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Edited by: Fraudatio Jun 3, 11, 06:16AM
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Unfortunately, hindsight is always 20/20. I ordered an essay from the website in question. First, here is what I ordered from Essay Academia.
Title: Personal Statement for Law School
Payment Made: Yes
Amount (Before Discount): $37.9
Amount (After Discount): $34.11
Created Date: June 2, 2011, 4:26 PM
Type of Work: Admission Essay
Academic Level: Law School
Deadline: 10 Days
No of pages: 2
Spacing: Double
Number of Source: 0
Number of Quotation: 0
Style: MLA
Order Uploaded: No
Second, before I ordered an essay, I used the "free draft" option. I must admit, I thought the quality of the "draft" was good (not superior or supreme, but good). I liked what the draft had to say, thus I was convinced to order an essay. My first suspicion of this website were the e-mail addresses. This red-flag immediately yelled scam to me. Here are the following e-mail addresses:
infoessayacademia@gmail.com
support@essayacademia.com[DND*][DND*][DND*]
G-mail account? The second red-flag, which ought to have been obvious to me, was the physical address or lack thereof, to wit:
EssayAcademia
San Diego, CA
USA Zip-92173
Now, how do I resolve this alleged scam or fraud? Well, the good thing, is, fraud is not tolerated in any system of law. An actionable fraud is any deception practiced in order to induce another to part with property (money is considered property) or surrender some legal right; a false representation made with an intention to deceive; may be committed by stating what is known to be false or by professing knowledge of the truth of a statement which is false, but in either case, the essential ingredient is a falsehood uttered with intent to deceive. I would argue that Essay Academia fits one of the aforesaid, and it is clear that the Essay Academia intends to induce another to part with property.
With the research provided aforementioned by WritersBeware, I used that information with my complaint. I when into my PayPal account to file a dispute. By opening a dispute, I will be communicating with the seller (Essay Academia), not PayPal, about this problem transaction. I feel that I ought to reason with the seller first before taking further action. I have not heard from Essay Academia, yet, but if I cannot reason with Essay Academia, then I will escalate it to a PayPal claim. By escalating to a claim, I will be asking PayPal to review the case, and ultimately, PayPal will decide the outcome. If that fails, then I will go to my credit card issuer. I plan on filing a claim anyway for safe measures. If ALL of my remedies fail, then I am out $34.11. Not much to lose, but every penny counts. I will try all of my options.
I will keep everyone posted on the latest...
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| Fraudatio |
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Edited by: Fraudatio Jun 3, 11, 11:28AM
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After work today, I went to my bank to discuss my issue. My bank could not file a "chargeback" claim owing to the fact that I authorized the transaction (duh--I figured they would say that). If the transaction was unauthorized, then my bank would be able to help me. Nevertheless, my bank closed my account and they told me to call (402)-935-7733 (i.e. PayPal) to discuss my issue.
I called PayPal to discuss my issue. I gave them the facts and they were cooperative with me in the process. PayPal had me open a dispute claim with the seller (i.e. Essay Academia). I left a message for the seller. PayPal told me to wait for a response and workout the issue with the seller. If the seller refuses to refund my money, not cooperating, or I do not hear from them, then I have to escalate the issue to PayPal. PayPal will then investigate the issue and ultimately make a decision on the refund.
So far, I have been pleased with the customer service from my bank and PayPal. I hope this helps individuals who have been scammed or who may be scammed by Essay Academia in the future.
I will keep you posted...
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| Fraudatio |
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Edited by: Fraudatio Jun 3, 11, 08:07PM
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**SUCCESS**
EssayAcademia agreed to refund my money without any dispute. Success in one day! EssayAcademia said the following:
"EssayAcademia granted [NAME BLOCKED]'s request for a $34.11 USD refund. This dispute will be closed once the refund is complete. 6/3/2011 19:18 PDT
From Seller - EssayAcademia 6/3/2011 19:18 PDT
Your money is refunded. But, please note that we are from USA and our marketing activities are undertaken from many countries including India and UAE (United Arab Emirates). Please note that we do not force anyone to place order and you were given draft absolutely free."
