Yes it probably is a case of "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" - the noisiest most public claims get paid, or the ones with legal and financial muscle, so making a noisy public fuss is probably anyone's best bet at this point. And for anyone who does not know, winning a court judgement does not guarantee payment, it may just lead to further legal action and costs to to try to force payment. But the bigger the public record of Epik not paying, the greater the difficulties for them to not pay - or to stay afloat longer term.
It's worth people looking at whatever small claims court proceedings your country may have - in the UK that is cheap for the layman to initiate, and low risk, and if the respondent does not respond, they automatically lose.
Surprised at the lack of media coverage, or attention from regulators.
There are three states where Epik.com says it does not offer escrow - but how do they check or verify? Even one customer living or transacting in one of those states could trigger regulator action. Remember what brought the whole mugshots.com extortion scheme down? California changed their laws to make mugshot sites explicitly illegal, then were able to take action against mugshots.com on behalf of California victims. Not sure what national, EU or USA regulations might apply here to what is effectively a financial service.
Does anyone remember that at one time Adam Dicker was pushing mugshot websites as a moneymaking opportunity? I wonder if Adam Dicker is a consultant to Epik?
