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Subject: [Leica] Where is Neat Image's company located?
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 22:40:07 -0600
References: <9fc771d4-15c2-f8bb-4ea5-099c4f5182ba@gmail.com> <e43500d2589be03154815468539b8981@reid.org>

I used neat image a long time ago, and I think in those days it was
shareware, or donate to use ware, which might be why the sales numbers are
low.

SonC


On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 10:17 PM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>
wrote:

> "The Bat!" comes from Moldova, but that doesn't mean its customers do.
> My various Moldovan friends hate Russia even more than many Ukrainians.
> The IP addresses associated with neatlabs.com's servers are in New
> Jersey.
>
> The registrant of a domain name is usually unrelated to the owners of
> the company represented by the domain.
> neatlabs.com is registered with GoDaddy, which often suckers people into
> paying extra for anonymous registrations.
>
> Neat Image is sold by Neatlabs, which does not appear to have a
> corporate center.  It's a bunch of people who collaborate online.
> Everything I've seen them write suggests that English is their first
> language and that they keep current in US slang.
>
> Their support page claims that they answer email.
> https://ni.neatvideo.com/contacts/details
>
> While I was exploring this I saw a business-reference site that claimed
> Neatlabs has sold fewer than 1000 copies of Neat Image in total.
>
>
> On 2022-12-21 19:02, Peter Klein via LUG wrote:
> > I have been buried in migration to a new computer the past couple of
> > weeks. I have an older version of Neat Image, which I was going to
> > upgrade. Until I saw an old email from them, which used an email
> > client called "The Bat!". That probably means the email was from
> > somewhere in the former USSR. I have been unable to determine where
> > the company is. I couldn't fine any information on the Neat Image/Neat
> > Video Web site. Their whois.com profile has the address redacted "for
> > privacy." There is a mention of the "Registrant Location" being in
> > Queensland, Australia, but I'm not sure how reliable that is.
> >
> > Can anyone shed light on this? I don't wish to send my money to a
> > company in Russia.
> >
> > --Peter
> >
> >
> >
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Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA


Replies: Reply from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Where is Neat Image's company located?)
In reply to: Message from boulanger.croissant at gmail.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] Where is Neat Image's company located?)