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We're appalled at Coldwell Banker coming into SL, trashing the existing land business community that has been there for years in their atrocious press release, falsely calling those of us who in fact run reputable businesses "unscrupulous." They have *no idea* of the hardships, costs, and sacrifices people have made long before they got here. They are *clueless* about the nature of the world and the people in it.

Worse, while talking a good game about being a solution to "unscrupulous land dealers" in SL with their own product, they themselves have hooked up with the most notorious sign-griefers and land extortionists in Second Life! It's astounding -- either they didn't do their homework, were ignorant, or they've decided to be merciless and cuthroat as much as these people like the Coldwell managers Ancient Shriner and Chrischun Fassbinder, who scoop up tiny plots of land near beautiful residences and put ugly, spinning signs on them to destroy the view and land value, then put them to sale for extortionist prices to force people to "buy back the view" from them -- or else sell out their land at a low price so that these greedy land barons can grab it and flip it.

I am simply appalled at a real life company which I thought had a good reputation doing this.

Here's my story for our local newspaper, the Second Life Herald.
http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2007/03/signextortionis.html

I hope that Coldwell reverses their decision, apologies to the community they've insulted completely unfairly and illegitimately, and finds itself reputable partners.

Prokofy Neva