Professor, thanks for correcting me... I just went back into my accounts, and saw that you are right. You should demand 15%.

That is not true anymore; the market completely dried up two or three years ago. It's a shame; personally, I blame turnitin.com.

If you think that you are going to make any money reselling essays, you're crazy.

"Aye, there's the rub!"

In other words, "no, I don't actually write for any companies... I can barely string together a sentence in passable English."

PS-- Congrats on the continued progress!

MeowCon is correct in most of his assertions, although I would argue that managerial filters slow nothing down. I'm not calling his assertions into question, just where he got the nerve to make them.

Some companies will use your first name as your writer ID or email, but if that worries you, it could be any name. Privacy is very important on both sides, although it seems for every "xyzabc@aol" I have as a company client, there are five more "Jacob_Salazar@hotmail"s. Customers in this industry are among the dumbest, which stands to reason, if you think about it.

Where did MeoKhan suddenly get the authority to speak for "most companies?" Meo, the last time I checked, you were still working on having the authority to speak for even one company.

Some qualification! And some serious education!

In any case, OP, as you may have gathered after having a look around the site, there is 1. a search button 2. a "recommended services" list and (perhaps ironically) 3. a rule against posting recommendations.

As for what to watch out for, steer clear of companies that fine without rewarding, and otherwise just make sure you're getting paid. And if you're just getting started somewhere, don't rack up 100 pages of work during the first pay period-- make sure they come through first.

Leo is also right, to the extent that Ukrainian sites robbing from their workers use Paypal... and what's that to you?

As for Paypal being an identifying point or red flag for scamming, that's painting in some pretty broad strokes.

*ESL writers. You got it right eventually, but your initial slip was telling. "You never get a second chance..." They are human beings, not "ESLs."

And despite his/her linguistic barriers, the human being posting above in a language not their own (how's your Spanish, btw?) knew enough not to mistake "Back to the pizza pie analogy" for a sentence.

Also, smart guy, speaking of English and reading comprehension, the OP was not asking for your long-winded, BS general advice about the biz (or insults), but specific info about writing for Essaycool.

Is Major being sarcastic?

If you wind up buying from them, would you post one of the essays you buy here? It may be funny.

Although you can sort of whine and cry for help in English, you apparently can't use that knowledge to 1. read the terms of the site 2. use its search function or 3. look at the list of "recommended services." As a result, WB was a jerk to you, and rightfully so. You deserve it for acting like a stupid, lazy baby.

That's hilarious about the apostrophes. That type of customer is the worst-- the idiot who knows everything.

I like getting professorial feedback; it's relatively rare. It also puts the customer in a sensitive position, because if you're getting a marked copy with the professor's comments, that means they've turned it in as their own without changing it. Shocking, right?

This isn't the place to request services-- it's not a marketplace. Try Essaychat. If you're really desperate, go with GraduateWriter (they are US based).

I liked it when FW had the banner ad... it was so much more succinct.

Was your plagiarism checker set to include quotations?

What makes something readable is your command of the language, not how many words you put on the page. You seem like you'd have some trouble getting 50 readable words together. That's right, "words..." with an S.

PS--Why are you posting in other threads claiming to be a student, when you call yourself a writer?

PPS-- You should do yourself a favor and take some English lessons. Then, if you're a student, you might have a crack at doing your own assignments. And if you're a writer, maybe after some lessons, you'll be able to call yourself one without embarrassment.

Another one bites the dust. I'm not going to take credit for this one, since all I did was ask a question, and for all I know, unemployedprofessors ran out of ad money, or decided that it wasn't worth it. It is a bit suspicious that they started (continued?) spamming this forum right after their ad went down, though.

I don't expect you to prove or cite anything, believe me. You've established enough precedent there.

You demand transparency because you're lazy, and then you claim, "It was all obvious, anyway." It's the latest in a long line of hypocritical tantrums you've been throwing from the sidelines.

Meanwhile, the questions are adding up: Who's Dave? How old are you? Wtf is an unsuspecting walker?

Your basic claim, doc, seems to be that you can "just tell" when a site is a scam. "It's obvious." Can you? Is it?

I once worked for a company that had a horribly-written web-page, and they were very good. The owner decided to save some $ by writing the web-copy and designing the page himself. It looked like a Geocities page, but it had a steady stream of clients and great WOM advertising.

I worked for another company that had a website written in very poor English-- the Chinese owner outsourced the web-copy to someone who also didn't know the language. However, it was a legit site that paid me on time and had a lot of repeat customers whom it treated very well.

According to your irresponsible and superficial rubric, both of these companies were "obvious scams."

You're an idiot.

Btw, doofus, do you remember when you had that ageist hissy-fit? You assumed blindly that I was some kind of senior citizen, and I asked you how old you were. You never answered, and I'm curious: how old are you? It's hard to tell on the internet; you seem about fourteen.

If it was so obvious, can you tell everyone how WB got that list of sites?

People tend to get testy, especially when others make recommendations on what is supposed to be an anti-scam site. Your other testimonial is for unemployedprofessors. Did you order from essaytigers, too?

Yes; now you've got it.

It's "myriad challenges," not "myriads of challenges." With syntax problems like that, I'd imagine you have all sorts of bad experiences.

My personal worst was being robbed for vodka.

I used to write for RWC, years ago... I was thinking of reapplying the other day. Do you write for them currently? What did they do to you personally?

I know; if it doesn't work out, I might go 7/8. Still pretty good, but... wait, what's your average?

Patience, dimwit.

You wish, mealy-mouthed chump.

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That's a commercial, idiot.

Keep your pants on, gramps.

Great, keep it classy. How old are you, anyway?

Shudder to think...

I like how your moral revulsion at your own profession makes you call yourself a cocksucker.

When I post chat logs with phony service reps and the mods take the ad down the next day, it feels good to me. I'm working on this one, just like I worked on the last 7 ads. If it works out, it works out, and I'm 8/8. If not, maybe next time, and it's still a so-so average.

Like, for example, that I'm old? I'm in my 30s. I think I'm probably younger than you... I think that, but I don't assume it.

WB is also correct about their website-- aside from being a smarmy farce, it makes a lot of claims usually reserved for companies operating out of the sphere of the US/UK legal systems (and idiot mavericks who don't know any better). You know, like, "you want an A?," and "turn it right in." Sleazy stuff.

Know what I'm talking about?

You're right; I spent my first two years here irresponsibly defending a company I worked for who turned out to be stealing from their writers. The joke was on me. After that, I learned to be more careful.

Forget about your irresponsible accusations-- they say a lot more about you than me.

I'm more concerned with whom you're irresponsibly defending.