Avoid These Auctioneers

[Sparrow]

I don't know the precise circumstances actual case Arjay is talking about, but this does not seem like a question of guilty until proven innocent at all. From what I understand from Arjay's description, the website in question did not go down because they were ordered to close, but because they couldn't afford their ongoing legal costs and couldn't get insurance - presumably because they were being sued all the time and not all of those lawsuits were wrongful.

If you run a disclosure website you can be sure that not all of the "disclosures" posted on your website are truthful. So you can be sure that some of those libel suits will actually hold water.

I don't think that phenomenon is entirely unheard of in whatever jurisdiction you live.

rxmd, precisely. Your explanation is perfectly to the point.

... so that has no relevance to this?

 

[Andy Kibber]

Provided Ctein's post is factually accurate it's not defamation (libel).

Good on him for putting his story out there. If no one complains about shabby treatment by a company, the company will have very little reason to change its ways.

 

[Soothsayerman]

Im an insurance claims investigator. Guernseys followed the same procedures a lot of companies do. Some are pretty cold and impersonal about it, some are not. Everyone handles claims differently but if he signed an insurance agreement and in hindsight, realized the terms and conditions were not to his liking...

The best thing to do is have your work insured by a company you choose ahead of time and that way you know very well the terms and conditions if something bad happens along the way. It is your property and ultimately your responsibility if things go south.

Accidents happen, that is what insurance is for.