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AmonsEssays   
Apr 17, 2012
Writing Careers / Term Paper Topics and Its Network Have Failed to Pay Me For A Year - Avoid Them [60]

Hey, everyone. I'm just trying to give a chance to rectify everything. I'll keep everyone updated on developments as they occur, just like FreelanceWriter did. For now, there's not much need to post in the thread.

Also, pheelyks: Being on a public forum doesn't give you an excuse to be rude or a J-A. "Idiot" and pejorative terms are for, well, idiots. There's no reason not to be polite. Thank you.
AmonsEssays   
Apr 17, 2012
Writing Careers / Term Paper Topics and Its Network Have Failed to Pay Me For A Year - Avoid Them [60]

There has been an update. Kim has called me and said there was a correction e-mail that I did not receive. This does happen in e-mail transactions. I am staying on as a partner. I am not at liberty to disclose the exact sum of the partnership amount, but Kim is sending me paperwork and hopes to have paid me by next Tuesday. I will keep everyone updated.

Pheelyks, with all due respect: Butt out, it's not helpful. Thanks.
AmonsEssays   
Apr 17, 2012
Essay Services / Oxbridge essays advice needed [20]

Emma: Read other posts here, Oxbridge doesn't even pay their writers. Their writer portal has been consistently offline. I don't even know who would be writing your paper.
AmonsEssays   
Apr 17, 2012
Writing Careers / Term Paper Topics and Its Network Have Failed to Pay Me For A Year - Avoid Them [60]

Saying ANYTHING, at ALL, derogatory about someone who claims that you have not paid them $17,800 plus a 10% bonus as agreed, plus partner fees as agreed numerous times in e-mail (whether or not it's ironclad contract law is not the point) plus laptops and iPads), is insane. You aren't paying your writers. You are engaging in criminal activity. It's illegal to have someone do work for you and not pay them. This is the core of the matter, and apparently no one but you here cares about your excuses.
AmonsEssays   
Apr 17, 2012
Writing Careers / Oxbridge and UK Essayist (I was not paid for completed projects) [159]

You'll "eviscerate me" even though you have now agreed, in public, that you owe me $17,500. That's incredible.

Read up on the law: It doesn't matter if I'm a partner or not, you agreed to pay me $200,000 despite the fact that the documents weren't signed. Multiple times. But hey. This is all noise. The fact is that you haven't even paid me for the basic work I did, you've admitted it in public, and you know full well that this has not been for a year. I have done nothing criminal. You have. Despite that, you are acting like you are the aggrieved party. It is an amazing sign of an ego the size of a planet.

So, how about this. Get me my $17,500 and I'll delete my posts here. We can work out whatever else later.

You've used the term Oxbridge multiple times. I can't keep track of all of the changes that you've made, mainly because, gee, YOU NEVER SENT ME THAT INFORMATION. But you HAVE wasted my time asking me questions about whether we should sell our sites, which I damn sure wouldn't have done if I wasn't a partner. In fact, if I wasn't a partner, I'd have posted here a few months after you didn't pay.

To be clear: My freelancer got paid by Academia Research, in full. They closed out the accounts. They did charge numerous "fees" but they paid on time when they said they would. Freelance Writing Center consistently pays my freelancer. Research Writing Network did too. The ONLY website I have yet to be paid by, in full, is yours.

Stop making an ass out of yourself and just pay me my money. If your business is really worth $2,000,000 (I wouldn't know, you've never sent me financials or proof of, well, ANYTHING), then this kind of bad publicity is worth $200,000, isn't it? It's certainly worth $17,500.

