now that's some savvy marketing right there :) There should of course be a special fee for people who do such a thing.
I don't think there should be legal issues if "virtual offices" are legal, certainly no problem in London. K -- @karllong http://experiencecurve.com On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:49 PM, Jerome Chang <jer...@blankspaces.com>wrote: > We first see if they've listed themselves at our address on Google Places, > then contact them, then either "return to sender" or sometimes have them get > a membership! > > > Jerome > ______________ > BLANKSPACES > "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" > > www.blankspaces.com > ph: 323.330.9505 | 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los > Angeles, CA 90036 > ph: 310.526.2255 | 1450 2nd Street (@ Broadway), Santa Monica, CA 90401 > > On Aug 4, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Derek Young wrote: > > > Hello Wise Co-Working Friends, > > > > It's been way too long since I've participated with this group. Suite133 > is still here and growing. We may be neglecting our coworking community > duties, website, and self-promotion, but we are still here. > > > > Here's my question for you. Have any of you had companies register your > address as their own without actually being a member? In the four years that > we've been around, this has happened twice. First it was a limousine > company. Then it was an alarm company. > > > > We first discovered it when someone dropped into our office to look for > one of the companies. A few web searches later and we discovered our address > all over the interwebs and in business license filings that were not related > to us. At first we got rather worked up about it. Our attorney, however, > told us to not worry about it as there was no actual harm being done to our > business. So, just the other day a few more people dropped in to see someone > about an alarm system. Again, our attorney (who has a desk here) tells us > that this is a problem for state/city government types that handle licensing > and not us. > > > > I'm curious. Have any of you run into this before? If so, what did you > do? > > > > Any input would be appreciated. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Derek Young > > Suite133 - Tacoma, WA > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