While I was not "forced" to place an order, I was deprived of my property or my right by trick, artifice, or deception, thus I was injured by the withholding of what was due to me. There you go folks. A successful refund from a scam. I hope this helps anyone having trouble with EssayAcademia.
P.S. On my transaction record, I have the following business contact information, to wit:
Customer Service URL: http://essayacademia.com[DND*][DND*]/
Customer Service Email: admin@essayacademia.com[DND*][DND*]
Customer Service Phone: +91 16197934478
That +91 is the international calling code for India.
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| DrDavies |
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Jun 4, 11, 02:26AM
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Great news Fraudatio - and all in one day!
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| zeeeeeeek |
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Jun 21, 11, 08:46AM
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I also got scammed by this website they also have other sister sites going under different names so guys be carefull. I paid 1250 USD for a dissertation ive only received a 1 page draft and have not heard from them since. They ignore all my emails and their 24 hour customer support service has been deserted for the past couple of months.. Learn from my mistake and others.. Do not pay any money to have your research done !!
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| pheelyks |
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Jun 21, 11, 09:55AM
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Chargeback!
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| jmmjm |
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Sep 9, 11, 12:24PM
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thanks, i was about to order a paper...
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| Inessabell |
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Sep 10, 11, 10:26AM
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please give me a reputable site you work for
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| zeeeeeeek |
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Sep 13, 11, 10:40AM
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I continue to visit their site to waste their time for ripping me off
sara:
do u do master dissertations?
Welcome sara! Your request has been directed to the Free Draft Service department. Please wait for our operator to answer your call.
Call accepted by operator Larry B. Keller. Currently in room: Larry B. Keller, sara.
Larry B. Keller:
Hi
Larry B. Keller:
May I know your topic and deadline?
sara:
i already ordered a dissertation from you guys two months ago and i never received anything
sara:
you guys are continuting to rip people off
Larry B. Keller has left the conversation. Currently in room: sara.
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| BeenScammed33 |
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Edited by: BeenScammed33 Oct 13, 11, 11:59AM
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I ordered a dissertation to be done and the writer had 60 days and couldn't do mor ethan 4 pages. Those 4 pages were copied and pasted from other sites. And that writer was a non native speaker. Then I requested a refund. Essay Academia assured me they'd get a native speaker, phd writer instead. So I let the writer start and he seemed to be dragging his feet. So I cancelled the order and asked for a refund. The company told me to wait 15-20 days and then they would recollect the payment from the writer. 25 days later they told me the writer didn't have any money in his account and to wait. In the meantime, I sent several emails none wer eanswered and called their customer service hotline. Their customer service is just a call center no real workers are there. All you can do is leave messages, their online chat never answers my "calls" Two months later, they tell me they were sorry for the delay, contacted their attorney and are trying to pursue this. I was so relieved to hear that. They told me to set up a paypal account and had to pay me with "their" money in installments. I said great. Then a few weeks go by and didn't hear anything. They then tell me their accounts manager is gone and give them another week. It's another week later. I feel like I'm being scammed. They didn't erase my account but I have yet to be paid nearly 3 months after a refund was promised. What do I do? They don't have a physical address and I can't report them to the BBB or the General Attorney. I am stuck. I have no product and they have nearly 900 us dollars. I send them like three emails a day. No replies. They are ignoring me.
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| pheelyks |
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Oct 13, 11, 12:41PM
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BeenScammed33: They don't have a physical address and I can't report them to the BBB or the General Attorney.
This wouldn't do any good anyway. You need to start a chargeback with your credit card company, NOW. You might already be too late to do this, which is exactly what the company was hoping for when they kept stringing you along.
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| WritersBeware |
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Edited by: WritersBeware Oct 13, 11, 01:02PM
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Well, that's what happens when you order from a foreign, ESL, ripoff site about which there were ample warnings in this forum.
