Quechup Hell

In the past two weeks I have been cavorting naked having Internet problems as well as announcing my candidacy for president of the United States wireless system issues. This week I return and...WHAMMO! I spilled Quechup all over everyone in my email address book. It is my hope that getting this post up right away may act as a stain treater and no one will end up having to throw out their shirt or blouse because of me.

I want to let the entire Internet know if they have received an invitation from me, Devra Renner, to join Quechup it is a bogus invite; Done without my knowledge nor consent. How did this happen? Well, I had received a Quechup invite from someone I knew, and thinking it was a legit operation like Linked In, I accepted the invite. BIG MISTAKE! Had my life been what my husband refers to in his line of work as "Ops Normal" I would have been up to date on reading blogs and would definitely have read what my blogmiga Karen at Vodkarella had to say about Quechup. Dana from The Dana Files also vented about her Quechup experience. Unfortunately, I was caught unawares and my entire address book was commandeered.

Yes there is fine print to read when you sign up, but it could be interpreted a couple of different ways. I interpreted it that Quechup would contact ME and I would be the one determining who from my address book I would then extend an invite. Well, lo and behold, they do it the other way. THEY determine who to invite, and guess what? It's your ENTIRE address book. EVERYONE. So Amazon.com got an invite from me, my kids' teachers, and a shitload of journalists and all of my professional colleagues too. All spammed by me without my knowledge. Lovely!

I thought about sending out a mass email to everyone, but then I read what Dwight had to say and reconsidered. I figured I'd just put this hellish experience up on the blog and hope that anyone who reads this will just tell two friends and so and and so on....
Addendum: According to their website, www.idatecorp.com, their CEO is Mark Finch and can be contacted at mark@idatecorp.com. Glen Finch is the Vice President and can be contacted at glen@idatecorp.com. Feel free to email them and tell em to hold the damn Quechup!
Here is their legal counsel's contact information which I found on their website:
United States General Counsel:
Loeb & Loeb LLP345 Park AvenueNew York, NY 10154-0037Tel: (212) 407-4000
United States Special Counsel
Ronald J. Stauber, Inc.A Law Corporation1880 Century Park EastSuite 300Los Angeles, CA 90067Tel: (310) 556-0080