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X10 Wireless Technologies Inc. Tries to Game Digg.com

2007-03-26
By: Carlton Bale
In: Web
With: 0 Comments

I recently discovered that X10 Wireless Technologies Inc was trying to post false customer testimonials on my site. Upon further investigation, I also discovered that they “The X10 Gang” has been trying to game Digg.com as well.I found 8 users that I believed to be part of The X10 Gang. I looked-up the Digg and Submission history for these users and found 25 total stories. Of these 25 stroies, 23 either pointed to an X10 website or to a story about X10. These users only dugg stories submitted by one another — but didn’t digg any submissions by any other users. Furthermore, there are twoRead More →

The Deceptive Marketing Practices of X10 – Purchase a Harmony Remote Instead

2007-03-24
By: Carlton Bale
In: Home Theater
With: 5 Comments

I recently wrote a short review of the Harmony 1000 touch panel remote. Yesterday afternoon, that post received a suspicious comment entitled “Screw Harmony, the iconRemote Rocks!” from someone using the name illuminati and the e-mail address [email protected]. The problem is that the comment was posted by an employee of X10 Wireless Technology Inc and they did not divulge their affiliation. I’m not making baseless claims — I have proof and can share it if necessary. In my opinion, this is deceptive marketing and is in violation of the marketing code of ethics. The comment told the story of how the person purchased a LogitechRead More →

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