Sigh! Can it get any worse than this?

lisag · 08-17-2009, 09:42 PM

Received this in my email today...

Hi Lisa,

I wonder if you are interested in making unlimited money? I want someone to write articles for me and I mean unlimited number of articles...as much as you can.

However, I use to work with someone else but due to pregnancy and then having a child later, she couldn't continue. She wrote articles for me for a year. She use to charge me a dollar for each page and each page was around 500 words. I'm looking for you to give me the same deal. I don't care if you are going to write 50 articles a day. I can pay for it That's how you make money. Let me know.

Valorie · 08-17-2009, 09:49 PM

Shall I get you a barf bucket?

That is how you make 0.002 cents of money per word, I guess.

Woo Hoo, time to go shopping!

Adway · 08-17-2009, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lisag

Received this in my email today...

Hi Lisa,

I wonder if you are interested in making unlimited money? I want someone to write articles for me and I mean unlimited number of articles...as much as you can.

However, I use to work with someone else but due to pregnancy and then having a child later, she couldn't continue. She wrote articles for me for a year. She use to charge me a dollar for each page and each page was around 500 words. I'm looking for you to give me the same deal. I don't care if you are going to write 50 articles a day. I can pay for it That's how you make money. Let me know.

This can very easily be a blackhat marketing tactic to get free articles from people. If you are thinking about this job, you should ask for the first day or three days to be paid in advance or something.

MustafaKamal · 08-17-2009, 10:08 PM

The thread caught me at 'one dollar an article for 500 words'.

*Starts to post frantically on getafreelancer.com for a writers willing to write an article for a dollar at 500 words*

lisag · 08-17-2009, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Admiral.W

This can very easily be a blackhat marketing tactic to get free articles from people. If you are thinking about this job, you should ask for the first day or three days to be paid in advance or something.

Well, you can bet I'm not thinking about accepting this project. Sad thing is, someone's going to grab it.

timpears · 08-17-2009, 10:41 PM

I can't believe that you are going to turn down unlimited income.

And he probably believes that she quit because she had a baby too. Couldn't possibly be because the pay was so crappy, could it?

sahi · 08-17-2009, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by lisag

Well, you can bet I'm not thinking about accepting this project. Sad thing is, someone's going to grab it.

Yes, many would like to grab it. I'm also a member of a forum where 99% of members belong to a very rich country in terms of oil, and are financially "very" stable and rich. I was caught by surprise when a friend of mine posted a thread there offering $1 per 500 words article, and within few minutes he received "way too much" offers to do that work.

Then I asked in that thread why they were ready to do that work for just $1

, and many of them replied that they needed pocket money although they were all rich [I personally know many of that forum's members], and then I asked if they knew what the market rate was for such services and no body knew it.

The sample articles were of excellent quality though.

Zeus66 · 08-17-2009, 10:58 PM

Everything's relative. I think that's the lesson here. Sadly, in this case.

John

adamv · 08-17-2009, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by annerhexian

thanks for this info!

Seriously? That's your post? Thanks for the info? Why are there so many of these?

Read the rules of the forum and stop trying to inflate your post count.

Jason_V · 08-17-2009, 11:17 PM

Actually, I think it can get worse. I saw people trying to get 400-500 word articles for $.50 each before. You know the quality is probably going to be horrible, I don't understand the rationale behind it.

I'm not saying there aren't good low cost writers. However, you're probably going to spend more money trying to find a low cost good quality writer than if you just hired a more expensive quality writer in the first place.

Adam Sussman · 08-18-2009, 02:49 AM

$1 for a 500 word article??? How cheap!

I will you pay you $1.50 for a 500 word article

Adam

08-17-2009, 09:42 PM	#1
lisag Lisa Dozois War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Florida, USA. Posts: 612 Thanks: 85 Thanked 221 Times in 110 Posts Social Networking	Sigh! Can it get any worse than this? Received this in my email today... Hi Lisa, I wonder if you are interested in making unlimited money? I want someone to write articles for me and I mean unlimited number of articles...as much as you can. However, I use to work with someone else but due to pregnancy and then having a child later, she couldn't continue. She wrote articles for me for a year. She use to charge me a dollar for each page and each page was around 500 words. I'm looking for you to give me the same deal. I don't care if you are going to write 50 articles a day. I can pay for it That's how you make money. Let me know.
	-- Lisa G

08-17-2009, 09:49 PM	#2
Valorie Motivated Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 183 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 277 Thanked 37 Times in 31 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Sigh! Can it get any worse than this? Shall I get you a barf bucket? That is how you make 0.002 cents of money per word, I guess. Woo Hoo, time to go shopping!

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MustafaKamal Internet Lifestyle Coach War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 365 Thanks: 11 Thanked 18 Times in 18 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Sigh! Can it get any worse than this? The thread caught me at 'one dollar an article for 500 words'. Starts to post frantically on getafreelancer.com for a writers willing to write an article for a dollar at 500 words

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timpears Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver, WA, USA. Posts: 3,503 Thanks: 329 Thanked 584 Times in 408 Posts	Re: Sigh! Can it get any worse than this? I can't believe that you are going to turn down unlimited income. And he probably believes that she quit because she had a baby too. Couldn't possibly be because the pay was so crappy, could it?
	Tim Pears

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Zeus66 John Schwartz War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Near Dallas, TX, USA Posts: 3,734 Thanks: 1,660 Thanked 3,336 Times in 1,179 Posts Social Networking	Re: Sigh! Can it get any worse than this? Everything's relative. I think that's the lesson here. Sadly, in this case. John

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Jason_V Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: , , USA. Posts: 1,467 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 129 Thanked 212 Times in 79 Posts	Re: Sigh! Can it get any worse than this? Actually, I think it can get worse. I saw people trying to get 400-500 word articles for $.50 each before. You know the quality is probably going to be horrible, I don't understand the rationale behind it. I'm not saying there aren't good low cost writers. However, you're probably going to spend more money trying to find a low cost good quality writer than if you just hired a more expensive quality writer in the first place.

08-18-2009, 02:49 AM	#11
Adam Sussman Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: , London , UK Posts: 1,248 Thanks: 294 Thanked 145 Times in 123 Posts Social Networking	Re: Sigh! Can it get any worse than this? $1 for a 500 word article??? How cheap! I will you pay you $1.50 for a 500 word article Adam
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