I Gave A Parent Notice And Now They Are Badmouthing My Daycare

[butterfly]

I flagged it too!

[permanentvacation]

Thank you all! I am not going to say anything specific on Craigslist about or to this family. However, I did start posting ads titled "Children love playing at Happy Faces Daycare" and then posting 12 pictures of my previous and current daycare kids playing.

This might turn out to be a good thing for me. I actually have 3 interviews scheduled now since I placed that ad!

[hope]

Keep flagging the ad and in the mean time, type up a Cease and Desist letter and mail it to them. In it, make sure you quote their craigslist posts (print out the page and send a copy if you want) and demand that they stop badmouthing your daycare or face the legal consequences of slander.

I had a family that was termed bad mouth me on craigslist. I flagged each and every post that was put up. I want to warn you that someone who is crazy enough to post something bad about you for revenge does not stop after being flagged once. The family I dealt with posted multiple times a day for months. It seems as though they were not logging in to post or changing email accounts bc no matter how many times I flagged they kept posting. They also flagged my ads on craigslist which made it impossible for me to advertise. They also flagged me on care.com. unfortunately all I could do was continue to flag them and repost my ads often. Eventually they lost interest.
I'm sorry you are going through this.

[melilley]

I flagged it too...ha!

[permanentvacation]

Hope,

Wow! That's just crazy! Sorry that you went through that. I have already thought about placing ads in the local papers and the Pennysaver so no one can flag the ad or badmouth me right where I'm advertising.

[nanglgrl]

I flagged it for you!

[nanglgrl]

Here's the link to flag the ad: http://baltimore.craigslist.org/kid/4146686936.html

[permanentvacation]

Heidi, Butterfly, melilly, Brustkt, and everyone else that is flagging their ad, Thank you!!

CedarCreek, there's nothing I can do legally. They have freedom of speech on their side.

[butterfly]

Here's the link to flag the ad: http://baltimore.craigslist.org/kid/4146686936.html

Yep and they have posted several others too that I also flagged. I just searched by Happy Faces daycare.

[permanentvacation]

nanglgrl,

Yes, that's their ad. Thank you. I don't know how to put the website link on here.

[permanentvacation]

Butterfly,

Thank you!

[KDC]

I flagged it as well Good luck and sorry you're going through this.

[Blackcat31]

Heidi, Butterfly, melilly, Brustkt, and everyone else that is flagging their ad, Thank you!!

CedarCreek, there's nothing I can do legally. They have freedom of speech on their side.

Not necessarily.... you CAN contact an attorney and have them draft a cease and desist letter because although there is a freedom of speech law, there is also a law stating you can't slander a business or person with FALSE accusations. How does this woman KNOW what you do all day? How does she KNOW you sit kids at the table all day or that you don't have kids in care because of your "bad" daycare...kwim?

EVERYTHING she is saying is slanderous and can cause you to lose business so you DO have a right to legally ask her to stop.

I flagged the post too...there were 3. I flagged them all.

She posted on October 17, 18 and 23rd

[williams2008]

I'm sorry you are having to deal with this. I flagged as well. Good luck!!:hug:

[CedarCreek]

Not necessarily.... you CAN contact an attorney and have them draft a cease and desist letter because although there is a freedom of speech law, there is also a law stating you can't slander a business or person with FALSE accusations. How does this woman KNOW what you do all day? How does she KNOW you sit kids at the table all day or that you don't have kids in care because of your "bad" daycare...kwim?

EVERYTHING she is saying is slanderous and can cause you to lose business so you DO have a right to legally ask her to stop.

I flagged the post too...there were 3. I flagged them all.

She posted on October 17, 18 and 23rd