As a tutor, I find plagiarism makes me very angry with, and disappointed by, any students who buy or copy other people's work.
However, I think I often have the last laugh. I recently purchased from the internet for a minimal cost - $31 -a copy of a most interesting paper which had been submitted to an academic journal some years ago by two American Ph.D students, who have since gone on to become eminent in their field.
I bought the paper because I was able to search the internet by putting various phrases from my student's work in to Google and find that it was in fact the work of other people. When confronted, the student concerned had no choice other than to admit he had plagiarised, but told me that he had ordered the paper from a 'bespoke' writing service for a sum of hundreds of pounds.
The only differences between the original paper I had and the 'customised' one the student had submitted were that all the references made in the original document had been changed, and my coper was so inexpensive.
So, the message is 'buyer beware!'. Even though most universities have software these days that can detect plagiarism. we tutors are still on the case, and students who do plagiarise often find themselves dismissed from university altogether. Please don't do it, it's so much more fun to learn if you do it by yourself.
Also, I recently looked at the web page of a 'buy your essays here' website and noticed several spelling mistakes on it. That says a lot.
