http://lukewelling.com/2008/02/12/sweeping-bad-press-under-the-rug-using-seo/ Just another nerd’s weblog Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:11:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://lukewelling.com/2008/02/12/sweeping-bad-press-under-the-rug-using-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-2823 ken Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:56:51 +0000 http://lukewelling.com/2008/02/12/sweeping-bad-press-under-the-rug-using-seo/#comment-2823 I'm really not surprised you people aren't finding much on this guy Mirkalami. It's hard to find a snake in the grass. Mirkalami is part of a whole family of cousins and brothers who run auctions of questionable ethics all over North America. They use tricks like inflated appraisals, eye candy auction lots like Mercedes, Porsche etc (which are often just rentals), high end watches like Rolex modified with low grade diamonds, Persian and Asian rugs which did not originate from the country they claim and usually have little value, "original" works of art whose authenticity is difficult to confirm, and shills in the crowd to make sure everything goes exactly as planned. These guys are in and out of town before anyone has a chance to complain. And often people are too embarrassed after having been taken to tell anyone anyway. The auction preview starts just one hour before the auction begins, so you don't really have time to do any research, and all it takes is a few minutes to fall under the spell cast by the glitter and bling. The fine print is in their catalog, and you don't get to see that until you surrender your drivers license to the auction. If at this point you feel as though you're trapped in some sort of web, try not to panic, mr. spider will be along shortly, and all it will cost you is an arm and a leg to get out of there. I’m really not surprised you people aren’t finding much on this guy Mirkalami. It’s hard to find a snake in the grass. Mirkalami is part of a whole family of cousins and brothers who run auctions of questionable ethics all over North America. They use tricks like inflated appraisals, eye candy auction lots like Mercedes, Porsche etc (which are often just rentals), high end watches like Rolex modified with low grade diamonds, Persian and Asian rugs which did not originate from the country they claim and usually have little value, “original” works of art whose authenticity is difficult to confirm, and shills in the crowd to make sure everything goes exactly as planned.
These guys are in and out of town before anyone has a chance to complain. And often people are too embarrassed after having been taken to tell anyone anyway. The auction preview starts just one hour before the auction begins, so you don’t really have time to do any research, and all it takes is a few minutes to fall under the spell cast by the glitter and bling. The fine print is in their catalog, and you don’t get to see that until you surrender your drivers license to the auction. If at this point you feel as though you’re trapped in some sort of web, try not to panic, mr. spider will be along shortly, and all it will cost you is an arm and a leg to get out of there.

]]> http://lukewelling.com/2008/02/12/sweeping-bad-press-under-the-rug-using-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-2822 Lee Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:45:55 +0000 http://lukewelling.com/2008/02/12/sweeping-bad-press-under-the-rug-using-seo/#comment-2822 Luke - congratulations! You called it. You were completely right. Jim's brother just left me a comment explaining the whole thing and it is precisely what you described in this article. Luke – congratulations! You called it. You were completely right. Jim’s brother just left me a comment explaining the whole thing and it is precisely what you described in this article.

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