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| Heremeout |
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Edited by: Heremeout Oct 16, 11, 09:38AM
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FreelanceWriter: I can answer that: A draft is something that people who don't write essays for a living assume those of us who do rely on to do our jobs. I've had customers message me asking me to send them the "rough draft" that I used to write their essays. They don't imagine that we just sit down and write their essays the same way they imagine that we spend 3 or 4 days writing a 4-pg essay when we may write 5 of those in a typical day. They don't realize it may be the 20th time we've written the same exact basic essay on a standard college freshman topic either. I get messages all the time from customers asking how their essay "is coming along" days before it's due when I'm about a dozen essays away from even looking at theirs yet. Once in a while, I've had customers ask me to write them a separate draft and essay. We can do that, but it's not our usual process and we'll probably just write the essay and then create a plausible draft after the fact to meet their requirements.
Unfortunately, you did not even attempt to distinguish between a draft and an essay. You must be an aspiring ESL writer!? You are terribly disorganized in your writing. Begin by clearly rewriting your statements, and please, try to be coherent enough. Everyone is reading. It`s simple, write it or quit typing!
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| Heremeout |
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Oct 16, 11, 09:54AM
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I just wanted bring to this user`s attention the fact that he is misleading others!
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| pheelyks |
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Oct 16, 11, 01:27PM
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Heremeout: Unfortunately, you did not even attempt to distinguish between a draft and an essay.
What's the difference, then?
Heremeout: You must be an aspiring ESL writer!?
You love to accuse others of this, but you never offer any proof. the fact that everyone can tell you yourself are an ESL writer makes this all the more hypocritical.
Heremeout: try to be coherent enough
What exactly is,"coherent enough"? Something's either coherent or it isn't.
Still haven't found the apostrophe, I see.
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| Heremeout |
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Edited by: Heremeout Oct 17, 11, 12:14AM
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pheelyks: but you never offer any proof. the fact that everyone can tell you yourself are an ESL writer makes this all the more hypocritical.
Here is one proof: In the statement above, you ignored to capitalize the initial letter when starting a new sentence. I also find it grammatically erroneous to construct sentences such as this:
'everyone can tell you yourself are an ESL writer makes this all the more hypocritical.'
Please, make the corrections accordingly. Good day!
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| pheelyks |
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Oct 17, 11, 12:33AM
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Heremeout: you ignored to capitalize the initial letter when starting a new sentence.
Missing a capitalization is called a typo. I am guilty of many typos on this forum. Saying things like, "you ignored to capitalize" reflect an incomplete grasp of grammar, which is not a simple error but a real gap in knowledge.
Heremeout: grammatically erroneous
What a needlessly complex phrase. My grammar also makes more sense when you quote the full sentence.
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| Heremeout |
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Oct 17, 11, 01:11AM
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pheelyks: Missing a capitalization is called a typo
I know it is a serious typo error you are fond of making. Henceforth, stop dreaming yourself as a writer. You do not have what it takes, and your dreams of becoming one may never come true. Good luck in your other endeavors!
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| pheelyks |
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Oct 17, 11, 01:38AM
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Heremeout: I know it is a serious typo error you are fond of making.
Not really fond, but it happens.
Heremeout: stop dreaming yourself as a writer.
There's another major grammar issue here.
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| Heremeout |
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Oct 17, 11, 04:25AM
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pheelyks: There's another major grammar issue here.
Point it out. Just try being useful for once!
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| pheelyks |
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Oct 17, 11, 10:49AM
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Heremeout: Point it out. Just try being useful for once!
I point them out all the time. You consistently ignore them. There's no shame in speaking English as a foreign language, or in being from Kenya--just be honest about it.
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| ScamVictim |
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Oct 22, 11, 03:56PM
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I was almost scammed by them to, lucky me I did not paid after I got the draft and I saw what kind the garbage they try to sell me.
