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David and Georgina are at odds with their removalists. Four years later, they took Google to court

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In the months that followed, Eden and Oxley went to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Court to try to get their money back. Georgina Oxley and David Eden. Credit: Joe Armao They succeeded, winning an order in their favor of $3327.50. The money was finally paid a year after the order was made. Eden and Oxley believe that was the spark for an online campaign against them. According to court documents, the first false reviews posted by removal company owners or people associated with them appeared on Designer Plants’ business page in May 2019. “Very poor quality product. Please save your money at another store,” the review said. The reviewer’s name was the same as the staff member at Melbourne Movers, according to Eden and Oxley’s claims statement, and had posted the five-star review on his employer’s Google business page that same day. In the years since, Eden and Oxley say their pages have been flooded with bad reviews accusing them of scamming people, not offering refunds, selli