Fields Data Recovery Exposed On Germany TV

Despite many websites, forums and blogs and some competitors reporting problems with the efficacy of data recovery services provided by Fields Data Recovery, Rapid Data Recovery and Dataphoenix,  too many consumers are being affected by an internet marketing operation designed to promote data recovery services yet they promote their  ISO 9001 accredittionj and  INVESTOR IN PEOPLE  status and very low pricing yet far too many complaints are reported to trading standards in the UK  and several County Court Judgements in the UK and now Canada.* are showing that such an operation has attempted the same methods worldwide.

Qestions have to be asked:-
 
Why did they malign their competitors when they operate in such a way as to bring themselves into such disrepute that a German Investigative TV programme would dedicate 8 minutes to their modus operandi  ?

Why are they involved in so many other papermill scams.  ****

Why do Fields Associates takes payment for several attempted recoveries for the same clients under differrent brands Dataphoenix , Rapid Data , Rapid Data Recovery, Fields Data Recovery yet never successfully recover any data and often leaving the drive in such a contaminated state no other labs were willing to touch anything sent to them.

At least now they have been exposed they are less likely to contaminate and damage a drive before sending it back, and gives other technicians the chance to make their living.

If they do not have the parts, admit it and let someone else have the chance to recover the data, afterall thats is what data recovery is about. 

It is clear they cannot have the  technical expertise or resources to supply expert data recovery services on a global scale, and this expose on German TV last year **  will likely be followed by UK and US versions similar to the Fox News expose of Data Recovery Corp.***

In this video we see that the Fields Data Recovery  problem does not just affect the UK. (click image to be taken to German TV station website and play the video)

We are all having to handle the problems Fields have brought to the industry and they appear unwilling or unable to admit to them

The question has to be asked why is the UK data recovery industry itself not speaking out and preventing reputable UK data recovery companies being  brought into disrepute ?

Answer, Fear of Litigation..... Fields Associates are according to their various "brand" websites,  experts in e-warfare, computer forensics and connecting young women going through quickie divorces with Sugar Daddies ?

By exposing their actions at least consumers can make an informed decision when deciding should they believe that their recovery can be done for £97 - £195 price range is unrealistic and even the most efficient labs in the world will tell you average invoicing even at contract rates is above this price.

Marketing cheap prices is one thing, delivering them consistently is another, we can all subsidise a few favours and freebies for publicity but the consumer is being misled. 

Drawing attention to  Fields  damaging drives before sending them back was necessary, and future meetings with their Directors will hopefully put an end to their litigious ways.

What this fiasco has exposed were other problems with this company... that they do not care and would have you believe it is just the rant of a competitor, yet  37 complaints to trading standards show otherwise and this is just the tip of the iceberg,  why are they not dealing with complaints effectively ? Where are the 150 staff  that Fields claim to have.
Those readers who have followed my other articles on this subject will already know I have actively sought to expose the rogues in the UK DR industry after some made claims about my company which were incorrect and Fields through its connections attempted to put my company and my dedicated team of data recovery experts out of business.

We all can make mistakes but to do it on such a scale internationally tells you something is not right.

Lets hope consumers can do the research and make an informed decision before falling for Data Recovery scams ****.


*  More on Fields Data Recovery Scams
** Here is the link to the video http://www.heise.de/ct-tv/artikel/Video-Vorsicht-Kunde-858473.html

*** Data Recovery Corp Fox News Corporation undercover video report into data recovery scams

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**** Victims of fields  data recovery scams    Forum of Data Phoenix Daten Rettung, Fields and Rapid data recovery clients

  

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