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Edited by: FreelanceWriter Mar 30, 10, 04:37PM
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...and there ain't no way to "thoroughly discuss" 5 regulatory organizations in a single page.
If you're obviously a college freshman (at most), don't select "Ph.D" level from the dropdown box and definitely don't give us further reminders (in all caps, no less) that you really need to make sure that your single-page paper will be at the "Ph.D" level and that we "thoroughly" discuss anything, much less "at least" five listed organizations. As writers, all we hear from that is "Guaranteed to be a problem customer who will waste our time with ridiculous complaints and demands for a rewrite for a silly little paper."
First, most of us have actually earned our own advanced degrees and we know there's no such thing as any single-page "Ph.D" essay on anything;
Second, Ph.D programs don't assign topics like "Explain what Engineering is and why it is so important to society"; and
Third, it's not possible to discuss anything "thoroughly" in one page, much less "at least" five listed regulatory organizations.
When we see that nonsense in an order, many of us stay clear of it just because it's so delusional and annoying that we want nothing to do with it (or you). You don't have to try to impress us and you don't need to try to "trick" us into giving you our best work. We always do our best because we want you to keep requesting us in the future.
Just place the order exactly as your assignment reads; tell us your actual level of school so that we can do our best to help you; and take a look at any page from any academic essay first to see how much information you can reasonably ask for in a single page of writing.
[NOTE: The details and subject matter of the order have been completely changed to protect the clueless.]
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| xotica |
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Apr 22, 10, 10:24PM
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do you have to pay for turnitin?
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| beadyeyes |
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Jul 8, 10, 04:21PM
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If you're an undergrad, what's the best way to ensure that the writing quality will be good?
I did notice that some companies offer a "premium" service, so I guess that's one way to do it.
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| FreelanceWriter |
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Jul 8, 10, 04:37PM
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From my understanding, academic institutions pay for a turnitin subscription but they also have a student version. In my opinion, the best way to find a quality product is to take a small risk on a short paper and stick with the first company and/or writer from whom you receive a quality product. Unless you have a word-of-mouth referral, it's always a bit of a crap shoot at first. If I were a student, I'd also look through old posts here carefully, because it shouldn't be too hard to identify likely prospects as well as likely risks you would probably want to avoid.
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Jul 8, 10, 06:41PM
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beadyeyes: I did notice that some companies offer a "premium" service
That's absolute, utter nonsense. It's nothing more than a sales gimmick. ALL orders should be "premium" by default.
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Jul 12, 10, 01:16AM
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I strongly agree with this statement. I write for a site that offers this 'premium service', but not once have I been requested to write on a 'premium level'. As a self-respecting writer, you always try to deliver the best quality of work possible. Premium service is a marketing gimmick.
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Jul 23, 10, 07:32AM
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Maybe it's just my personal ethic, but any writer that is truly exceptional treats each essay the same way a passionate artist treats their works of art. I know it sounds ultra-cheesy, but when you're good at something, you naturally take pride in your work...hence your work should always be 'premium.'
With respects to the opening post about ridiculously annoying super-short-but-overachieving-1page-dissertation type assignments, my solution to that problem is to set a minimum charge for essays. I justify it on the grounds that even if the writing does not take very long, it takes greater time/effort/energy to write one page about an entirely new topic than it does to write continuously in a multi-page essay....so I charge a minimum rate for 1-pagers. For my business, that rate is 2.5x the normal per-page rate.
-ACE
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| FreelanceWriter |
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Jul 24, 10, 10:08AM
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KISSmyACE: Maybe it's just my personal ethic, but any writer that is truly exceptional treats each essay the same way a passionate artist treats their works of art. I know it sounds ultra-cheesy, but when you're good at something, you naturally take pride in your work...hence your work should always be 'premium.'
Maybe it's just me, but I laugh at people in general who refer to themselves as "exceptional" and even more so at those who claim to be "exceptional" writers while making obvious grammatical mistakes in the process.
KISSmyACE: With respects to the opening post about ridiculously annoying super-short-but-overachieving-1page-dissertation type assignments, my solution to that problem is to set a minimum charge for essays. I justify it on the grounds that even if the writing does not take very long, it takes greater time/effort/energy to write one page about an entirely new topic than it does to write continuously in a multi-page essay....so I charge a minimum rate for 1-pagers. For my business, that rate is 2.5x the normal per-page rate.
Thanks, but nobody was asking for your advice and this isn't a "problem" for me. It was a simple suggestion to customers that there's no need to embellish their academic level. It applies just as much to longer papers for a typical college freshman paper (like "compare and contrast _________ ") with the "Ph.D" box checked instead of 4th year high school or 1st year college.
I don't charge anybody 2.5 x the single page rate for writing 1 page either; I normally use a unique system of charging customers who order 1 page the price of a single page. If a particular order requires research of much more "time/effort/energy" than is fairly paid by the number of pages requested, I just explain and give a fair rate for what's involved on a case-by-case basis.
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Edited by: rustyironchains Jul 24, 10, 10:47AM
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KISSmyACE: I know it sounds ultra-cheesy
not cheesy-- absurd! the artist, alone in his/her studio toiling long and hard over... some brat's homework. adding here, taking away there... it has to be perfect. and now, the signature.
wait a minute...
the passionate artist! wake up and smell the coffee.
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Jul 24, 10, 06:45PM
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Aww.. cut him some slack. I'm betting that err.. KISSmyACE was just trying to promote himself by sounding all "cheesy" and artist-like. God knows that doing that correctly does win a writer some clients on this site. Of course, by "correctly" I mean the exact opposite of how garr... KISSmyACE is doing it but hey, can't blame the guy for trying. :)
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