I (or anyone in my employ) have yet to be paid by is more accurate.
AmonsEssays   
Apr 17, 2012
Writing Careers / On Average, a well educated ESL writer is better at academic writing than a 'native writer' [22]

This is a stupid argument. It is absolutely the case that if you take a Ph. D-level writer whose second language is English that they'll probably write better than a high school graduate. But that's not the comparison. In the industry, there are people generally from their 20s to 40s who do freelance essay writing. They're all writers, and they're in this trade instead of another because their writing skills are presumably at least good enough to make it profitable (that is, they can at least type fast enough to warrant doing it instead of something else, etc.) In that competition, someone whose native language is English will nine times out of ten (if not 95% or 98% of the time) be a better writer. I've seen a few good non-English writers. I've seen an order of magnitude more bad ones.
AmonsEssays   
Apr 17, 2012
Writing Careers / Term Paper Topics and Its Network Have Failed to Pay Me For A Year - Avoid Them [60]

Yeah....the fact that you were promised $200,000 (or some significant portion thereof) as a "partner" when all you do is write contracted essays should have been a tip-off.

Pheelyks: A "That is unfortunate" would have been more appropriate, thank you.

In any case, that is not all I did. My duties were going to include helping redesign the website (I had some of my friends ready to do that work and was ready to monitor them), dealing with writers and operations, dealing with SWReg payments, etc. I was willing to do work to build the company. I never did because I never got paid in full. Kim also spent extensive time talking to me about the website and nominally seeking my counsel, which I CERTAINLY would not have done if I didn't have an ownership stake! The $200,000 was an amassing amount over time; I was not offered $200,000 up front.

You are certainly not one of the best writers in the industry but you are one helluva Conan. Differences aside, FW is a much better writer than you :)

Yes, I told you I had cancer (that's the paki/indi alok's story) ... Huge difference tween ulcer and cancer. Look it up if you're such a great researcher.

Band as I told alok - his eork was rubbish and he can post it all on the forum as none were passed onto clients.

Strange that you say his story matches yours :) doesn't say a lot about you does it?

You are just envious coz all you can afford is a free one-man show webpage.

So, the moment people call you out for criminal behavior, you insult them. You are not contesting that I did work for you and that you haven't paid me. What you are contesting is... what, again?

I can afford whatever I please. I've found I don't need my webpage (which, by the way, is better than what WRT is right now, which has been down consistently). I also don't need to pay myself in an apparently fraudulent attempt to give artificial contracts.

Even now, you are conceding that you owe me tens of thousands of dollars. Let's repeat that. Your best defense to my charge that you owe me up to $200,000 is that you owe me only $17,800.

The excuses Alok reported are exactly what you gave. You are attempting a very, VERY pitiful distraction.

I don't need to say much more than this. Writers and students: This is how WRT behaves when someone has given her a year to pay back money that she owes them for work that they did, to someone who was a partner until she failed to do the most basic elements of her partnership agreement. Do you want to work with someone like this?

Also, "coz"? Really? You can't be bothered to write "because"? Yes, it's everyone else's English that's the problem...

Just to be totally clear, here's copies of the e-mails.

"Amon
Apr 6 (12 days ago)

to Kim
Please do tell me the division. What I have come to understand is that $200,000 of the total is a combination of my wages and my share of the company's profits. Whatever else would be extra for operations expenses. Is this correct?

Kim
Apr 6 (12 days ago)

to me
Yes. And I will send you the dollar sums. Your understanding is correct, though

Sent from my iPad"

You agreed to pay $200,000, knowing full well I did tasks and read correspondence I would not have had I had not been a partner. Now you're trying not to. You say that I'm a thief when you admit that you owe me $17,500, and by the way you have owed me that for about a year now.

Pay up, Kim, or admit to everyone that you can't and make payment arrangements. I have repeatedly stated that I would not be brutal.
AmonsEssays   
Apr 17, 2012
Writing Careers / Oxbridge and UK Essayist (I was not paid for completed projects) [159]

Hala: The reason I don't have partnership documents is that, amidst your rampant incompetence and lying, I never signed anything since you didn't GET anything to me. Over a full year. But you know full well, and I hope I don't have to belabor the point for the good people here, that I can post DOZENS of e-mails in which you refer to me as a partner and promise to pay me my partner fees! The fact that I have called you out in public for not paying me does NOT change this arrangement! I certainly do not expect 10% of your likely non-existent profits in perpetuity, but the amount you agreed to pay me over and over again is what I demand. Agreements over e-mail are contracts, Hala, just like any other correspondence.
AmonsEssays   
Apr 17, 2012
Writing Careers / Term Paper Topics and Its Network Have Failed to Pay Me For A Year - Avoid Them [60]

Kim owes me $200,000. Some of this is for work done, and some of this is as a partner in Term Paper Topics.

