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Edited by: EW_writer Jan 7, 11, 06:08PM
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How many writers/companies have been having problems with this payment processor? A company I work for sent me $1500 months ago through swreg but the payment never arrived. It's taken so long that the company has had to pay me what I was owed through other channels. It's appalling that a payment processing company can get away with keeping other people's money in their pockets like this. I was informed by the company I work for that their legal team had already confronted SWREG and that the latter has agreed to send the payment this week (the payment will cover my current balance with the company and the rest is to be kept as payment for future orders). However as usual, the payment failed to arrive.
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| rogerb |
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Jan 8, 11, 01:08PM
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Why don't you use Paypal?
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| EW_writer |
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Jan 8, 11, 08:58PM
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I do use paypal but two of the companies that I work for send payments to my paypal account via SWREG.
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| EW_writer |
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Jan 28, 11, 04:03PM
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Well.. it's been 22 days since my first post on this thread and SWREG still has not made the payment. I tried contacting the payment processor but did not get a response. The company that owed me the money assured me that they have been hammering on SWREG with their legal department. Apparently, SWREG is not afraid of getting sued. This is frustrating.
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| WritersBeware |
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Jan 28, 11, 05:14PM
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Who cares about your personal pocketbook? Nobody. Selfish, as usual . . . .
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Edited by: EW_writer Jan 28, 11, 08:09PM
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WritersBeware: Who cares about your personal pocketbook?
Oh wow... isn't this forum supposed to be a channel for both customers and writers to use when they do not get what they are entitled to in this "industry"? A payment processor can scam writers just as an essay company can and writers and company owners ought to be made aware of how SWREG is treating its clients.
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| EW_writer |
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Feb 5, 11, 04:13PM
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Well, the company has finally decided to sue SWREG. They said that they will be sending me my payment through Paypal. The problem is, one of the owners is still in Cairo. I was able to reach him through email and he assured me that as soon as he gets back (he expects to be back by Saturday night EST), he will send the payment.
The month-long wait is almost over (I hope).
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Feb 9, 11, 05:22AM
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WritersBeware: Who cares about your personal pocketbook? Nobody. Selfish, as usual . . . .
When will you stop making mad comments?
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Edited by: WritersBeware Feb 9, 11, 11:42AM
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Idaho: When will you stop making mad comments?
Shut the hell up, potato.
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Feb 10, 11, 04:35PM
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Well.. another update. It's been 41 days since I was supposed to be paid the sum of $711 for orders completed from late November to December. The Paypal payment that was promised last February 5 has yet to arrive and I was told by my handler that this was because of the problems in Cairo. Since the company is still operating, I personally feel that it should have no problem paying a writer for orders completed over a month ago. Nevertheless, I have considerable trust in my handler as we share a number of things in common, so I will give it a few more days. Needless to say though, this is quite frustrating.
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Feb 13, 11, 03:53AM
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Maybe its a scam.
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Feb 13, 11, 07:23AM
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I don't think this is a problem with the payment processors-- I think it's a problem with the company using them. jmho...
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| pheelyks |
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Feb 13, 11, 08:01AM
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Shoulda stopped there....
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Feb 13, 11, 08:46AM
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I do think. I think that this company is stringing EW along. it concerns me, so I post. what do you think?
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Edited by: pheelyks Feb 13, 11, 09:52AM
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editor75: what do you think?
I think EW is a big boy who has been in this business longer than I and probably knows what he's talking about. I also looked up SWREG about a week ago after coming across this thread, and a lot of people/companies from many different industries and parts of the world have similar complaints.
Again, research and rational arguments tend to win out over assumptions and blind assertions. For instance, did you actually read the entire thread? I'm especially interested in how you interpreted the part where EW says the company has paid everything it owes him using other means--how does this contribute to them "stringing him along"?
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Edited by: editor75 Feb 13, 11, 10:33AM
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the reason I use phrases like "I think," and "it seems," is that I don't know. the only people who do know are the people who are delaying EW's payments. just because a company pays out some, and then stops, does that automatically mean that they will pay out eventually? how is that logical? this scenario stinks, so I thought I'd say so. if you have a bunch of patronizing crap to say about that, no one's stopping you. I wonder why, though. are you that unhappy?
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| pheelyks |
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Feb 13, 11, 10:59AM
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You also don't read, don't listen to other people, and don't bother to do any research on anything. Ignorance isn't necessarily shameful, but willful ignorance is plain evil.
