Extortion is the YELP business model. It's probably mobbed run...

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Oct 17, 2019
12:43:25pm

ClackamasCoug All-American

so there could be some muscle involved to push the company along.

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ClackamasCoug

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Yelp could easily be doing some shady business IMO.

CougaRR4L

10/17/19 12:09pm

THe new BBB scam.

ThorLebowski

10/17/19 12:13pm

I would be surprised if it wasn't Yelp doing it themselves to collect $$$.

BYUtka

10/17/19 12:14pm

Yelp is a joke. I don't go to them for reviews because their data is skewed based on who is willing to pony up.

Pimpin4Paradise

10/17/19 12:15pm

it's seriously like paying the Mob money to stay safe.

Mayor of Cougartown

10/17/19 12:15pm

stories like this are why I don't trust anyone.

game.blouses

10/17/19 12:17pm

Not the first time I’ve heard of this.

NWCoug

10/17/19 12:23pm

Yelp is the worst. They just want him to pay them.

BYUCougarsFan

10/17/19 12:23pm

They called me often at my business (until I started screening their calls),

BYUCougarsFan

10/17/19 1:10pm

Is he Gephardt approved?

John Doe

10/17/19 12:27pm

A good friend of mine opened a restaurant and I left a review

USMCdad

10/17/19 12:29pm

Pretty much exactly what I would expect given what I have been researching

CougaRR4L

10/17/19 12:42pm

this guy agrees that yelp is, just like you describe, ripping businesses off

cwilke1

10/17/19 12:38pm

Extortion is the YELP business model. It's probably mobbed run...

ClackamasCoug

10/17/19 12:43pm

Yelp isOnline mafia - in law runs a restaurant and has the same extortion pitch

claw

10/17/19 12:49pm

friends that own businesses say to completely ignore them and focus on google

Mayor of Cougartown

10/17/19 12:50pm

Fascinating. If it’s really a shakedown, I’m game to never use yelp again. I

Jay Rick

10/17/19 1:29pm

No idea if its a shakedown. Just feels like one. I don't plan on using them.

CougaRR4L

10/17/19 2:45pm

Which state are u in? I may be interested depending on where u are

BR549

10/17/19 7:27pm

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