I began working for her last year around January. She seemed up and up, having a good reputation on EssayScam and elsewhere. I found few negative comments about her, certainly none of which stood up to scrutiny. I did a lot of work for her for a few months, and although she paid me late, I finally did get about $2000.

After this came months of excuses about how she couldn't pay me. PayPal was being arbitrary and banned her account. (Never mind that she couldn't send me an e-mail demonstrating this fact, and never mind that creating a new account under a different name or any number of other ways would have been fine). Wire transfers were held up because they were too large. (This happened multiple times, again with no evidence, transfer numbers, etc.) Western Union didn't work because... of some reason. She didn't even bother explaining that. MoneyGram couldn't work. Payoneer fell through. Sending the money through international post as cash or check couldn't work; apparently, the postal service will scan for cash (but that still doesn't explain why a check didn't work). Ordering a prepaid card failed for some reason that was never discovered. When I went to a Bank of America to pick up a prepaid card, they were baffled even at the idea: Kim wasted my valuable time by having me go into town to try to pick up a card that doesn't exist! I made clear, over and over again, that smaller sums over a period of months would be tolerable. People get paid internationally all of the time. Worse, she claimed to be in California, just as she claimed to be in New York, for multiple weeks! She even offered the excuse that the Orthodox Pope's death meant that she couldn't see me on a particular day!

Term Paper TopicWhat's worse is that she couldn't get me any objective evidence, over an entire year, that any of these things had occurred. No e-mails (she forwarded e-mails but they could easily have been fabricated), no phone calls with a third party, no scans of documentation. Of course, after a year, even the best evidence would have been insufficient, but she couldn't even meet these simple requests after a few weeks.

It has now been more than half a year of these excuses. Writer Team has been down consistently and repeatedly and as of this writing I cannot connect to it, as are other accounts linked to her GoDaddy profile. It is quite clear to me that her business is failing and she is undoubtedly up to her ears in debt. I have repeatedly offered to be paid over time, but she insists everything is fine. I have given her numerous deadlines and have been given excuses and delays. It has come to the point that she called me claiming that her e-mail said we'd meet on Saturday when she didn't!

I cannot conclude that Kim is anything but a liar and a fraud, regrettably, as she has been relatively pleasant compared to some in the industry. I have e-mails going back months as well as screenshots and all of the work I have done saved. Even if this is an honest mistake, her incompetence is clearly staggering.

If you are a writer, steer clear of anyone connected to Kim, Term Paper Topics or Writer Team. If you are a potential customer, know that she has systematically alienated some of the best writers in the industry and that she can't be trusted to pay her writers, which means she can't be trusted with your order.

While I can't confirm Freelance Writer or Alok's stories directly, I can certainly confirm that their story is EXACTLY like mine. Moreover, I've had the chance to look over the administrator part of the site when it was still up. There were signs that many orders were being filled by her (she claimed this was to help others be confidential, which is bizarre since client information is anonymous), and other orders were not paid and hadn't been for months. When I asked her about this, she dodged the question.

I suggest that all writers ripped off by Kim begin to pressure her. I know that she doesn't want this information revealed because she is still in constant contact with me.

If I am paid, I will retract this post.
AmonsEssays   
Apr 17, 2012
Writing Careers / Oxbridge and UK Essayist (I was not paid for completed projects) [159]

Well, this thread is the final straw for me. Hala called me and told me that Freelance Writer lied about payment, but I see no posts of hers here and WritersBeware is very suspicious. I'm posting a new thread about what happened to me. Suffice it to say that HK owes me tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

By "Writers Beware is very suspicious", I mean that Hala claimed that WB was on her side but WB seems to be suspicious of Hala, which clinches it for me.

