tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78914732009-06-19T22:40:18.387-07:00The corner cutting law firm? (in all fairness, I don't know them personally, but they seem like it by my first impressions)Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1100662844854456192004-11-16T19:41:00.000-08:002006-08-29T08:05:21.563-07:00

Well, just when I think that Winn and Sims can't shoot themselves in the foot any further, they do it again... There was a post I made over here where an Anonymous reader made some slanderous remarks (well technically it's libel because it was written, not spoken). Not thinking anything of it, I didn't look into it any further. My sister on the other hand thought it might be Winn and Sims.

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1099964720774547312004-11-10T14:11:00.000-08:002004-11-10T14:11:37.880-08:00

Not only has Winn and Sims not accepted ownership of the domain (per the settlement agreement), they are also 3 weeks late (so far) for filing the request for dismissal with the court (per the settlement agreement, it was supposed to be filed no later than October 20th [15 days after the execution of the settlement agreement]). I'm not sure if it's even possible to drag your feet any more than

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1099964432301787482004-11-09T11:59:00.000-08:002004-11-09T11:59:08.796-08:00

I'm trying to give Winn and Sims the winnandsims.com domain per the settlement agreement and it's been a week now since I initiated a domain transfer to their requested email address. I've also resent the request to them almost every day. {knock, knock} Anyone home? A domain can't be transfered to someone unless the receiving party accepts ownership of it. Maybe they changed their collective

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1099427235684720552004-11-02T13:28:00.000-08:002004-11-16T12:29:44.526-08:00

I got tired of waiting for Winn and Sims to do it, so I went ahead and initiated the domain transfer for winnandsims.com on my own just to get this whole thing over with. Hopefully they will be able to figure out how to accept it.

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1099430547643863232004-11-01T13:17:00.000-08:002004-11-02T13:22:27.643-08:00

Why, that would be Winn and Sims (the law firm) of course, with 28 unique visits between May 28, 2004 at 11:34:39 am and now. Everyone there seems to use Internet Explorer on Windows 98 or Windows 2000 as their web browser. Someone should tell them about Firefox. It's a much better browser.

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1098330656385434762004-10-19T20:50:00.000-07:002004-12-30T14:19:40.353-08:00

I know that debt collectors must deal with pretty idiotic people on a normal basis, but Winn and Sims must think I'm beyond stupid. The settlement agreement was already signed and executed by all parties, and part of that agreement was a clause that I would transfer the domain winnandsims.com to them by completing any necessary domain transfer forms within 10 days of receipt. Now, they try to

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1098139933397891212004-10-17T11:37:00.000-07:002004-10-18T15:52:13.396-07:00

Since Winn and Sims gets my domain as part of the settlement agreement, I've moved everything over to my new domain (winn-and-sims.com). To be honest, I kind of like this one better anyway. :)

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1098139763732654182004-10-15T15:50:00.000-07:002004-10-18T15:53:32.950-07:00

I got a signed copy of the settlement agreement yesterday. Since I made it specifically clear I would not agree to anything that requires confidentiality, I can share it. This is what it ended up being... I get my money back that was levied ($6,858.94). Cavalry agrees to pay for my attorney fees ($3,000). Winn and Sims gets ownership of the winnandsims.com domain (but not the content). Any

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1092418686865359762004-09-15T10:17:00.000-07:002004-11-02T13:23:16.150-08:00

One interesting thing I noticed is that Winn and Sims paid $22 to serve my summon to appear in court (mine must have been a deal because they paid $45 for a different one to be served). The company that they paid to do it is based in Los Angeles (I'm in San Diego), which is a 216 mile round-trip between their location and the location I was supposed to be served papers at. Now lets do the math

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1099428676664925722004-09-11T18:38:00.000-07:002004-11-02T12:51:16.666-08:00

Winn and Sims went on a tear and bought all sorts of good domains. Maybe they are expanding and would like to have a unique domain for each office location or something. winnandsims.net winnandsims.org winnandsims.info winnandsims.biz winnandsims.us winnsims.net winnsims.org winnsims.info winnsims.biz winnsims.us probably others too... They already own winnsims.com, and I'm going to give them

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1092788827422593902004-09-07T13:07:00.000-07:002005-10-10T01:27:15.190-07:00

CompanyRatingFIt seems I'm not the only one that has complaints about Winn and Sims as a company. They seem to have an unsatisfactory standing with the Better Business Bureau. In fact, they have the lowest possible rating with the Better Business Bureau (a rating of "F").Quote from the BBB regarding Winn and Sims...F means that we strongly question the company’s reliability for reasons such as

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1091939520597323662004-08-17T21:25:00.000-07:002004-10-22T12:43:36.573-07:00

Winn and Sims apparently received an obscene letter directed towards Ralph (Sims I'm assuming). Since it was postmarked from San Diego, it was logically attributed to me. It's that same sort of logic and Sherlock Holmes-like investigation skills that started this whole silly case. So while I don't actually claim responsibility, they did send my attorney a copy of it (which of course was

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1093544570063907052004-08-13T11:19:00.000-07:002004-08-26T11:39:38.860-07:00

The 30 day extension we granted them has now passed, and much to my amazement (haha!), Winn and Sims is still unable to produce the requested documents for discovery. We gave them another month, so now they have until September 12. Although I'm not really holding my breath on this one.