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| rc258 |
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Oct 28, 11, 11:11PM
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Hey guys,
Please help me out.. I had ordered an essay for 350 pounds with essay academia, and they did all wrong work and then they agreed to give me full refund and also sent me mail for confirmation of refund when i had claimed in paypal. But paypal said they would help with my case as its not in their policy. Then i contacted the bank, the bank says they cant do anything as the payment want made by payapl, and that i will have to take help from them. I have contacted essayacademia 100 of times via mail and there chat, but they never reply.. Its 2 1/2 months now, and i still dont have my refund.. PLEASE GIVE ME SOME SUGGESTION. its a big amount and i dont want to loose it at any cost.. plz help
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| pheelyks |
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Oct 28, 11, 11:46PM
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If PayPal and your bank both refuse to help, you're pretty much out of luck. Why won't they investigate?
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| MeoKhan |
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Oct 29, 11, 07:12AM
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I don't understand how come your bank plus PayPal didn't find any room to help. The transaction went scamming. Wish you could have googled EA some beforehand. Anyways, you can now show all your cards to the company. Tell them openly you're going to report them to the law enforcement agencies and show them all the proof of your transaction with them. Say to them you will post reviews, complaints, etc.
Then wait some and if no response, you can start an iBattle against them. Think of so many potential customers to be scammed in the future. Perhaps, a little time you spend can benefit many.
I am thinking the EA guys (compulsive criminals) won't give a heed to your warnings. Thus, it'd be useful you start a campaign against them. Send each and every link to them you post to expose their dishonestly.
I am sure it'll work. Give it a try. Don't just sit mourning.
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| rc258 |
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Oct 29, 11, 11:05AM
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hey,
Yeah m preety much out of luck! i had sent an email to essay academia that i would do a legal case on them if i dont get my money back in this week. But they still havnt replied.. So u suggest i do a legal case on them or where should i complain for fraud... wont i be in problem as in isnt it illegal to get your dissertation written by other company?
Plz tell me step by step how and where should i complain.. i stay in uk...
Thanks for all your replies
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| rc258 |
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Nov 2, 11, 08:39PM
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hey some one please help me out with some suggestions.
thanks
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| Lobinho |
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Nov 2, 11, 09:13PM
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Fraudent company stay away!
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| pheelyks |
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Nov 2, 11, 10:01PM
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Lobinho: Fraudent company stay away!
That sounds like advice you can trust....
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| MeoKhan |
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Nov 3, 11, 05:20AM
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rc258: dissertation written by other company?
If you turn in the same thing, it sure is illegal. However, writing industry (legit) aims to facilitate students by providing model writeups. It's 100% legal.
You should talk to your lawyer and discuss all the things regarding your failed transaction. Secondly, you should google EA + scam, you will see a lot of pages including complaint board, etc.
Visit as many as you can and post your experience (review) on those pages. Also, it'd be a good idea starting your own blog and inviting people who have also been scammed. I am telling you there are hundreds of such people and, guess what, the number is counting.
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| rcastel2 |
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Nov 7, 11, 08:54PM
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I am glad you told me this cause I asked them to write a draft but I never got the draft so they have not gotten any of my credit card info
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| christinarichard |
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Jan 21, 12, 06:38PM
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I have been cheated by one of the writing company, and now I placed my order in Essayacedemia
I have been cheated by one of the writing company, and now I placed my order in Essayacedemia, does Essayacedemia a trustworthy website??
my due date is on tuesday, anyone please let me know whether am I jump into a trap again??
Please.....
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| christinarichard |
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Jan 24, 12, 12:11AM
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Hi Fraudatio, I am facing the same issues as your, may I know all the detail of how you claim back you money from Essayacademia? Please, I need it urgently :(
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| pheelyks |
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Jan 24, 12, 01:24AM
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You need to contact your credit card company/bank and dispute the charges. Explain that what you paid for was not delivered at all and that the company has been unresponsive. The credit card company will then contact essayacademia to see what's going on, and the odds are pretty good you'll end up with a refund.
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| break |
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May 13, 12, 09:23PM
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i know that this thread is old but i just want to say thanks .... i had placed an order thru essayacademia ... but was able to reverse because I had paid thru paypal...
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