[budster101]

The bastards got my private e-mail from a complaint and now are spamming me big time.

It's the Dell Idiot on Marketplace.

What can be done?
Anyway of getting back at them?
I'm getting all sorts of crap now.

[SVass]

SUE THE B.........DS! Oops sorry, I forgot that you don't believe in punitive damages. sam

[budster101]

I thought that someone was spamming in the name of the company as they had said in their e-mail to me, but then I got spam directly to my e-mail account from THEM, so it is unlikely this is a revenge tactice by another or someone other than the company doing the spamming. Nobody has this e-mail address of mine, but the actuall company.

The spammer's e-mail address is: direct2deals@gmail.com and he listed a return e-mail as support@direct2deals.com

At first glance it appears to be someone acting wrongfully in regard of the company, but then I started receiving spam from the company.

[budster101]

Originally Posted by SVass

SUE THE B.........DS! Oops sorry, I forgot that you don't believe in punitive damages. sam

I am against excessive sueing, as it raises insurance costs for all of us among other things. Frivolous lawsuits have ruined it for those with legitimate reasons to sue. Doctors have to pay out incredible fees that make them leave the state for malpractice insurance. Illinois is losing great doctors and there is a serious problem there.

Regarding Spammers and sueing? Not sure I'm really in a position to do such a thing, unless they go overboard and cause me serious problems. I am not the type to sue, as I would rather work things out with people. I just got food poisoning from a restaraunt, and my idiot sue happy inlaws were joking about sueing the place, saying things like "You could use 10k" right? and laughed...

I don't think like that.
All my wife and I would want are our medical costs paid for. Not punitive damages, if that is ok with you.

[SVass]

Boston Globe

Rising doctors' premiums not due to lawsuit awards

Study suggests insurers raise rates to make up for investment declines

By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff | June 1, 2005

Re-igniting the medical malpractice overhaul debate, a new study by Dartmouth College researchers suggests that huge jury awards and financial settlements for injured patients have not caused the explosive increase in doctors' insurance premiums.

The researchers said a more likely explanation for the escalation is that malpractice insurance companies have raised doctors' premiums to compensate for falling investment returns.

The Dartmouth economists studied actual payments made to patients between 1991 and 2003, the results of which were published yesterday in the journal Health Affairs. Some previous studies have examined jury awards, which often are reduced after trial to comply with doctors' insurance coverage maximums or because the plaintiff settles for less money to avoid an appeal. Researchers found that payments grew an average of 4 percent annually during the years covered by the study, or 52 percent overall since 1991, but only 1.6 percent a year since 2000. The increases are roughly equivalent to the overall rise in healthcare costs, said Amitabh Chandra, lead author and an assistant professor of economics at the New Hampshire college…

Meanwhile, malpractice insurance premiums for internists, general surgeons, and obstetricians have skyrocketed since 2000, jumping 20 to 25 percent in 2002 alone…

[budster101]

Sorry, but that's not the case in ILLINOIS. I know quite a few doctors and the lawyers are running them out of town.

A doctor is sued wrongfully just once and his premiums skyrocket.... anyway.

[Scotttheking]

We are working on dealing with the spammers. It's harder than it looks.

[budster101]

Ok, I hope you deal with them severely... when you do deal with them that is...