Samson ads for
> spam/overpost.  I also encourage you to boycott this realty company if you
> are looking for an apartment or if you are trying to rent one of your own.
>  And, since this is Rhode Island, if you know someone at Samson Realty,
> please encourage them to correct this situation.
>
> Many thanks, all, for letting me rant.
>
> -Tricia Kammerer
> 23-25 Exeter Street
>
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