Competitor to me: Don’t use our site
I received this e-mail the other day. Quite funny stuff.
Mr. Goyer:
mail [*at *] mattgoyer.com
We are aware that you have registered and set up multiple accounts with [name removed], Inc. (”[name removed]”). As part of that registration process, you agreed to our Terms of Use. As part of those Terms of Use, you acknowledged, among other things, that you are a prospective purchaser or seller of real property [Matt: I am a prospective purchase]. Additionally the Terms of Use mandate that all real estate licensees contact and advise [name removed] of their licensed status before accessing the password protected portions of the [name removed] website.
It has come to our attention that you are a Project Manager for Redfin, Inc., [Matt: Actually I’m a Product Manager] a licensed real estate broker in California and Washington. We believe that you may have registered and accessed the [name removed] website in violation of the [name removed] Terms of Use. As such, we have inactivated your accounts.
If we are mistaken, feel free to contact [name removed] with an explanation of your real estate needs, and we will consider re-activating your account. Absent such re-activation, please cease and desist any further attempts to register or access any password protected areas of the [name removed] website. Additionally, we admonish you that the password protected portions of [name removed]’s website is proprietary to [name removed].
We certainly welcome competition in the real estate industry. However, such competition must take place on a level playing field. If we learn of further improper access to our website, we will take any and all appropriate legal action to protect our rights and to ensure that any legal transgressions are prosecuted to the full extent allowed by law.
We wish you the best of luck in all of your professional endeavors. Thank you.
March 3rd, 2007 at 2:27 am
that’s hilarious!