Residential Complex in Florida penalizes customers for negative reviews on $ 10,000

Bad review about the hotel, restaurant or cafe can just bury the business. And if a lot of bad reviews, you can safely shut down, and go in search of a different fate (although there are exceptions to this rule, and these exceptions are quite a few). So, on Geektimes already published material about the hotel in England, who prescribed in the rules of stay of guests a ban on negative feedback. hotel guest simply fined £ 100, if the employee is a negative feedback left by this man, for example, on Trip Advisor.

Now this practice and trying to emulate other "businessmen". For example, жилой complex of Florida also ordered a ban on negative reviews. In this case, the fine is much higher than in the case of the hotel, here it is ... $ 10,000! And another $ 5,000 for each repeat violation. Here kontraktik , scanned copy.

Required to pay the penalty within 10 working days. Plus, all the pictures or recordings that made the residents of the complex and are related to the object, the owner considers his, he claims the rights to all such content. There is a rather interesting situation when the photos taken during a family dinner, can be the subject of a dispute with the owner of the residential complex, because here considers these photos of his property.

According to the homeowner, a situation where a large number of tenants publish negative reviews, requiring then reduce the rent, or when suing the landlord, it is becoming more common. One of the managers of the company that owns the complex, said that such a move was made in response to a large number of the fake negative reviews that have appeared recently on the web.

It is worth noting that contracts with paragraph "a ban on negative reviews" are used more and more business representatives. Lawyers argue that such contracts without any problems can be challenged in court, because no one has the right to demand to sign such documents. But to solve the problem can only court.

And while some companies are trying to penalize their current or former clients of the negative reviews. So, ретейлер trying to collect $ 3,500 for couples with negative feedback. Here and стоматолог, who was trying to get money from his client for his reviews.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/247086/