Hoping to contact Tim Cushing or another writer seriously digging deep on this story -- I think I have traced Will Bermender down to a physical address. I don't want to post publicly, so if anyone could use this to help put this guy out of business (and behind bars) email me directly.
I'm with Sally, and think all roads lead back to Will Bermender.
Has anyone checked the meta data on the emails KlearGear, etc., have sent, to see if they actually come from a French IP... and if not, indicate a consistent location from where they are coming from?
Is there any evidence that KlearGear is more than one person using assorted identities?
I haven't spent as much time researching this as the obsessive compulsive side of myself would like, but I have googled just about every new name that has popped up associated with KlearGear in their various press releases. There is only one person who seems to come up with a social media presence, and that is Will Bermender, the CEO of Chenal Media the supposed owner of Kleargear, who has a detailed profile on LinkedIn http://linkd.in/Ssv0Jv One of the original articles on Rip Off Report suggest as much, noting Bermender does use aliases: http://bit.ly/1vSP8UB I think analyzing the law is pretty moot at this point -- if journalists, or even casual observers, are really interested in this story, they'll start trying to find out who the man is behind the curtain, and how they can continue to get away with such a shoddy business for so long.
But this appears to also apply to anyone who uses the website, not just people who buy products. So we're now all possibly going to owe KlearGear $3500!
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An actual address
Hoping to contact Tim Cushing or another writer seriously digging deep on this story -- I think I have traced Will Bermender down to a physical address. I don't want to post publicly, so if anyone could use this to help put this guy out of business (and behind bars) email me directly.
Re: BS
I'm with Sally, and think all roads lead back to Will Bermender.
Has anyone checked the meta data on the emails KlearGear, etc., have sent, to see if they actually come from a French IP... and if not, indicate a consistent location from where they are coming from?
Is KlearGear any more than one person?
Is there any evidence that KlearGear is more than one person using assorted identities?
I haven't spent as much time researching this as the obsessive compulsive side of myself would like, but I have googled just about every new name that has popped up associated with KlearGear in their various press releases. There is only one person who seems to come up with a social media presence, and that is Will Bermender, the CEO of Chenal Media the supposed owner of Kleargear, who has a detailed profile on LinkedIn
http://linkd.in/Ssv0Jv
One of the original articles on Rip Off Report suggest as much, noting Bermender does use aliases:
http://bit.ly/1vSP8UB
I think analyzing the law is pretty moot at this point -- if journalists, or even casual observers, are really interested in this story, they'll start trying to find out who the man is behind the curtain, and how they can continue to get away with such a shoddy business for so long.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The disparagement clause WAS on KlearGears site
You set a very low bar for "belligerent asshole." This is the internet, after all.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The disparagement clause WAS on KlearGears site
I'm sure that what you're asking for is a full confession of error. Here it is: I made a mistake. Oops, whoops, etc.
Re: REALLY?
Indeed. My error.
The disparagement clause WAS on KlearGears site
Here it is, on the Terms of Use page (from Dec 18, 2008):
https://web.archive.org/web/20131026141710/http://www.kleargear.com/termsofuse.html
But this appears to also apply to anyone who uses the website, not just people who buy products. So we're now all possibly going to owe KlearGear $3500!