RAVE FabriCARE's mildly sketchy website?

[convoliution]

So RAVE FabriCARE seems widely, broadly, generally held in high regard for all your garment cleaning needs.

But as someone who frequently clicks on Instagram clothing/fashion ads for pure personal amusement, I'm seeing a lot of oddities in their website:

• Several webpages (such as this one about packaging—screenshot attached) have this absolutely bizarre footer of assorted text near the bottom. I'd guess that it's for search engine optimization, but some of these phrases are...really, really suspect.
• None of their socials in the bottom-right corner of each page lead anywhere valid. Their Twitter account is suspended, Google+ has been dead for years, and the LinkedIn and Pinterest links don't go to actual accounts.
• More of a yellow flag than a red flag, but two things I see a lot in scammy Instagram storefronts too is name-dropping luxury brands and multiple lengthy manifestos about how they're better than a straw manned uncited "typical" competitor.

Has anyone actually used their services? If they're legit (which I'm willing to believe they are), then I still find it strange that they've written out their website like this.

 

[comrade]

Will Boehlke, who founded the now gone iconic style
blog, "A Suitable Wardrobe", and whose own wardrobe
was totally bespoke from Savile Row and the like,
swore by them. Perhaps things have changed.

 

[brax]

I use it 3-4 times a year. My most recent delivery was two weeks ago.
Their website sucks but their service is impeccable. Second to none.

 

[breakaway01]

Have never used them myself but this is a recent testimonial:

Softening a (new-to-me) stiff/rough blazer

I recently acquired an Oxxford blazer on Fleabay, and it arrived and was not quite what I was expecting. The measurements were as expected, and the Super 110s tag on the left pocket is in right where the pictures showed it. However, the suit itself feels pretty stiff and a little bit rough...

www.styleforum.net

 

[stuffedsuperdud]

So RAVE FabriCARE seems widely, broadly, generally held in high regard for all your garment cleaning needs.

But as someone who frequently clicks on Instagram clothing/fashion ads for pure personal amusement, I'm seeing a lot of oddities in their website:

• Several webpages (such as this one about packaging—screenshot attached) have this absolutely bizarre footer of assorted text near the bottom. I'd guess that it's for search engine optimization, but some of these phrases are...really, really suspect.
• None of their socials in the bottom-right corner of each page lead anywhere valid. Their Twitter account is suspended, Google+ has been dead for years, and the LinkedIn and Pinterest links don't go to actual accounts.
• More of a yellow flag than a red flag, but two things I see a lot in scammy Instagram storefronts too is name-dropping luxury brands and multiple lengthy manifestos about how they're better than a straw manned uncited "typical" competitor.

Has anyone actually used their services? If they're legit (which I'm willing to believe they are), then I still find it strange that they've written out their website like this.

I don't find it unreasonable or surprising at all that a guy who lives in the middle of the desert and washes coastal yuppies' clothes all day is not necessarily a great marketer/webmaster.

Heck, if you think about it, his page is pretty good actually. How many drycleaners have any internet presence at all beyond the occasional Yelp page, invariably made by some disgruntled customer who had his pants lost and his suit jacket orphaned as a result, or who ran an inkstained Van Heusen shirt through his dryer and then was annoyed that the Korean lady running the place couldn't get it out?

 

[convoliution]

I don't find it unreasonable or surprising at all that a guy who lives in the middle of the desert and washes coastal yuppies' clothes all day is not necessarily a great marketer/webmaster.

Heck, if you think about it, his page is pretty good actually.

In my opinion, it's one thing to have ramshackle webpages in perhaps the style of early 2000s GeoCities (which they don't—the website looks and navigates great).

It's another to have a huge blob of text at the end of articles featuring such delightful lines as "Dating A Ukrainian Woman Tips,dating-a-ukrainian-woman-tips" and "Latin Woman For Marriage,latin-woman-for-marriage". Hopefully it's understandable why that gives me pause with regards to them as a dry cleaning business.