Sorry for the triple post, but Freelance Writer asked me to post evidence that Hala claimed to be in CA while he was in NY. To wit: On March 20, I received this e-mail.

"Look up the death of the pope on the Internet. I had to fly to the services in DC. I came back as soon as they buried him. Please verify my story.

I don't need an excuse. 72, not 73 hours.

Sent from my iPad"

"Back" being to California where I reside.

Or this e-mail, on February 27:

"Pls remember tomorrow at 2. Will tell shayne 2:30 and am going shopping as want to get money out of way first

Sent from my iPad"

This is when she was claiming that she was carrying cash. Yes, more than $100,000 in cash.

In that same set of e-mails at the end of February, I gave her my address. (I won't reprint that here for obvious reasons).

She claimed to be staying at one of her family's hotels, which apparently was under renovation, which was strange since I found no such renovated hotels.

Frankly, at this point, I have to wonder about delusions of grandeur. It's not just that Hala is effusively complementary all of the time: She also gets very aggressive when provoked at all, even when she is clearly in the wrong and should be being very apologetic! She constantly makes bizarre claims like giving iPads and laptops that don't actually serve to help her, if these are lies.

Also, now that I have posted, she claims she will not pay me my partner fees. I doubt I'll ever get my money, but this is a clear example of the problem.
AmonsEssays   
Nov 02, 2011
Writing Careers / Educate America Scam (impersonators are trying to scam writers) [14]

What do you care? Are you involved with a scam ring? Are you one of the people who owe writers money? And how would you know that it's unsubstantiated? I have evidence for it, as does the other writer I pointed you to, including transcripts of e-mails.

Umm....no. That would involve the donor disbursing money to an account associated with the non-profit, which would then have to disburse it to different areas within the non-proift.

That's not what happened. I would ask you to reread, but you are determined to be hostile, so don't bother.

If you believe the arrangement is reasonable, you shouldn't be allowed to handle money, ever.

Oh, good. That sure was constructive. I was saying that some types of unorthodox arrangements may actually be reasonable. You incorrectly deduced I was referring to this case, which clearly isn't.

I like how, in this corner of the Internet, basic etiquette and not being catty has been utterly forgotten. Please think before you post: "Could I have said nothing and accomplished more of use?" Yep.
AmonsEssays   
Nov 01, 2011
Writing Careers / Educate America Scam (impersonators are trying to scam writers) [14]

Why would you ever agree to such an arrangement?

To be fair, I could see a not-particularly-organized not-for-profit having an issue where a donor only wants to pay a particular person or money has to be disbursed in a particular way. My point is, even if you believe that the arrangement is reasonable, watch out.

That reminds me: Also be concerned whenever someone says that their payment arrangement will change. Ask a lot of questions and be specific: It's often a sign that they're trying to set you up.
AmonsEssays   
Nov 01, 2011
Writing Careers / Educate America Scam (impersonators are trying to scam writers) [14]

Fellow writers: People impersonating Educate! America are out there trying to scam writers. I was personally targeted through one of my ads.

sunoasis.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1443527%3ABlogPost%3A52599

has more information. The person or persons has (have) claimed to be John Maxwell and, in the past, Martha Benson.

Education USAThey have forged money orders and Federal Reserve bank checks. They claim to pay $30 a page.

And, though I don't need to say this for the veterans, anyone new in the industry can benefit from learning the following:

1) Be careful when someone offers to pay you after the completion of work. Sometimes, legitimate organizations will pay upon publication or receipt. But make sure such organizations can be trusted.

2) Watch your receivables. If a Federal Reserve bank check can be forged, be very careful when you have money in the pipeline that has yet to hit your account.

