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LAWYERS: can business owner sue you over bad Yelp reviews?
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:34 PM Author: Sooty resort for example,
i wrote a scathing review for a new restaurant. I simply said the food tasted bad and it was overpriced. I submitted many photos to prove that i was actually there. I wrote from a subjective point of view. I said that the food didn't taste good for ME, however others could form a different opinion.
Well the owner personally emailed me to take down my review in exchange for a refund. He said that my review will hurt his business and that he's just a father who is trying to feed his family.
It's a dog eat dog world, ladies and gentleman. Why should I feel bad if he's providing the public with terrible food? I'd take my review down not for a refund, but for fear of a lawsuit. What's the chance he would file one? Would he win? |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:37 PM Author: glittery haunting ape Leave the poor guy alone. If you don't like the food then don't go back. No need to warn people unless he's defrauding people. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833722) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:41 PM Author: Sooty resort brother, business owners love to appeal to emotion. "i'm just trying to feed my family..." Well guess what, I am too. You're not special. I am simply posting my opinion on the Yelp. If your food is so good, I am sure you will receive plenty of good reviews that will make my review irrelevant. He's just scared because he has 3.5 stars on Yelp. Not my fault. Don't jump in if you can't swim. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833754) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:59 PM Author: rusted idea he suggested puppy fuck kinda fuccboi thinking is this? killself (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833861) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 1:35 AM Author: Odious gay electric furnace love of her life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834940) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 3:06 PM Author: dark immigrant wtf? I would like to know if a place sucks so that I can avoid going (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33837490) |
Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:36 PM Author: frisky bawdyhouse No he would not win, but you sound like a retard and you should just take the fucking review down. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833712) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:38 PM Author: Sooty resort why should i take the review down? isn't that what yelp is about? the food was shit bro. Like straight up garbage and overpriced. Why should i take it down? how does that benefit me? if he cant sue my ass, i wont do shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833730) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:40 PM Author: frisky bawdyhouse your logic is self defeating. how does it benefit you to write the review in the first place? it doesn't. the only argument to leave it up is that you're "benefitting" potential customers. why should you benefit them over him?
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:42 PM Author: Sooty resort I should benefit them because I benefit a lot from others' reviews on Yelp. They have provided me good advice. I am returning the favor. The owner hasn't done anything for me except ripped me off. I overspent for bad food. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833760) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:45 PM Author: frisky bawdyhouse he has offered you a refund. so by your logic, shouldn't you benefit him back? and if he's a guy who will give refunds to people who don't like his food, then is there really any problem with his restaurant?
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:51 PM Author: Sooty resort He would benefit. Not me. I would get my money back. But is it even worth it? I mean, I already spent gas money to go there. You want me to spend more gas money to go back?
In the business world, if you don't provide something valuable, you get eliminated. It's not MY fault his food stinks. If you're a father, why take the risk of opening a restaurant? Why are you doing that when you could find a regular job to provide for you and your family? Seems awfully selfish. I have no remorse. Why? Because I could easily get fired from my job if i have lackluster performance. I look out for ME. It's a dog eat dog world. |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 10:28 PM Author: frisky bawdyhouse (guy viciously fighting for his own interests by turning down free money) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834015) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 10:46 PM Author: Sooty resort it's not free money because i need to waste gas ... it's not free money because i am being told to shut up in exchange for money. You see, pal, free money is when you get money for not doing shit. i am being asked to do several tasks in exchange for money. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834109) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 11:28 PM Author: frisky bawdyhouse LJL at taking a yelp reciew down being a "task." Tyft. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834365) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:37 PM Author: Impertinent Dashing Meetinghouse Didn't you go to law school? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833719) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:48 PM Author: Demanding Codepig Do you remember anything you learned in law school?
