WHAT'S UP WITH WEBLO.COM? COULD IT BE A SCAM?

WHAT'S UP WITH WEBLO.COM ...

.could this new 'community' website be a scam? Or is it just badly run? Digging deeper into Weblo's pasts we find that they got bad marks from some for a "Virtual Hire" contest they had earlier for another site developed by the same company-- more on that later...

Okay, you may have seen this blogger's post earlier this week about buying some 'virtual' cities on a new website and 'virtual' community called www.weblo.com.

We have emailed Marketing Director, Sean Morrow

who posted a note on Sept 28 saying that -- well here's the link

Read More...:Lanching Module Tile: Opening Up to You 
Lanching Date: 28-Sep-2006 
Module Details:
Hello Weblo Members... Can you help?

MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE and a slightly flakey background??????

At the time of Hollywood2020.blogs.com post the site www.weblo.com

was only 5 days old...

now for the past 48 hours the site constantly says it is down for maintenance

once you sign in and go to the 'location' of the properties you've purchased.

NOW, we're starting to wonder about the site....

which has been getting some decent PR in web reports

on such reputable sites as "RED HERRING", "BOSTON HERALD" ,

CNET News Canada, here are links to some of those posts

...note that it seems that any articles/interviews seem to have stopped

except to passing reference to Weblo.com as of 48 hours ago....

AND NO MESSAGE IN THEIR LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

SECTION SINCE SEPT 28 -- almost 2 weeks ago.....

Here are links to PR and note latest developments while we were

writing this blog-- read to the end of the article...we're still skeptical

because of the recent research we did...

Hollywood2020 note:we advise you do NOT buy

on this site www.weblo.com nor

subscribe to it until they fix their

technical problems and

start posting daily updates to users...

Want to run the world? Name your price: Real cash buys virtual ...
Boston Herald, United States - 23 hours ago

Weblo's world: a crazy online economy
CNET News.com, CA - Oct 6, 2006
Weblo is an interesting online game that mirrors a

Virtual World, Real Money
Red Herring, CA - Sep 29, 2006
Launched Tuesday, co-founder Rocky Mirza’s “Weblo” is a virtual epicenter 

Line between virtual and real world blurred as more pay for online ...
Calgary Sun, Canada - Sep 28, 2006
... Michael Edelson shelled out $60,000 for the right to...

UPDATE -- there is a note under LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

Blogger note: it seems to have gone up on Oct 10

NOW I did not see this at the beginning js

of writing this blog 1/2 hour ago-- here is the note:

Improvements On the Way 
Move By:  PR Director, Kelly Ekins  10-Oct-2006 

Hello Weblo’ers!

We know it has been a while, hence we are here!

While we admit we have been a little quiet lately,

there is a reason for it.

We’ve been working away feverishly to ensure

Weblo.com is offering you the best experience possible

and while we can agree that it is not quite

there yet, we can tell you all that it is

moving in a positive direction.

Please give us a chance to outline some

of the great things that have

been going on at Weblo.com.

In response to your feedback,

we’re happy to announce Ryan Bastien

has joined our team in the role

of Community Manager. His main responsibility

is to be out there,

in the community, to listen, to offer information,

and to keep you all up-to-date on the daily happenings

here at Weblo.com.

You'll see him popping in on forum discussions

as well as posting here at Weblo.com.

Ryan has already been posting in

a Weblo member’s forum at www.webloforum.com.

Stay tuned for more news on Ryan’s role.

The Weblo Wizard is our main priority and we expect it

to be up before the end of the week.

We know creating the sites for your Weblo

Assets is important to you

and that’s why it’s important to us.

When the wizard is up, please send us your feedback.

We’ll set up a specific email address for this

and we’ll let you know what it is tomorrow.

Yes, we’ll be back tomorrow – with more news.

PR Director, Kelly Ekins  10-Oct-2006 

OKAY KELLY, HOLLYWOOD2020.blogs.com

we will be back tomorrow too

to see what's up...

we remember Pixelon

.Pixelon issues sweeping layoffs after founder's arrest | CNET News.com

9:45 PST UPDATE FROM WEBLO.com via emai:

At the beginning of this post we emailed Weblo.com --

we did get an email back from

Sean -- the marketing director--here's what he says:

Joyce,

Have you checked the Latest Developments?

We just uploaded some new points,

we have a new Community Manager and, even more,

we expect the Weblo Wizard to be up with the next few days!!

We’re also working on getting the site faster

and more accessible! We’re well on the way to success!

Thanks for the feedback, thanks for the support

and keep checking back...we’re only getting better!

Are members are our top priority!

Best,

Sean

[email protected]

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Comments

[Enterprise]

My personal experience with weblo.com has been great!
Weblo has always paid me, and they pay fast never had an issue with getting paid. I support this site 100% and have met some great people along the way. You should test it out for your self before you knock something.

You can check my sites out here:

http://www.weblo.com/member/Enterprise/

[Anonymous]

My thinking is that this could be a MLM (pyramid) scheme to get the high ups rich. If you notice, the person who owns the most property is one of the admins. How many of the other top users who own the most property are related to the company in some way? Do you really think that they are paying with their own cash for these properties? The people who own the states and airports gain revenue everytime someone purchases property under them. The cash filters up. The top of the pyramid makes the most cash.

Brilliant idea. I only wish that I had thought of it first.