Donn Edwards and QVC came to an agreement
by Stii
Not a long time ago, QVC vs Donn Edwards were all the rage since they were suing Donn Edwards for loss of income due to some blog posts he wrote. This led to widespread outrage amongst fellow bloggers and a lot of them retaliated.
It seems though that the issue was settled out of court. I received this Facebook message:
I met with Ian Wilcox and John Meyer from QVC at the Midrand Protea Hotel. There were no lawyers and the meeting went extremely well. We all needed to come to an agreement that we could be happy with, and not leave feeling bitter. The agreement we drew up and signed (using a laptop and a portable printer) is the best we could manage, and I’m happy with it.
I have removed the articles and references from my blog, and the court cases are being suspended for 5 years. Provided I don’t write derogatory things about QVC in that time, the cases will be allowed to lapse, and no harm is done.
Bear in mind that my initial visit to QVC was 18 months ago, and much has changed during that time, including the way they do their marketing. Whether I agree with the way they do business or not is irrelevant: they changed in response to my complaints, and the complaints of others, and had I known that I would not have written further articles in August and September last year.
I think the blogger community has done a great job in highlighting this issue, and I thank everyone who participated. We have all learnt a great deal. I request that the current facebook group be closed in order to help me keep to my side of the agreement. I realise I can’t insist on this, but the group was there to provide support, and it has done so in a wonderful and effective way.
Thanks once again!
Donn Edwards
Good for you Donn. Good for QVC, I guess. Pity they didn’t do this from the word go then all the unpleasantness could have been avoided.
Except they contacted me in October 2008 (https://singe.za.net/blog/archives/948-Youve-won-a-car-Scam-Carlswald.html) they were still using their dubious methods, and the wealth of complaints logged against them for late 2008 would indicate they haven’t changed their methods. I’m glad they’ve left Donn alone, but these guys are still at it, and Donn removing his entries will just make it that much easier for them to continue.
QVC were clever to sue. (bad cop)
Now they approach him in a friendly manner (good cop) he is relieved and will say/do whatever they want.
All QVC need now is a name change and they’re good to go.
I was contacted today (19 Feb 2009), about the chances of winning a Chevy Spark, blah blah at Eden Gardens 28 Guildford, blah blah… and luckily I stumbled on all of this wonderful information. So thank you for that.
But the point is that I doubt they have changed marketing campaign in the slightest.
Hah, thats interesting! Thanx for telling.
I was also contacted on February 25th about the chances of Winning a Chevy Spark and was promised I dont have to sit through a presentation, upon arrival, we were all guided to a boardroom with a, you guessed it, WHITE BOARD and projector…
I got up and left. I knew about Donn, but just wanted to check if they keep on keeping on… I can not confirm the name of this company though, some odd name. Yes Brian at Eden Gardens.
By the way, it was on a phone number, a vodacom one that I got in January and a select few friends know this number…. How did this company get it?
Nice. So they shut Donn up and continue business as usual. Not cool!
QVC will never change ther tricks. it’s time they got exposed by a big boy, someone like Carte Blanche.