3) If someone claims to be from a legitimate organization, double-check their credentials. A simple Google check can see if anyone's impersonating them. Make sure their e-mail matches the domain name of the organization they claim to represent; if it doesn't, ask why.

4) Watch for common scam tactics. The one this scam ring tries is claiming that their donors are sending more money to you, and asking you to send the extra over Western Union. It's a version of the classic cashier's check scam. Such arrangements are a red flag which should cause you to look again. If you do agree to such an arrangement, make sure the money has cleared to your account before sending anything, and record any MTCN or information in case things go sour.

5) If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. These guys offered $30 a page and priced off a 225 word per page model. I've certainly made that much in the past, but it still warrants a double-check.

6) Be careful about working with anyone who can't properly spell, use correct English grammar or syntax. There are certainly professionals who will occasionally drop a typo or two, but if you are routinely seeing capitalization errors, odd turns of phrase or word choices and non-traditional syntax, watch out.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 08, 2011
Essay Services / Amons Essays [25]

And just FYI, I had tried FreelanceWriter (who was very honest and said he didn't feel confident writing of a 1st Class standard on the assignments I had sent to him) and others on this board.

WRT can also confirm that RNH is NOT a shill. Dear God, I barely have enough time to play a little bit of TF2 with my schedule, let alone manage shills or do it myself!

Also: Excellent policy, FW. I really hope I can get to the point where I have to turn down clients... then again, I also dread that day, because I don't know if they won't get a good deal and won't be able to manage that unless I do it myself. I loathe giving it to freelancers, even people who I know are incredible writers and super-trustworthy. But I definitely do agree: If I can't handle the paper, I'll tell the client that ASAP. Some of the scam companies would already be a lot more ethical if they just frankly told their clients, "Sorry, our writers can't handle this MBA assignment", and not let Ph. D assignments languish on their boards for days.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
Writing Careers / Should companies treat independent freelance writers as their "employees"? [462]

this is the end of story, as far as you're concerned. you're a racist, a bully, and generally, a sad, sad person. I suggest you get off your ass, stop living a virtual life here, and go teach phys ed.

The problem is that people have been burnt too many times by people claiming to be Americans but dishonestly hiding their location. I do agree that there is a risk of graduating from that claim to bona fide racism and race-baiting, but no one has done that here, IMHO. (It certainly happened on the thread with Melissa).

it's a she??!

Sexism. Classy.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
Writing Careers / More Student Network Resources Orders [56]

I'm posting and participating. You'd think this would be a GOOD thing, not a bad thing. I have tried to avoid conflict with Freelance but he is making it increasingly impossible for me to ignore numerous character assassinations and unfounded, uninformed attacks on my business. I have asked him to stop and have avoided insulting or criticizing him. I am being the bigger man and you are insulting my credibility. Not a good way to go.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
Essay Services / imperialessays.co.uk - imperial research [32]

Not really. Stu, unsurprisingly, is defending fraudulent, illegal and unethical behavior, we're taking him to task for it, ImperialEssays is apparently at least guilty of copyright violations.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
Writing Careers / Should companies treat independent freelance writers as their "employees"? [462]

see what I mean by race-baiting?

WRT/WritersBeware: dey took ur jorrbs!
drr derr jrrbs!

She didn't say that. She didn't even imply it. I'd be happy if Indian, Pakistani or Ukrainian ESL writers could make real money and offer a decent service. Many can't.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
Writing Careers / More Student Network Resources Orders [56]

I'm in the same category as Stu4, huh?

Go back in your box, FW. You're not doing so good out of it.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
Writing Careers / More Student Network Resources Orders [56]

Then shut all websites that discuss employer-employee relationship.

This website isn't about that. Websites that are shouldn't be shut down.

I really wish I could draw more enjoyment from thrashing you publicly, but I really feel like I'm beating up the kid with mental disabilities who sits in the corner and drools. I draw very little pleasure from answering your insane non sequiturs.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
Essay Services / imperialessays.co.uk - imperial research [32]

Done -> its simple indeed: -)

Boo! You suck! Get off the stage!

