Cost question for essay ($350 for a 6-page paper)?

I submitted to a company for a 6 page paper and I got a quote back saying it will cost $350. Is this the normal rate?

Me again!
Most companies charge wildly varying prices for work.

(I'm sure someone will contradict me now but..)

The cost (by majority) reflects the quality of work and service.

I'm sure I've just opened the floodgates though!

Best,
PeterParker

That seems a bit high but you really don't include enough information to judge the price. Additional information that would impact the price include:

-The Deadline that you gave (how long they have to work on it)

-The level of difficulty (PhD level?)

-The number of sources required (if you wanted a 6 page paper and 30 references, for example, sure expect to pay more)

-The subject area - is this economics or math, requiring calculations and/or analysis?

-Requesting a specific writer (with whom you might have already successfully worked in the past - they may not always be available at the regular price).

We're in the middle of busy season. I know I'm swamped and I imagine a lot of folks are in the same boat. Prices may reflect the timing as well.

For the best price, always try to give a minimum of a week on your project and be reasonable about the number of citations (ie, keep citations = or < the number of pages).

It is a mininum of seven references and I gave them two weeks notice. The topic is on health related issue for a health class.

Hi there... Just a quick survey. Do you intend to submit this paper that you ordered as it is or are you planning to just use it as a source and list it in your reference page? Thanks. ^_^

Just based upon the information you gave, the price seems high to me Calm.

Why does this seem like a loaded question?

Well.. perhaps because it is. :p However, I assure you that I'm not aiming anything at you. ^_^

lol... Yes i am going to use it as my turn in paper. I will be going through to add my own sytle to it as well.

Thank you for your frank response. Hmm... so if a particular company tells you that you're not allowed to use their paper as your turn-in paper, would you still buy from them? :)

does anyone knows if coursework4you is a reliable company? is my first time using it and i sent them all the materials as well as guideline..they quote me for 220 sterling pounds (discounted)if i pay the nex day.. is it normal for such price?

I can tell about this company if you write to me. The information I have is not a direct one and is not verfied. I cannot post it here.

i guess that would depend on the price.

Let's say they cost about $20/page?

It is a much lower price. Curious as to why the person would not be allowed to use the writing as a turn in.

What a filthy criminal you are . . . trying to set-up kids simply to further your own disgusting means of making a living.

Seriously EW, does every thread need to get turned into your personal vendetta against WB? You're acting like a child.

I think you got that backwards, but yes can we please not derail my thread. WB if you want to talk trash via pixels on a screen please start a thread of your own.

Exactly what do you mean by this? Are you saying that $20/page is cheap?


Well, some people here claim that genuine American essay writing services do not allow customers to turn in papers as is because it constitutes academic fraud (i.e., cheating). I say that if this was the case, then there's no point to buying from such companies. What do you think?


What? C'mon... I'm not the one who has personal vendettas. :p


yadda yadda yadda.. blah blah blah... hahaha :D

Calm, EW is just trying to pull you into an ongoing feud that can be found in bits on pretty much all of the currently active threads. If you're American or seeking an American company, this information might be helpful to you as you navigate the industry.

Most American companies are required by law to not support cheating by their student populations. Therefore, American companies will tell you not to turn in their product as your own work. American companies typically also won't do a title page for the student. So, if you call an American company and ask if you can cheat using their work, the answer will be no.

Now, do companies accept that some students will still turn in the papers? The answer is yes, backed up by research, that as much as 2-5% of students still turn in the papers as their own. It's a risk within the industry that all companies accept. It's not like American companies track the use of the essay or will knock on your door if you think about cheating with it. Like any other industry, what you do with it after purchase is up to you.

EW wants to claim that the companies that he works for are serving a different population of students b/c his companies aren't based in the US and therefore tell students to use their papers to cheat. I tend to think that's a flimsy argument, but it's his. What he doesn't tell you is that his companies lie to their consumers by claiming to employ English and American writers, when in fact they do not. You can decide if you want to deal with that yourself.

As for pricing, your original question. I'd say that low 20's is a fair standard price per page of an undergraduate level paper with no extraneous or strange requirements. $30 or so for graduate level. Those tend to be industry standards, with variation caused by some of the factors that I discussed above.

Now, those include the fee that a company charges in addition to the payment given to the writer. I have, at times, thought about striking out on my own; if I did, I expect I'd lower the prices a bit since I wouldn't have to give some % of the money to the company. So, if you can find and want to work with just a single writer, not a whole company, then you can expect the prices to be a bit lower. Again, such an option contains risks for both you and the writer.