Torts robot? |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:44 PM Author: nudist box office coffee pot weird thread. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833769) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:44 PM Author: geriatric son of senegal Dude take the money you're poor as shit and a refund is a refund (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833770) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:46 PM Author: Lake Private Investor Range fuck that. burn the dood to the ground. i hate yuppie ripoff shithole restaurants. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833788) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:47 PM Author: cerise marketing idea rehab YES I've done it numerous times (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833793) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:52 PM Author: Sooty resort you've sued ppl over bad yelp reviews (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833824) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:57 PM Author: cerise marketing idea rehab Yes. For clients. I can fuck a defendant up provided a company is willing to pay me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833857) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 10:05 PM Author: Sooty resort have u actually won? do you accuse the bad reviewer of defamation? do u first send a letter warning the bad reviewer to take it down because if they don't you will sue them? or do you just give them notice of lawsuit without first giving them a chance to take it down. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833889) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 11:03 PM Author: indigo stimulating sound barrier hospital Only scum shit lawyers do this and no, they don't win. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834212) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 11:15 PM Author: Sooty resort good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834281) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 11:27 PM Author: cerise marketing idea rehab Don't win? Who's taking this case to trial, and if you were a lawyer you!d know that, on hourly, the lawyer always wins. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834357) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 11:36 PM Author: Sooty resort what are the actual chances that a business would win over a consumer? and i am in california. are u familiar with California's ANTI-SLAPP laws? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834409) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 11:26 PM Author: cerise marketing idea rehab 14 day demand to remove the post, followed by a libel complaint served with maxes out discovery requests. Discovery requests are focused on financials and internet history. If client is willing to pay, private investigator already had the names of the spouse or close family, and I'm serving deposition notices.
I've done it a dozen or so times and never charged more than 10k before defendant agreed to stop the defamation.
It's shit work and not a primary practice, but it's fun to do. |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 11:45 PM Author: Purple vibrant native Ljl at issuing a discovery request for someone's internet history (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834454) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 3:09 PM Author: primrose motley affirmative action LJL. if i got one of those in the mail I would immediately pwn your clients' assholds with an anti-SLAPP suit, recover attorneys fees, and then file a malicious prosecution/17200 claim against you for the practice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33837513) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 3:10 PM Author: Sooty resort 180^180
you sound like someone i would hire ;) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 3:10 PM Author: indigo stimulating sound barrier hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33837520) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 3:14 PM Author: bateful stock car center Cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33837544) |
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Date: July 24th, 2017 12:18 AM Author: provocative yellow turdskin Lol no. South Carolina had no anti slapp law (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33840830) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 1:02 AM Author: Maize abode Lol your flame career is effectively done here with this post breh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834805) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:50 PM Author: Chocolate property jewess I don't understand how people find the will to type these Yelp reviews. If I don't like something I just don't go back to it, I don't feel the need to broadcast my distaste. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833809) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:53 PM Author: very tactful adventurous gas station ceo OP is clearly mentally ill hence the abnormal effort. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833833) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 10:56 PM Author: Irradiated anal space partner Odd case, his username and general poasting history made him seem so stable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834176) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:55 PM Author: Lake Private Investor Range past a certain point you just cant stomach 15 dollar turkey clubs with no turkey and no bacon anymore (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833840) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 1:03 AM Author: Maize abode (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834806) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 2:04 AM Author: low-t location (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33835021) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:53 PM Author: 180 filthy ratface I know small firm guys who defend ppl from that kind of bullshit a few times a year it's lulzy as fuck shitlaw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833832) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:53 PM Author: Grizzly submissive piazza nowag i hope you get hit by a bus crossing the street. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833834) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 10:23 PM Author: Sooty resort wtf ?
my review is in bad taste but hoping that i get hit by a car is okay? lol fuck off, liberal |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 10:57 PM Author: Irradiated anal space partner A conservahero would reflexively side with the small business owner moron (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834187) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 11:03 PM Author: Sooty resort a true conservahero would say to let the FREE MARKET decide
a true conservahero would say that the customer is always right
a true conservahero would say that a consumer shouldn't be scared to exercise his first amendment rights.