I am glad that you think that issues of law are jokes. Explains your fraudulent, dishonest business practice: It's all a practical joke!

I wonder how funny it'd be if you were in a Ukrainian prison...

and you find what Google tells you should find. Results are manipulated and faked in many times.

Do you even BOTHER to make a relevant argument? Are you thinking, "What batshit thing can I say to change the topic from my utter devastation? I know, I'll literally talk about bat ****! Guano! Yay!"

Google does not tell anyone what to find. Their search algorithms are well known: They're based on amount of links and relevance. You can find sources that call Google CIA stooges on Google. In any respect, this is moot to the fact that Google offers a free service of social and public value. This site doesn't. Further, people CONSENT to being searched on Google, usually by virtue of posting their website. My website was linked many times off Craigslist but didn't appear on Google itself until I posted it. The artists did NOT consent to having their material stolen and used by fraudsters.

Not only advertisers because tax payers do to after Obama teamed up with Google and they work on some secret projects.

Okay, but

a) If they're secret, how do you know about them? It's true, and a matter of public record, that Google has worked with the US government, China, etc.

b) That's moot to the person using the search engine. From their perspective, the "payment" they are making for using the search is having ads on the screen. Yes, Google clearly has other forms of revenue, but those forms of revenue are not what we're talking about.

When Google Books put up a ton of books for free, there was a furor. Since then, Google Books has been much more constrained. You see, HONEST companies respect the intellectual property of others and the law. (And I don't even like intellectual property, but damned if I'm going to steal others' hard work. My site was made from the ground up). Dishonest scammers, like yourself, don't. Simple difference.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
General Talk / If you buy a custom essay and you re-write it all.. [24]

No, there IS a difference. A student who takes the custom paper as a model has no risk of plagiarism. A student who doesn't could be.

By your reasoning, there's no difference between JK Rowling writing Harry Potter and me quoting it verbatim and selling it. After all, she didn't make up anything NEW, right? Custom essay writers who are GOOD will try to approach a topic with a new light, blending past research and their own unique philosophy to argue something new. You reveal your poor writing in one swoop: Your PHILOSOPHY is misleading.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
General Talk / If you buy a custom essay and you re-write it all.. [24]

You got that right - honest website will do everything to cover you up so your cheating is successful ;-).

Do you mean, "You got that right. Honest websites will do everything to cover it up so your cheating is successful ;-)". Dear God, man, you run a writing website?

And no, this is a stupid argument. If I want to provide someone a sample paper, I want it to be attuned to their exact needs and requirements. Let's say they're ESL. I want to construct a sample paper that shows them how they could respond to the prompt within their language skills.

In any respect, this is moot. There is an implicit, often explicit, assumption that the material is created fresh from the student. This is why in the industry there is a DIFFERENCE between purchasing pre-used papers and purchasing new ones.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
Writing Careers / Should companies treat independent freelance writers as their "employees"? [462]

"no, it's not," as in, no, it's not cool. apparently you're also all set to detect denial, which is, after elitism and negativism, the third major snag of this hell.

Is "a word", you mean.

No reply to the substance, just more character sniping. "Negativism" indeed.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
Essay Services / imperialessays.co.uk - imperial research [32]

If people are using images with istockphoto long enough it will be well-established law too.

It's not the amount of time but the fact that Google's search engine is free to the public and serves the public good. Try quoting entire sentences.

Its not free because information about public usage/trends/behaviors are stored and resold to other media firms.

It's free TO THE PUBLIC. They do not pay a dime. Advertisers pay to advertise on Google.

