Comments on: ImportGenius: The Disruptive Shipping Database

By: Ryan Petersen

Ryan Petersen — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:05:32 +0000

Hi Andrew,

I have no record of anybody named Andrew Williams ever signing up for ImportGenius.com. Did you perhaps sign up for the account under a different name?

I’m sorry to here about your negative experience. I would be more than happy to discuss this matter with you and offer you a refund if you truly feel the way you have expressed in this comment.

Best regards,

Ryan Petersen
ImportGenius.com
Co-Founder
888-843-0272
ryan@importgenius.com

By: Ryan Petersen

Ryan Petersen — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:02:57 +0000

Before you give any credence at all to these disgruntled commenters, please give us a call so you can see for yourself.

We provide very sensitive data about the operations of American importers and their suppliers. Not surprisingly, we’ve ruffled a few feathers.

We’ll be happy to provide a live demo of the service so you can understand that we are not a scam.

Best regards,

Ryan Petersen
ImportGenius.com
Co-Founder
888-843-0272
ryan@importgenius.com

By: Ryan Petersen

Ryan Petersen — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00:31 +0000

Hi Todd,

I can find no record of you ever being an ImportGenius.com user of any sort and this is the first I’ve ever heard of your wild accusations. If this was real I would have expected to have heard about it directly from you at some point, but I’m taking the time to respond just to show how seriously I take these accusations.

If you are a real person and this is a legitimate complaint, please give me a call at 888-843-0272.

We’ve never had a single problem that even remotely resembles these accusations, so I’m sure you are just another guy with a grudge about his company’s data appearing in our database.

By all means though, if you are serious, please get in touch.

Best regards,

Ryan Petersen
ImportGenius.com
Co-Founder
888-843-072
ryan@importgenius.com

By: Ryan Petersen

Ryan Petersen — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:55:29 +0000

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ryan Petersen and I’m one of the founders of ImportGenius.com.

None of these three people above have EVER been members of ImportGenius.com. Instead, they are all a single person who was upset that we would not remove his company’s dat from our database of public records.

Ordinarily I wouldn’t even bother replying to these kinds of trolls, however we have been the subject of widespread unfounded accusations in comments section of any blog that mentions us.

While I understand that the data we offer frequently contains sensitive information about a company’s business operations, the fact of the matter is that these records are public documents under U.S. law, and my company has every right to make those public records searchable for the public.

If you have any questions about the attacks made by these or any other commenters, please give me a call at 888-843-0272. I’ll be more than happy to explain exactly how we get our data, what it can be used for, and even provide you with some free samples to help your business.

Best regards,

Ryan Petersen
ImportGenius.com
ryan@importgenius.com
888-843-0272

By: Thomas Payne

Thomas Payne — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:28:16 +0000

Do a good service for your customers and no matter who calls them, they should still be a customer. Only those traders and supply chain managers who basically get a cut for doing some paperwork should be worried. I wouldn’t worry about my company coming up in here at all.

By: Todd Monatrio

Todd Monatrio — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:53:37 +0000

IMPORT GENIUS IS A COMPANY OWNED BY A THEIF. AS A RESULT OF ALL THE LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST THEM, THEY SHOULD GO TO PRISON FOR STEELING MONEY OF HONEST COMPANIES. IMPORT GENIUS SELLS GARBAGE. IMPORT GENIUS SELLS FAKE MADE UP DATA. STAY AWAY!

By: Todd Monatrio

Todd Monatrio — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:48:37 +0000

IMPORT GENIUS IS A SCAM! STAY AWAY FROM IMPORT GENIUS. “IMPORT GENIUS REVIEWS” SHOW SCAM SCAM SCAM. PLEASE DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY.

By: Todd Monatrio

Todd Monatrio — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:46:38 +0000

Import genius is a joke. As soon as I signed up I had 3 unauthorized transactions on my credit. They also show fake made up information. They have many lawsuits against them. SCAM SCAM SCAM!

By: Todd Monatrio

Todd Monatrio — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:45:02 +0000

Import Genius stole my money and they are one of the biggest scams out there. Import Genius only has negative reviews. I have filed a lawsuit against them. I can’t believe they are still in business.

By: Todd Monatrio

Todd Monatrio — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:41:29 +0000

I am a victim of Import Genius myself. I gave them my credit card and all of a sudden I had 3 unauthorized transactions on my card. I understand they are currently being sued. Import Genius reviews are all negative.

By: Todd Monatrio

Todd Monatrio — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:37:42 +0000

I tried out Import Genius and stole my money. I can’t believe these horrible people can get away with this. Their website is currently being sued. PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM IMPORT GENIUS. THEY ONLY SHOW NEGATIVE REVIEWS.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:27:13 +0000

I think people should report the case to the authority that “Import Genius” is scam…scam…scam. The Authority should take action against this type of company.

By: wally

wally — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:49:41 +0000

I understood you can get this kind of data on importer for free on the US Customs website. Can anybody tell me what is the process exactly

By: Chris Smith

Chris Smith — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:06:00 +0000

IMPORT GENIUS STOLE MY MONEY!!!!! DO NOT BUY! THEY SELL GARABE AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SUED!!!!!

By: Chris Glass

Chris Glass — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:04:58 +0000

IMPORT GENIUS > SCAM SCAM SCAM. DO NOT BUY!!!!!!

By: Ted Johnson

Ted Johnson — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:03:43 +0000

DO NOT BUY IMPORT GENIUS. THEIR WEBSITE HAS GIVEN ME VIRUSES. THEY STEEL YOUR MONEY AND THEIR INOFORMATION IS GARBAGE.

By: Ted Smith

Ted Smith — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:01:28 +0000

DONT BUY IMPORT GENIUS! THEY SELL GARBAGE AND ITS A SCAM

By: Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:00:04 +0000

Import Genius sells garbage. Their data is all made up. Scam scam scam!!!!4

By: Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:59:08 +0000

IMPORT GENIUS IS GARBAGE. THEIR DATA IS WORTHLESS! SCAM SCAM SCAM

By: Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:56:46 +0000

STAY AWAY FROM IMPORT GENIUS. THEY STOLE MY MONEY AND THEIR DATABASE KEEPS CRASHING. THE SHIPMENTS ARE ALL WRONG. ITS ALL A BUNCH OF GARBAGE. WHAT A SCAM. SCAM SCAM SCAM!!!!

By: Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:55:49 +0000

I tried using Import Genius and they suck. They are a start up company and their shipments are all wrong. It’s all a bunch of garbage. They stole my money and their system keeps crashing.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:44:44 +0000

You can submit a request to US Customs to make your imports anonymous to everyone but them. Talk to your import broker about it, they will get you the right docs.

By: Tech Reader

Tech Reader — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:39:31 +0000

Although this information is public record, it should not be allowed to be pasted all over the internet. I too googled my competitors name and it came where he buys his products overseas, well I don’t want anybody to know where I buy my products, particularly general public and startup Joe Shmoes who think they can open across the street.

Even though it is public record before it was a deterrent enough that no one really knew where to look or bother with the time to look for it.

This is one service that needs to be shutdown.

By: Jon Smitten

Jon Smitten — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:33:29 +0000

Boy you’re an idiot.

You canot use this information or database to track the number of any illegal arms coming in from anywhere. Would you write “1200 Cartons of Chinese AK-47″ on your papers? Neither do they.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:34:52 +0000

I thought that this information is private.
How can this be legal?
I did a search of a competitor and it showed me one of their overseas vendors name & address.
I wouldn’t want my competitors to see my private sources. This site and any like it should be shut down immediately.
Who can I complain to?