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Sep 9
Beware of Justtwogirls.com!
I’ve posted about this company, justtwogirls.com, at my other blog, Customers Are Always, but I wanted to spread the word here because I know that there are fashion designers here who may be thinking of having a website built.  Read my original post about the company here – and the follow-up here.  My fellow colleague here at Know More Media, Jocelyn, who writes at Its Bad Business, has also blogged about it

This woman preys mainly on women who want to have a website built for their online business.  The reason why I bring it up here is because many of her “victims” are indie designers like purse-makers or jewelry designers, etc. 

Before you hire someone to do a website for you, make sure to do some checking around first! 

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Oh, My - how could I have missed this information when I was looking to have them developm my site. I can send over copies of emails that were sent from Katie, another justtwogirls.com employee. When I asked for turnaround time they said and hour - after I place my order they told me even longer, but when I asked why the spin, she berated me for questioning her. If you need me for a class actionsuit, please contact me at the listed email address.

They shouldn't be allowed to treat customers so poorly.

If you need their domain registrar, you can always go to whois.com or net or something like that. Here is what they have listed for information:


Registrant:
RegisterFly.com - Ref# 26626177
623 Eagle Rock Avenue Suite #7 West Orange, NJ 07052
,
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: JUSTTWOGIRLS.COM
Created on: 23-Jan-03
Expires on: 23-Jan-07
Last Updated on: 29-Jan-06

Administrative Contact:
, jnr5xub5czz3grn@protectfly.com
RegisterFly.com - Ref# 26626177
Whois Protection Service - ProtectFly.com 623 Eagle Rock Avenue Suite #7 West
Orange, NJ
07052
,
United States
+1.9737362545 Fax -- +1.9737361355

Technical Contact:
, zaeuyrsgzr3m95j@protectfly.com
RegisterFly.com - Ref# 26626177
623 Eagle Rock Avenue Suite #7 West Orange, NJ 07052
,
United States
+1.9737362545 Fax -- +1.9737361355

Domain servers in listed order:
NS.WEBIGNITE.NET
NS2.WEBIGNITE.NET


The previous information has been obtained either directly from the registrant or a registrar of the domain name other than Network Solutions. Network Solutions, therefore, does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.

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Current Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC.
IP Address: 66.166.79.107 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
IP Location: US(UNITED STATES)-CALIFORNIA-SAN FRANCISCO
Record Type: Domain Name
Server Type: Indeterminate
Lock Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
DMOZ 1 listings
Y! Directory: see listings
Web Site Title: Just Two Girls - SuperCharged osCommerce, osCommerce Design and osCommerce Development
Meta Description: Let Just Two Girls help you make the most of your website with cutting-edge web design, osCommerce design, and content services. Our SuperCharged osCommerce is the top choice for putting your store on the web and our pr
Meta Keywords: oscommerce, supercharged oscommerce, oscommerce shopping cart, ecommerce, e-commerce, ecomerce, oscomerce, os-comerce, os-commerce, just two girls, just two girls web design, cms, content management system, cms web design, oscommerce web design, oscommerc
Secure: No
E-commerce: No
Traffic Ranking: 4
Data as of: 28-Sep-2005

Web of deceit: Nixon shuts down Poplar Bluff Web site designer who defrauded customers

Poplar Bluff, Mo. — Attorney General Jay Nixon has pulled the plug on a Web site design firm that accepted payment for services from small businesses and then failed to deliver on a variety of promises, defrauding at least 15 victims out of thousands of dollars. Circuit Judge Mark Richardson granted Nixon a temporary restraining order against Christina Stevens of Poplar Bluff, owner and operator of Just Two Girls and The Tech Girls. Nixon's lawsuit, filed in Butler County Circuit Court, is also seeking injunctions and appropriate penalties.

Nixon says the defendant marketed her services mostly to women small business owners who do most of their business online. Stevens claimed that her business provided Web site design and development, Web hosting, installation of special Web site features such as shopping carts and security protections, Internet domain name registration and graphic design. The 15 victims who filed complaints with the Attorney General's Office paid between $500 and $800 for the services, and included the wives of four current major league baseball players.

“Many small business owners are too busy to learn Web site design themselves, so they entrust their hard-earned money to a Web design firm such as the defendant's to help market themselves,” Nixon said. “Instead of getting a Web site to help their bottom line, these victims were fed a line by the defendant about the quality and timeliness of services and verbally harassed when they had complaints.”

Nixon alleges that the defendant engaged in numerous instances of fraud and deception, including:

Misrepresentations about the total price of the services, features that could be provided on the consumers' Web sites and dates by which the consumers' Web sites would be fully operational;
Refusing to transfer consumers' Web sites to a server not controlled by the defendant in a timely manner, and refusing to release Web site templates to the consumers for whom the templates were designed;
Damaging databases provided by consumers such that the consumers were required to pay another company to repair the databases;
Sending harassing and/or threatening e-mails, some containing profanity or racial slurs, to consumers with whom the defendant had a disagreement; and
Shutting down or denying access to the consumers' own Web sites when the defendant had a disagreement with the consumer, and posting banners on consumers' Web sites indicating that the consumer owed the defendant money.
Nixon is seeking preliminary and permanent injunctions against Stevens to prohibit her from continuing to solicit and provide internet services such as Web design to consumers. The lawsuit also asks the court to order the defendant to provide full restitution to all consumers from whom she received payment for Web design services and were victimized by fraud and deception; pay a civil penalty of $1,000 per violation to the state; pay to the state an amount of money equal to ten percent of the total restitution paid by the defendant to her victims; and pay all court, investigative and prosecution costs in the case.

Inquiries from consumers should be directed to consumer@ago.mo.gov or 1-800-392-8222.

All media inquiries should be directed to Press Secretary John Fougere.

E-mail Phone: 573-751-8844 Fax: 573-751-5818

Yes, I've been cheated by Just Two Girls too! I paid them a ton of money and never rec'd a single thing, other than empty promises. PayPa refuses to refund my money too!

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