[TYPO3-jobs] Reference Theaft

[Dieter Bunkerd]

Hi Andreas,

yes we insert header comments sometimes, but most agencies don't like 
that, since it's their client and the their reference after all.

I don't put too much weight on references anyway. We deal with agencies 
most of the time, they know us and don't ask for them. If they do, I 
simply ask them if they would like it, if I mentioned THEIR projects to 
other agencies. The answer is no, of course.

In regards to some Indian companies, JUST IGNORE THEM! Let them talk, or 
just hang up. Not all of them are the same anyway. Only the ones with 
negative behavior stay in your memory longer than others.

If I get unsolicited mails from ANY so called company (and not only 
Indian ones) it is spam, sure. Takes only the click of a mouse to get 
rid of this trash.

Best regards
Dieter


On 30.04.14 09:07, Andreas Becker wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have a general - perhaps more ethical - Question:
>
> How do you handle Reference Theaft?
>
> Nearly every week we receive phone calls and mails from Indian companies.
> They offer all kind of services and some also TYPO3 services. Not to long
> ago we had a call from an indian company which than have send us also some
> of there references. Fortunately the developers and agencies of the
> websites mentioned as references have inserted the header comment with
> their company data. We contacted them and all of them verified that all
> mentioned sites have been done by themselves and they not even know the
> Indian company and developers.
>
> One TYPO3 Company from UK mentioned as a reference by this Indian Company
> even states on their website, that they never outsource and do all
> development inhouse. A Serbian TYPO3 Company - even "Silver Member" - also
> verified that all mentioned sites have been done by them and not by those
> Indian developers.
>
> OK - no this time those references were not ours we could think and close
> the case! But IMHO we as a TYPO3 Community and even a TYPO3 Association we
> should actually start thinking a bit further and cooperate and perhaps even
> check the one or the other case.
>
> Now you could say - you will put them into spam or don't answer those calls
> etc. - well OK but this is not a solution to the problem itself.
>
> All companies we have contacted were actually very happy to hear about the
> reference theaft. no idea what they will do - probably nothing.
>
> So how do you deal with this?
> Do you insert the header comment?
> Do you contact a company if another one sends you references which is not
> mentioned in the header comment or somewhere else on the page?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Andi
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