Did anyone else get the weird mailer from CoStar?
Did anyone else get that weird mailer from costar that was nothing more than tabloid hit piece against Xceligent? 

I like CoStar and I find it to be incredibly useful, although not without its flaws...but that mailer they sent out was juvenile. 


[{"id": "dpniu0d", "text": "Saw that as well. Interesting PR move. The part about the outsourcing company Xceligence was using being connected to human trafficking was a stretch. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dpnm0z5", "text": "yea it was like an certified mail to my office too. Really shelling out money to put down the competition. I guess you can say they truly do see them as a threat.", "replies": [{"id": "dpvgi9f", "text": "*Shelling out our money", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dpnma4i", "text": "Yes, I received it, and I completely agree that it was juvenile.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dpnwnv2", "text": "Not only was the entire concept juvenile, but I felt like the context of the opening letter was extremely juvenile as well. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dpo01xh", "text": "Yup, I\ufe0f hate CoStar", "replies": [{"id": "dqbzkli", "text": "Scum. I left them years ago. Still get harrased from them constantly. And addtitionally got the mailer. Crazy.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dpo0600", "text": "By far my favorite aspect of the ridiculous, childish, unsolicited PR campaign, is that Costar has subconsciously associated their name with child sex trafficking. \n\nI did not really know much about Xcillegent, but now I know that Costar is petty. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dpo30mm", "text": "Completely agree with everyone. I found it bizarre and unnecessary, especially because they mailed one to every single broker in our office. \n\nI despise Costar and welcome more competition to the market. Costar is a nightmare to deal with and is constantly gouging us even though they depend on all of us for their data. \n\nThe irony of the lawsuit against Xceligent is that Costar originally stole the data from LoopNet to start the database...", "replies": [{"id": "dswhmln", "text": "This is not accurate - CoStar bought LoopNet, acquiring the listing info, and acquired a number of smaller firms for historical data. The bizarre fascination with LoopNet on the part of brokers is kind of funny being CoStar Cultist - the listings are literally only there to make extra money for CSG. \n\n", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dpo7uds", "text": "Yup I got it and passed it around the office. Everyone was pretty shocked at what a hatchet job it was", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dppfi9r", "text": "That campaign was a true waste of money. I'd rather see new features rolled out to show they're better. Can you imagine Google slamming yahoo or something similar?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]