| braiden992 |
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Sep 22, 10, 05:44PM
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Having never worked for a large essay writing site, I am curious if most sites provide their writers with free access to scholarly journal databases that they subscribe to on their dime?
Also, I was wondering how the grade guarantees work?....seems like students could easily take advantage of writers.
Also, while there seems to be an underlying debate as to which sites are credible and which aren't, can't we all agree that the more writers the site has, the greater chance that an unfortunate situation will occur. I mean, academic writing is hard work and some of the deadline requests are unrealistic. Plus, if you factor in the absence of face-to-face accountability, which works both ways, then that's always going to increase the overall risk. It seems like most of us work in the industry, which does creates a bias, but the fact people are taking an active interest in their reputation leads me to believe that one of two things is going on.
1. There are more writers than prospective clients (honestly not my case...in fact, I am interested in contracting a good writer to handle my overflow).
2. There is more to this forum than the title suggests...maybe it was created as a way to respond to site bashing
Not really sure why there is so much commotion on here. If people truly want to help out others, they should be able to recommend their own services, or at least explain them, or point them in the write direction. Prospective clients should have the wherewithal to prod suggestions with their own questions. Anyhow, just the thoughts of someone passing through.
Maybe it's worth letting everyone know which site you represent, or otherwise.
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| Major |
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Sep 22, 10, 06:18PM
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braiden992: I am curious if most sites provide their writers with free access to scholarly journal databases that they subscribe to on their dime?
As far as I know writers use their own tools (including subscriptions to online databases) and companies usually don't provide anything extra.
braiden992: can't we all agree that the more writers the site has, the greater chance that an unfortunate situation will occur
That is true. ALL sites have at least one unsatisfied client (in reality many more than one ;).
braiden992: If people truly want to help out others, they should be able to recommend their own services, or at least explain them, or point them in the write direction.
The problem is most 'business owners' have multiple websites (sometimes as many as 200 or more) and many hired 'promoters.' If they were to 'recommend their own services' the site would become garbage.
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| WritersBeware |
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Sep 22, 10, 06:23PM
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Major: The problem is most 'business owners' have multiple websites (sometimes as many as 200 or more) and many hired 'promoters.' If they were to 'recommend their own services' the site would become garbage.
Exactly.
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| rustyironchains |
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Sep 22, 10, 06:53PM
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sometimes the customer supplies a username and password, which gives access to university websites with EBSCO, Lexis-Nexis, etc. I have never received access directly from an employer-- those databases charge a lot.
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| WRT |
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Sep 23, 10, 10:32AM
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braiden992
If we're allowed to recommend our services, this forum will become a free-for-all. Everyone of us will go about promoting ourselves at the expense of other companies/writers. Besides (speaking as both a company owner and writer), how would we maintain objectivity? Where both my company and my own research/writing skills are concerned, I am very subjective. Should I (or anybody connected to the company) be asked about our quality of service? No - at best, we will be `selectively' truthful. Should customers be asked and allowed to post recommendations? No, if only because it is extremely easy for site owners/managers to pose as satisfied customers.
As Major wrote:
Major: The problem is most 'business owners' have multiple websites (sometimes as many as 200 or more) and many hired 'promoters.' If they were to 'recommend their own services' the site would become garbage. |
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| dnm |
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Sep 27, 10, 02:44PM
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I work with several large sites and none of them give us access to academic databases, way too expensive. Try to get athens access from your clients.
braiden992: I was wondering how the grade guarantees work?....seems like students could easily take advantage of writers.
yeah. it gives clients the upper hand. they can have us rewriting over and over till admin steps in.
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