You hear about it almost everyday… there is a nicely designed web site done by a team (or sometimes an individual) that is not only nice to look at, but is also a unique idea, and a fledgling business struggling to be both born and survive in today’s depressed economy.
Des Moines has become a hotbed of web entrepreneurs, strategists, social marketing mavens, and other services and businesses catering to the tech community. I even wrote about some of them in a previous blog post, here – http://www.troyrutter.com/2008/07/08/big-fish-gets-cut-down-to-size-and-smiles.html.
One of those is a unique way to save money, and have relatives, friends and complete strangers contribute towards a savings goal. A new bank called Smartypig.
Now, take a look at the following site, a complete ripoff (based in Romania) -
http://www.trustypig.com
Their blog currently has comments UN-MODERATED… so feel free to tell these bozos how you really feel about the “Trustworthiness” of the Trusty-Pig.
I just don’t get how some people find this “acceptable.”
Bad pig!
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I’d go comment on their site but I don’t want to give up my email address. We’ll circulate some blog posts like this one and make sure everyone is aware of their wrongdoings.
Social media justice FTW!
Troy,
Thanks for the post. It is truly amazing to the extent some folks go to rip-off the work of others.
Thanks!
Mike Ferrari, SmartyPig co-founder
The irony is in TrustyPig.com’s huge, honking banner that screams “Think Outside the Box” … clearly their web designers should have taken heed. I also see that TrustyPig.com has modified their site design ever so slightly. Not enough to be considered out of the wood in my book.