Ripoff or misleading?: how to bulid your own panel and save BIG

westbranch
westbranch Solar Expert Posts: 5,183 ✭✭✭✭
in Solar Skeptics, Hype, & Scams Corner #1
power-4-homes dot com (link removed to not give them any search engine bait).

came across this site by accident today, how misleading!...:cry:

Read and beware should be the title

Eric

PS I found the link on the Weather Network page , in an "Ads by Google"

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/contactinfo/thankyou
 
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  • Cariboocoot
    Cariboocoot Banned Posts: 17,615 ✭✭✭
    #2
    Re: Ripoff or misleading?: how to bulid your own panel and save BIG

    One day there shall be a saying: "People who get their technical advice from the Internet deserve what they get."

    WHOOPS! I didn't mean that! :p

    Internet: The Misinformation Super Highway.
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  • niel
    niel Solar Expert Posts: 10,300 ✭✭✭✭
    #3
    Re: Ripoff or misleading?: how to bulid your own panel and save BIG

    actually, the problem is the greedy predators trying to rip people off and not the internet itself as you and i do know there are many who are not just trying to misinform to take advantage of others. for those not educated on it it is hard for them to know the ones trying to rip them off. unfortunately, that is most everybody that is uneducated enough and includes too many of those who supposedly represent us too. thieves are getting away with it too much and until the public and lawmakers see it they may not even know they've been robbed making it to be statis quo that it pays to steal.:cry: in the meantime, a good industry with honest people in it will suffer and could possibly be destroyed by those thieves.
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  • westbranch
    westbranch Solar Expert Posts: 5,183 ✭✭✭✭
    #4
    Re: Ripoff or misleading?: how to bulid your own panel and save BIG

    reply from TWN to my email outlining my concern over misleading ads..

    "Thank you for your email.


    These ads displayed are controlled by Google not us. If you can send us the URL of the advertiser (the solar power company) then we can block the ad from appearing through Google ads on our site.



    Regards,

    Manuela

    The Weather Network/Météo Média"

    I sent them the url for the PP site..

    Good to know:D that they too are concerned with misinformation...

    Eric
     
    KID #51B  4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM
    CL#29032 FW 2126/ 2073/ 2133 175A E-Panel WBjr, 3 x 4s 140W to 24V 900Ah C&D AGM 
    Cotek ST1500W 24V Inverter,OmniCharge 3024,
    2 x Cisco WRT54GL i/c DD-WRT Rtr & Bridge,
    Eu3/2/1000i Gens, 1680W & E-Panel/WBjr to come, CL #647 asleep
    West Chilcotin, BC, Canada
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  • solarvic
    solarvic Solar Expert Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭✭
    #5
    Re: Ripoff or misleading?: how to bulid your own panel and save BIG

    When I browsed the ripoff site someone tryed to start a chat and then a popup for a screensaver. I didn,t click on anything and hope my virus software is working ok. S:Dlarvic
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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,613 admin
    #6
    Re: Ripoff or misleading?: how to bulid your own panel and save BIG

    FireFox + Noscript (add-in for FF) + Adblock Plus (add-in) + Adblock Plus filter subscription service...

    No pop-ups/pop-unders/drive by down loads/blinky-flashy-noise ads... :D

    -Bill
    Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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  • icarus
    icarus Solar Expert Posts: 5,436 ✭✭✭✭
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    Re: Ripoff or misleading?: how to bulid your own panel and save BIG
    westbranch wrote: »

    came across this site by accident today, how misleading!...:cry:

    Read and beware should be the title

    Eric

    PS I found the link on the Weather Network page , in an "Ads by Google"

    http://www.theweathernetwork.com/contactinfo/thankyou

    I would be a little leery of the the first link. It seemed to trying to cookie me, and wouldn't let me leave!

    Tony
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