A new comment . . . , and a call for a class-action lawsuit!

Tonight I got a comment from Jason on my last post, which read:

"Thank you for posting my comment. I would like to clarify in the event of an unfortunate misunderstanding that I did not mean for a moment you would edit comments for the sake of editing comments on your blog. I do not have any experience with Blogger but do know that in Wordpress one can edit comments. I foolishly assumed all blogging platforms allowed for that. I merely wanted you to know that I would happily support your editing of my comment.

I do wish I could post my experiences with TDW but unfortunately I am not allowed to discuss them in any detail. I am fortunate in that I am a product of two respected attorneys and did not have to pay to go after this company and its ownership. That is all the settlement allows me to say unfortunately."

Thanks, Jason, and I'm sorry that your hands are tied, and thanks for the clarification.  Of course, your settlement came with the proviso that you would not divulge anything.  TDW wouldn't want it to get out that they settled with anyone.  Then they might have to settle with everyone who had a legitimate complaint.

At this point, I am going to say something, too.  I am calling on all those who have a similar story with The Discount Warehouse (TDW Closeouts) as I do.  I say that anyone whose money was taken and they didn't get what they thought they were paying for should send me their name, address, phone number, and email address, and when I get a sufficient number of people to file a complaint, I will attempt to file a CLASS-ACTION lawsuit against TDW, and we will fight to get our money back.  Send me this info in a comment on a post, and since I moderate all the posts, I will not post any personal information, but keep the information I get in confidence, until we get enough people to make a class and find an attorney to make a case.  Then The Discount Warehouse will hear us loud and clear.

Today, I got a comment . . .

I received a comment today from another person, Jason, who is not happy with The Discount Warehouse, or TDW Closeouts, as they also call themselves.  Here is the comment:

I love your blog and just like you I got scammed hard by TDW Closeouts but I have to say that I really wish you would remove the following sentence:

" Plus, if I had just put the original $2.4K in the bank that I sent TDW in 2005, I probably would have made that much in interest."

This is the only weakness on your entire blog. There is no way you could make $1,200 in interest off of $2,400. That would be a rate of 50% and considering that the very best bank rates are just a couple percentage points you would actually be looking at an interest return of around $216 for the entire 6 year period. I work in banking and truly if you remove that one sentence your blog would be iron-clad. It is the only weakness on the entire blog.

I see you moderate these comments. If you choose to remove that sentence please feel free to delete the above paragraph before you post my comments that are not related to that single sentence.

Thank you for keeping up the fight against TDW as many of us have been scammed by them and others needs to know.

And here is my comment on his comment:

Thanks, Jason, for your thoughtful comment on my blog post. Yes, I know that was an exaggeration on my part. I just wanted to point out that the exercise of ordering anything from The Discount Warehouse was to make money over and above my investment. Not only did I not make anything, I lost money. And no, I can't easily delete anything from your comment. I can either put it up in its entirety, or not at all. If I could change comments, I could make them all positive for me. That wouldn't give me a chance to comment on them either.

Thanks again for your comment.  Now, take it to the next level:  start a blog, and put up a youtube video.  Chase The Discount Warehouse in all media.  Tell the world about your experience and let them judge.  It is your First Amendment Right!

And Now, there are three . . .

Now there are 3 blogs that I know about.  I linked to one before in another post.  And now there is:

http://tdwcloseoutsscam.wordpress.com/ .  How's that feel, Raphael?

My youtube views . . .

As of this morning, I have one hundred seventy views of my youtube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWcHPQs04rw , while TDW Closeouts, The Discount Warehouse has 1,941.  While The Discount Warehouse is getting way more hits, not every hit accounts for people buying.  But since my little video is just 3 little title pages, and does not have pretty pictures, I think that my 170 views probably represents a bunch of people making a decision to buy, or not.  It is amazing to me that since the owner of TDW has expressed that he thinks this is putting a damper on his business, and he thinks it has cost him thousands in lost revenue, it would behoove him to rectify it with me and the others who have complained about what they got and their treatment at his hands.  After all, if he is running a legitimate business, wouldn't he want to make it right with all concerned?  I don't know what kind of car he drives or what kind of house he lives in, but I will guess he is making a lot of money off poor people like me, or You, to be able to do that.  Wouldn't he have a better business with one less Mercedes or a large home, if he just had the idea that the people who comment here and have dealt with him before are hurting and his actions may have destroyed their dreams?  He told me God will punish me for what I am doing.  Does he think he is without sin?  I am only standing up for my rights.  I think he will be surprised when he meets God, because I don't think God will approve of his business practices.  Are you reading this, Raphael?