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| pheelyks |
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Feb 13, 11, 11:05AM
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editor75: patronizing crap
That word...I do not think it means what you think it means. I have never patronized you in the slightest. I have sometimes been overtly sarcastic in my responses to you, but I have never pretended I thought you or your arguments have any redeeming merits. Here's some "crap" that someone a little more relevant to the issue has to say, though:
EW_writer: It's taken so long that the company has had to pay me what I was owed through other channels.
EW_writer: I have considerable trust in my handler
Eddie, the scenario does stink, but your comments pointed out nothing and were meant only to fan flames that don't really exist. EW trusts this company, they have paid him in the past while still having issues with this processor, and the situation in Cairo is rather unique and extreme. I have no reason to defend this company; I don't work for them, which means they are my competitor. When you make useless, baseless, and purposefully inflammatory comments just to denigrate the industry, however, I'll speak up.
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Feb 13, 11, 11:42AM
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like I said, pheelyks, no one's stopping you.
good luck, EW (to whom my initial response was addressed), but I think you're being played-- be careful.
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| pheelyks |
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Feb 13, 11, 11:55AM
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editor75: like I said, pheelyks, no one's stopping you.
Like I said, failing to read and comment on the substantive portions of someone's posts doesn't make you a productive member of this forum, or an especially useful human being.
Have you had a chance to look up "patronize" yet?
editor75: I think you're being played-- be careful.
Eddie smells a rat! Admittedly knows absolutely nothing about the industry, but he's a clever beast.
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Feb 13, 11, 12:31PM
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I don't know why you keep assuming I haven't read the whole thread before posting. in any case, my post wasn't made to antagonize you, and shouldn't concern you this much. admittedly, it's an assumption; it certainly isn't (logically or rationally, anyway), any sort of invitation to disparage me as a human being.
it's disappointing that you've gone this overboard, and more disappointing that this forum doesn't have an "ignore" function. I'd therefore like to ask you, if possible, and since my posts seem to incense you so, to simply ignore them. this will, I believe, increase your own happiness as well as mine, since I will, in return, do you the same favor. thanks for the attention, and good luck with your projects.
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Edited by: WritersBeware Feb 13, 11, 12:51PM
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editor75: it's disappointing that you've gone this overboard, and more disappointing that this forum doesn't have an "ignore" function. I'd therefore like to ask you, if possible, and since my posts seem to incense you so, to simply ignore them. this will, I believe, increase your own happiness as well as mine, since I will, in return, do you the same favor. thanks for the attention, and good luck with your projects.
I have a better idea: don't post stupid, uneducated, clueless drivel that may confuse and mislead visitors. In return, we won't feel compelled to highlight your ignorance for the public good.
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Edited by: editor75 Feb 13, 11, 01:13PM
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is that really a better idea? and who's been misled? no one has even mentioned any writing companies, just SWREG and Paypal. so, did you just come here to make trouble, too, or do you have something to say about EW's situation? in the case of the former, see the very text you just quoted. in the case of the latter, please elaborate. you seem to have a lot of information about these companies; the path to being constructive here should be fairly open to you.
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Feb 13, 11, 04:09PM
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Let me reiterate that I am in no way accusing this particular writing company that I work for of being a scam. I have made thousands from them already and do not think that they would screw me over for $711. However, I appreciate the well-meaning posts that almost everyone has made. A 41-day delay is a 41-day delay (44 days now) and I don't think that any writer should have to wait for payment for that long. Also, I do not think that a company should take it against a writer to complain about such delay on a public forum.
I will continue to update this thread on the progress of the payment.
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| pheelyks |
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Feb 13, 11, 10:24PM
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editor75: I don't know why you keep assuming I haven't read the whole thread before posting.
It's because you keep ignoring certain stated facts. I guess maybe you're ignoring them on purpose instead, but I don't see how that makes your arguments any better.
editor75: gone this overboard
Pointing out that you're wrong, start trouble for no real reason, and generally act like a douchebag is going overboard when you've been doing the same thing for weeks? I think you're a bit too sensitive.
editor75: since I will, in return, do you the same favor
You already ignore anything of substance that get said on this forum. And I really don't lose any happiness over you--I'd prefer having rational discussions with you, but since you've proven incapable of that I will continue to take pleasure in pointing out how much of an idiot you are.
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Edited by: editor75 Feb 14, 11, 07:42AM
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good luck, EW.
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Feb 17, 11, 11:15AM
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SWREG - absolutely usless.... just another tier in the scam.... The more tiers, the more difficult it is to get rid of them!
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| pheelyks |
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Feb 17, 11, 11:21AM
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Pinkfootsie: just another tier in the scam
and this is just another instance of SPAM....you keep posting essentially useless things in dead threads--desperate for PMing much?
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