Comments on: Merchant Circle: 90,000 Businesses Registered

By: Mario

Mario — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:20:43 +0000

same procedure happened to me, i got the call , checked their web page i had no reviews, i faxed them a nasty letter called the phone number mentioned above, some has to get to the bottom of this, they are full of (EDIT)if you ask me. to finish it off, they didn’t even have me listed as the correct address now how will a customer know where i’m at if they cant find me? BULL(EDIT)

By: M. Mayer

M. Mayer — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:07 +0000

They called me today to tell me that someone found me through a positive review on their site and to list with them! Mended their evil ways my aunt tillie – they just changed their tactic from the phone call about a negative review to one about a positive – all lies – my business doesn’t have any reviews on their site!

By: John

John — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:17:43 +0000

Their phone number is 650-352-1336.

Hmm, only a voicemail. let see how long it takes them to call me back.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:18:32 +0000

I too got a call. And they are unreachable via phone. Putting you number into their ‘blue box’ gives them information they can use. I called out State Attoney General’s office and reported them as phishing for business.

By: Sandye Sowers

Sandye Sowers — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:29:27 +0000

I saw that a woman responded negatively about Merchantcircle including her husbands business free. That he relies on word of mouth only for his business. She obviously has no clue of marketing a business. If you are short sighted and don’t have a long term goal to grow your business then, she’s right just rely on word of mouth. However there are several factors that will erode her word of mouth customer base as well as prohibit them from reaching people who may never come in contact with someone who has used there service or product. So my conclusion bad business practices and we sometime need to realize that when we open our mouths we allow people to see how uninformed we are.

By: Liz Villa

Liz Villa — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:55:16 +0000

I have noticed that Merchant Circle has my husband’s business listed. Neither one of us ask them to post our business online. There was a comment that that indicates anyone who does business with them doesn’t care. I CARE VERY MUCH and we (Husband/Myself) did not ask to put on this website. Just FYI for those people out there who think that all the business owners are in agreement with Merchant Circle. My husband’s business has always been word of mouth and his actions not his advertisements! This is one business owner who does not agree with them!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:04:59 +0000

Recorded phone solicitation today (7/27/07) despite our number being on the donotcall list. Made complaint with FTC. Interesting that no phone numbers are listed on their website and their domain registration has been made private. I guess they don’t want to be bombarded with the same crap they are delivering to us.

I thought we had a name for someone who makes you pay to avoid them doing something that hurts you. Requiring me to respond, research, make complaint, and then fill out their removal form is stealing my valuable time. I guess it’s more than one word: thief, blackmailer, terrorist — you pick. Nice business model, guys. Hey, MerchantCircle — how is your reputation?

By: Tam

Tam — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:37:20 +0000

Same sort of thing happened to me just now, Brian, and we are listed on the Do Not Call Registry as well. Decided to check up on them first and I’m glad I did. If they lie about access to that first review then imagine what else they may lie about. The reason they don’t post better contact info is that they would be beseiged with irate calls or messages most likely! Wouldn’t trust these guys if they were the only reference on the web.

By: Brian C. Smith

Brian C. Smith — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:34:20 +0000

I got a phone call today at work. It was a recording that “claimed” I had a review posted by one of my customers about the service at my barber shop. The recording went on to say that all I needed to do was log on to MerchantCircle.com and type in the business phone number. Then I could read this “review”. Well, I typed in the number. Then the site told me that I had to register to read the review. This was free registration, or so it said. I will soon find out. So, I registered. There was no review. I had been tricked. Then I found where to “unsubscribe” and did so immediately. I tried to find a way to contact MerchantCircle.com. I found nothing in the way of a phone number or e-mail address. I found this site.

By: Rae

Rae — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:33:09 +0000

From what I just saw today, they haven’t cleaned up much. I just got done ranting about them on my blog – sites like theirs give local search/review sites in general a bad name.