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1094681978878312202004-08-11T15:15:00.000-07:002004-09-13T12:34:34.170-07:00

I was bored, so I decided to see who Cavalry actually was, and it looks like I hit the nail on the head from this entry. From their website: ...one of the largest buyers of distressed debt in the United States... It's still one of those things that my brain wants to spell as Calvary for whatever reason (see previous post).

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com602tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1093511856704166452004-08-09T14:15:00.000-07:002004-08-26T11:38:43.453-07:00

The default judgment was officially reversed by the court. So at least the whole thing is back to the point of me being able to prove this is identity theft, and not bad debt (which will be cake).

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1091938863965631872004-07-20T16:00:00.000-07:002004-08-07T21:41:28.666-07:00

It seems Winn and Sims is unable to produce the documents we requested for discovery, so a 30 day extension was granted to allow them to do so. This gives them until August 12.

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1091936000562492342004-05-19T09:00:00.000-07:002004-08-07T21:12:48.920-07:00

Apparently Winn and Sims heard that I'm fighting it, and they offered to give me half my money back. Right... It's about the principle for me, and I would be willing to pay more than what they took just to get it back. Also, I forgot to mention that Winn and Sims willfully set aside the default judgment, so we don't have to do the hearing on June 8th.

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1091935902650055002004-04-23T09:00:00.000-07:002004-08-07T20:31:42.650-07:00

Have a hearing set at the Van Nuys courthouse on June 8th to start to undo what Winn and Sims did.

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1094587364460510302004-04-15T13:00:00.000-07:002004-09-10T09:35:49.046-07:00

After seeing their name all over the court documents, I was wondering who they are exactly (they don't sound like a credit card company in my opinion). I could be totally wrong, but as far as I can tell they look like they buy large quantities of bad debt from credit card companies as a whole. The financial business world is fascinating, isn't it? hehe (just kidding) BTW, I don't like the

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com174tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1091937917866514562004-04-14T15:03:00.000-07:002004-08-07T22:08:37.433-07:00

I was bored, so I poked around a little bit. Winn and Sims' offices are in a pretty cool historical building... This is what it looks like now: And "back in the day":

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1091935862623832692004-04-13T14:00:00.000-07:002004-08-09T12:42:49.066-07:00

Since the judgment was entered on October 29, apparently I only have 2 weeks to do anything about it (there is a 6 month time frame). Which if you ask me is incredibly lame because if they choose to snag my money a month from now, I would have been completely out of luck, even though I knew nothing about it.

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1091935785083152672004-04-13T13:00:00.000-07:002004-08-07T22:09:57.086-07:00

Called Juan this morning and gave him my right address (since they never had it to begin with). That way they actually know where to send my money back to.

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1091935744210465082004-04-13T11:15:00.000-07:002005-10-19T23:26:40.606-07:00

Hey look, I'm famous (just kidding of course). Open Directory gave us an entry in Allegedly Unethical Firms which propagates out to the hundreds of sites/directories that use ODP data. For example:Winn and Sims link in Google directoryWinn and Sims link in DMOZWinn and Sims link in Science DailyWinn and Sims link in ThumbshotsWinn and Sims link in knowledge.comWinn and Sims link in Excite UK

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1091935589040967232004-04-12T19:00:00.000-07:002004-08-07T20:27:20.640-07:00

Ate some salmon for dinner while looking over some of the court documents. Lots of interesting things here: Says I was served on June 27, 2003. It also says the person who was served has black hair, blue eyes, is 5' 4" and 160 pounds. That's interesting, because I'm 6'0", no hair (have a clean shaven head since about 6 months before this date), brown eyes and weigh 155 pounds. The person who "

Shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130077403143326491noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891473.post-1091935461214440392004-04-12T11:30:00.000-07:002004-08-07T20:24:21.213-07:00

Spent six hours in Los Angeles traffic going to the Van Nuys court house to get a copy of everything in the file. Officially you can only get 20 pages without filing a duplication request and coming back another day to pick it up. After a little arguing, they photocopied all documents for me right then and there (I didn't particularly want to drive from San Diego again).

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