Even under fair use, you have to acknowledge where you got the picture or make clear it's not your own; proper citation is key to establishing fair use claims. They're not. The watermark is not that acknowledgment. Check this out for some more information:

https://books.google.ca/books?id=JQafES3vQngC&pg=PA223&lpg=PA223&dq=under+fair+use+have+to+acknowledge&source=bl&ots=z6kjWcf9Wx&sig=HrAyfsMkZdRL9DruTWXdbwbk8KI&hl=en&ei=eRcmTYn0KZK6sQO1rIDtAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&sqi=2&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=under%20fair%20use%20have%20to%20acknowledge&f=false
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
Writing Careers / HOW CAN WRITERS BEAT THESE FAKE COMPANIES [72]

Best of luck in the real world, maybe you'll get the kinks in your own system worked out.

SW: Not entirely. Legit companies have some effort at online support with REAL names (not AR's ever-changing sock puppets of fake names), real landlines, etc. Yes, I agree that, ultimately, it comes down to trust (because even if they don't scam you that doesn't mean they'll give you the essay you wanted), but nonetheless, if I had the resources to be able to have a landline, incorporated address, etc., I would.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
Writing Careers / More Student Network Resources Orders [56]

Veronica: Think for a moment. It's called Essay SCAM, right? Not "Essay complaints of any kind?" It's not appropriate for this forum. This is spam because it's asking a private business question appropriate to be answered in the employer-employee relationship which most people on the board don't have the expertise to answer.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
Essay Services / Amons Essays [25]

I think he's been trying to establish his presence in this forum as a ploy to draw potential clients' attention. Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just that the way he does it is so darn tacky. :)

And yet, I don't engage in character assassination of other writers on the board until they do so repeatedly despite repeated offers to back off. "Tacky" indeed.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 06, 2011
Writing Careers / Should companies treat independent freelance writers as their "employees"? [462]

Oh, so that WASN'T your response? Odd.

Editor, reasonable people, when they are faced with unremitting hostility from an audience, do one of two things.

1) Stick to their guns but provide sufficient evidence to change peoples' minds or at least make them think the idea is not totally insane.
2) Alter the presentation of their idea somewhat.

You've done neither. So you can't allege "negativism" (do you mean negativity?) or elitism because YOU'VE been arrogant, in that you dismiss other peoples' opinions out of hand without giving them the respect to rebut them, and negative, in that you see problems others don't agree exist.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 03, 2011
Writing Careers / Should companies treat independent freelance writers as their "employees"? [462]

But that's my point: AR IS arbitrary. There IS no letter or numerical grade, it is done entirely post hoc without cause, etc. I'm not saying there's no room in any contract for unilateral determination of compliance: Clearly, that's not the case. My point is that AR's fine structure, combined with other elements (like promising grades and potentially linking pay to grade performance despite that being suborning fraud which is illegal in many jurisdictions), probably threatens the viability of the entire contract. I'm not a lawyer so I may be wrong about the viability, but it seems to me that there would be plenty of room there to pursue action if they were to fine too extensively. On top of that, there's the simple fact that sometimes, they don't pay, is a violation of the contract and also fraudulent and criminal.

Bear in mind that terms of service that are deceptively worded, written in incomprehensible legalese, etc. can be considered to be negotiation in bad faith. (Again, this applies only to dishonest scam companies like AR, not legit companies. Many people make this point as regards EULAs too: A several hundred page EULA that most people don't read and which everyone is aware most people don't read may not be negotiating in good faith).

Also, you hypocrite, you claimed to be provoked in another thread, then decided to ask me to "shutup" (nice non-standard compound word there) when I was having an honest disagreement, right or wrong. Back off and learn to play nice.
AmonsEssays   
Jan 03, 2011
Writing Careers / Searching for a Reputable Company To Work as A Freelance Writer (tips / assistance) [37]

Polly: They probably haven't been. (Then again, I've seen some nominally educated people who can't string together a grammatical or syntactical sentence to save their life... but if it looks like an Indian duck and quacks with a foreign syntax, it's probably not English-speaking, to butcher an analogy ;) ). I recommend first going into business for yourself. A little promotion on EssayChat and on Craigslist, a small website, some free classifieds, and you can get some work going.