 

[gimpwiz]

Honestly, it's likely that their website got hacked at some point, and the flavor text was inserted. Being a wordpress site, wordpress exploits sell for good money and are used by today's organized crime to do all sorts of stuff, including link farming and so forth.

FWIW, I don't see it on their site, not directly nor when viewing the source code. But I have had a customer in ye olden days whose site got crap injected into it, it took a bit of work to clean it all out.

 

[convoliution]

Well, at this point with enough forum members vouching for them, I'm willing to call this matter closed. It was more a "...Anyone else seeing this? Is this not usually a sign of trouble?" than a "This is cLeArLy a fraudulent business!!". I'll just send them an email to clear things up.

FWIW, I don't see it on their site, not directly nor when viewing the source code.

If you haven't already, could I trouble you to check the bottom of the page about their packaging that I linked in my original post: https://ravefabricare.com/dry-cleaning/exquisite-packaging/ just so that I know whether I'm losing it?

 

[gimpwiz]

Oh yeah, for sure. This looks exactly like spam inserts from exploits. Note the random Russian words at the end. Someone should tell Rave that their site is compromised and they need to clean it out. I hope this post won't get me auto-banned: (edit: a minute after posting this I got a 520 cloudflare error and was like, oh man...)

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[stuffedsuperdud]

Oh yeah, for sure. This looks exactly like spam inserts from exploits. Note the random Russian words at the end. Someone should tell Rave that their site is compromised and they need to clean it out. I hope this post won't get me auto-banned: (edit: a minute after posting this I got a 520 cloudflare error and was like, oh man...)

TL;DR mail-order Eastern European brides, Asian fever, bitcoin, poker, algorithms.....the SEO exploits might as well toss some vapes and AR-15s in there to complete this round of dissatisfied-male bingo.

AKA the Jordan Peterson cash cow.

 

[gettoasty]

Dieworkwear recommended them once. Saved a jacket of mine, perfect as new. Planning on sending them a sweater.

 

[zippyh]

WordPress you say?

Hackers exploit WordPress plugin flaw that gives full control of millions of sites – Ars Technica

 

[comrade]

In my opinion, it's one thing to have ramshackle webpages in perhaps the style of early 2000s GeoCities (which they don't—the website looks and navigates great).

It's another to have a huge blob of text at the end of articles featuring such delightful lines as "Dating A Ukrainian Woman Tips,dating-a-ukrainian-woman-tips" and "Latin Woman For Marriage,latin-woman-for-marriage". Hopefully it's understandable why that gives me pause with regards to them as a dry cleaning business.

What's wrong with Ukrainian women? My local re-weavers is owned by a 6 ft tall
gorgeous Ukrainian amazon who employs miniature Philippinas to do the exacting
and tedious work. They recently repaired a beloved 25 year old cable stitch from Carrolls, off Rodeo Drive. Besides, my grandmother was a Ukrainian woman.

 

[stubloom]

Yes, I know. WordPress is a disaster. So easily hackable. Fix one thing and another three issues pop up within days.

Anyhow, our new website is now up and built on WebFlow.

No more issues !

RAVE FabriCARE Master Dry Cleaner - Scottsdale AZ

RAVE FabriCARE in Scottsdale, Arizona delivers extraordinary care for fine garments, household textiles and accessories. Nationally recognized dry cleaner.

www.ravefabricare.com

 

[stuffedsuperdud]

What's wrong with Ukrainian women? My local re-weavers is owned by a 6 ft tall
gorgeous Ukrainian amazon who employs miniature Philippinas to do the exacting
and tedious work. They recently repaired a beloved 25 year old cable stitch from Carrolls, off Rodeo Drive. Besides, my grandmother was a Ukrainian woman.

I live near you, I think. Where can I find said Amazon? I'm prepared to put a few holes in my jackets if that gets me in the door.