On Friday, The Consumerist published a follow-up to a story about a blogger who tried Cash4gold of TV infomercial fame, found out that (surprise, surprise) the company rips people off, and blogged the experience. The blogger has since been offered $3,000 (not in gold, I imagine) by said sleazy enterprise to delete the post.
This incident really speaks to the power of blogging and the shadiness of most anything you’ll see advertised as an easy way to make cold hard cash.
On that note, I’d like to concur that Cash4gold is indeed a horrible rip-off. Cha-ching!
Did you see the latest on Cash4Gold?
http://www.cash4gold.com/newspr/press-releases/cash4gold-provides-cash-for-the-golden-state-worlds-1-gold-buyer-donates-to-red-cross-to-help-with-california-wildfire-relief-efforts/