The price that you stated is really pretty high. I've noticed that some companies follow no real rhyme or reason on their prices. For example, at essaybay, the writers bid their price and then the company adds a set fee on top of that, which can lead to very high prices from what I've seen. I just checked their site to make sure that my info is accurate, and here's one example, a 5 page paper order where the lowest bid is $60.00 per page:

essaybay/00730/essays/Law/What-light-do-Dworkin-and-Waldron% 27s-arguments-on-constitutional-adjudication-based-on-a-bill-of-rights-thro w-upon-the-legitimacy-of-judicial-activism-in-Australia%3F-

Even urgent, that seems high to me. Course, some folks like that company and that doesn't happen in every case, so again, it's consumer choice. If consumers are really paying $60 per page, then I definitely need to increase my rates hehe.

I've been thinking about your question a bit since yesterday. I think it's probable that your high price is a combination of the subject matter and timing. Right now, it's really busy. I have an upper level degree in a hard science, which isn't true of a lot of writers. As a result, I get my pick of health/science projects, which can get numerous. It's possible that the high price is just a function of the high demand placed upon the writer's time. When I don't really want a job but have it offered to me, I'll tend to bid higher than normal in order to make it worth my time. That may have happened to you with your quote.

In the end, whatever you do, I would still advise you to purchase from a company that is based in the country where you reside, whenever possible. That way, at least you have some legal recourse if things go sour.

Wow.. thank you. It's not often that someone acknowledges that I'm not the one picking fights here.

Anyway, I apologize for contributing to the derailment of your thread. Let me make it up to you by contributing a bit to your concern. As a writer for essaybay, I'd probably charge you $12/page for your paper if it is in a field that I can handle. So that's about $72 + $25 (essaybay's commission) = $97.

So I guess $350 is pretty steep.


That's not fair... I'm very open with that fact. I'm not American.. so there. ^_^

Get lost. Your type of question is not allowed in this forum, anyway. This forum is not here to help you with your personal purchasing decisions.

All hail the loudmouth!!! Haiiiiillll!!! :D

All hail the THIRD WORLD CRIMINAL!

it really depends on numbers of aspects

Thanks. Everybody here was desperately waiting for your helpful answer for the last 2.5 years.

so how much could I expect a 20 page legal research paper to run me with a legit company/writer?

At least $25/pg.

THE ISSUE PERPLEXES ME AS WELL....I DON'T WANT TO BE ROBBED OF MY MONEY...NE HLP ON WHAT SHOULD THE PRICE RANGE FOR A 1500-200 WORD REPORT BE?

Your caps lock is on.

Pheelyks,
Would love to chat - cannot direct message because of not having the minimum amount of posts yet. But I have been reading through this forum/website for literally the past 4 hours. Please let me know if we can talk.

Pheelyks,
While I am inching my way closer to having the ability to contact you through private message, until then I will keep trying to get your attention and hopefully contacted me. Even if you tend to shoot me a quick email and I will reply with an explanation of what exactly I am looking for, with just some basic details and you can let me know if it is a possibility or not.

Thank you very much.
w.saban923

WSaban: It's a tiny bit suspicious to post twice just to be able to message someone. Especially for a two year old thread.


It varies. How MUCH research? I might charge $30 if it required extensive case law study! If it was some pretty minimal research, I might go as low as $10-15. Is that 20 double or single spaced pages, 12 point Roman font, etc.? I know that it's absurd to ask, but I've had people clarify that, yes, they meant single spaced, substantially into contract negotiation. Etc.

Most students tend to disregard this warning from the company. They often assume that the paper is original anyway so they can use it any way they want. Which is why, when they get caught using the paper in class, the company has grounds not to refund the payment for the paper. The student's can't say they were not warned, they just opted not to listen.

When students pay for an original essay, they should always be entitled to own the product. The TOS of most commerial essay companies typically prohibit their customers from doing anything besides "reading," "studying," and "citing" the work as a source; and those companies expressly retain copyright ownership (just check their TOS). I'm not clear what makes them think this is fair. After all, the actual creator of the work is the writer who provided it to the essay company, and the company contracts with writers always require writers to transfer their copyright to the company. If writers have to transfer their copyrights to essay companies, those companies should, in turn, transfer copyrights to their customers who commissioned and paid for the work in the first place.

In which case, the existence of our services both on a company and individual / freelancer scale would be moot. That claim is just for formalities sake. Nobody takes it seriously. The client will not pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for a paper that will be used only as a writing basis or example for a new paper to be written. That defeats the purpose of having someone do the work for you. The companies and writers that claim this know very well that the student will be submitting it for a grade. Their advice to not use the paper is only for show. The paper is an original, it is paid for, it was submitted to the client with a deadline in mind, it is for the use of the student.