a true conservahero would agree that if people don't like your business, then that business shouldn't intimidate consumers |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 3:05 PM Author: Sooty resort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33837485) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:54 PM Author: Sepia legal warrant area take the refund and the review down, bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833836) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:57 PM Author: Sooty resort i will only do it for fear of a lawsuit. In his email, he didn't provide any hint of legal action. However, he did plead to me to take the review down. I am an unsatisfied customer. Yelp exists for a reason. Currently, he has lots of 1 star reviews. Lots of folks agree with me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833855) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 10:45 PM Author: Sepia legal warrant area look, unless he fucked you over hard the decent thing to do is to take the bad review down. the owner is trying and that's worth something. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834106) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 10:48 PM Author: Sooty resort if i worked at his restaurant, and if i had gotten a customer angry and customer had accused me of terrible customer service, my ass would have been fired. Now that he has fucked up, he wants me to sympathize? fuck that. We as employees have to deal with bullshit all the time. Let him deal with a terrible review. I don't care if he tries. If he was trying as you say, he food should have been decent and prices fair. I try all the time and don't get compensated. Fuck it. Unless he hints at a lawsuit, why should i take it down? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834121) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 11:10 PM Author: Sepia legal warrant area (petty vindictive guy everyone loves to hate) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834242) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 11:15 PM Author: Sooty resort that's just life. you reap what you sow. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834278) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:54 PM Author: Apoplectic dopamine people who leave scathing yelp reviews on forgettable restaurants are either autistic or were poorly raised. there is no middle ground. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833838) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 1:04 AM Author: Maize abode (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834809) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:56 PM Author: cerebral crimson double fault gto's review of per se:
i am still yet to taste a foie gras as decadent as that of the charlottesville ryan's buffet. |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 9:57 PM Author: unhinged floppy idiot fanboi Not legal advice but restaurant reviews are obviously not actionable if you're simply discussing food quality. The only way he might have a claim against you is if you are making claims that are proven to be objectively false (e.g. You saw the waiters doing blow or pissing in your food). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833853) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 10:00 PM Author: Sooty resort in my review, i discussed food quality and compared it with another restaurant. I said the other restaurant's food tasted better.
i also stated that the food was overpriced. I said that the food was not worth the price they are selling it for.
i also stated that the location is terrible as it is in a major street. and that street has lots of noise. and that same street is probably not family friendly.
i also stated that parking is impossible to find. |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 11:00 PM Author: Irradiated anal space partner Kill yourself (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834201) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 10:02 PM Author: Demanding Codepig I'd like to write a critical review of Le Bernardin. It's nothing special, and people NEED to know, especially if they're deciding among restaurants and can go only to one. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33833878) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 10:07 PM Author: Ruddy Swashbuckling Brunch Cuckoldry Can they? Sure.
Odds of them winning? Low, but they go way up if what you posted was false. |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 10:09 PM Author: Sooty resort i said things like "mcdonalds food tastes better than this"
and "the food here is overpriced"
and "parking is terrible"
and "i'd never come back" |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 3:10 PM Author: primrose motley affirmative action all nonactionable opinions (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33837518) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 10:27 PM Author: Shaky white place of business lodge E.E., I WANT TAKEOUT!! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834008) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 10:44 PM Author: Sooty resort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834099) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 11:24 PM Author: Sooty resort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834340) |
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Date: July 22nd, 2017 11:41 PM Author: Purple vibrant native People still go to restaurants? Brb paying $30 for $5 worth of food. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834435) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 12:50 AM Author: Sooty resort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834763) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 1:38 AM Author: Spectacular Know-it-all Goal In Life Institution congress just passed a law protecting such reviews (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33834953) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 4:21 PM Author: primrose motley affirmative action which opens up business owners dumb enough to do this to big liability/discovery costs in unfair business practices/PAGA actions. have fun producing 100% of your electronic correspondence for the last four years so I can see who else you did this to. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33837939) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 3:16 PM Author: bateful stock car center Stand your ground (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33837557) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 4:20 PM Author: curious bespoke school scourge upon the earth Is the restaurant owner white?
That's what should determine your options. |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 5:06 PM Author: Sooty resort White of Irish descent (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33838188) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 11:53 PM Author: curious bespoke school scourge upon the earth Cut him some slack. He is trying his best. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33840698) |
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Date: July 23rd, 2017 11:33 PM Author: big church hominid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33840577) |
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Date: July 24th, 2017 12:14 AM Author: Turquoise pontificating patrolman roommate I personally know someone who got sued for like a million dollars over a bad yelp review she made. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3682240&forum_id=2#33840811) |