Comments for Writer Wrangler

Comment on Site Review: www.guru.com by Brandon Lehman

Brandon Lehman — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:29:24 +0000

Hi folks! Brandon from Guru.com here. We’ve had alot of updates since this article was posted and are releasing some new ones very soon! Come by and check out what we’ve been up to!

Comment on Site Review: www.guru.com by Tommaso Santojanni

Tommaso Santojanni — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:34:17 +0000

BE CAREFUL! DO NOT USE GURU they act illegally and FRAUD members!!! I am taking legal action.

Thank God both Paypal and American Express supported my claims and refunded the whole amount.

I posted a project specifications and selected a freelancer. The freelancer offered to deliver the work in 2 weeks for an agreed sum.

He was 4 months late and the delivered work did not meet AT ALL the the project description â€“ in fact Paypal and AmEx concurred with me 100% and, THANK GOD, they saved me by refunding me 100%!

I refused to release the remaining portion of the payment and the freelancer opened a claim.

Guru asks you to open an escrow account BEFORE posting your project with the whole amount.

At the freelancerâ€™s complaint, guru ARBITRARILY, without my permission, seized and blocked my funds.

Guru did NOT BOTHER to read the project description (available publicly on their website) and said that it was MY responsibility to furnish GURU with evidence that the freelancer was wrong within 48hrs and not their duty to verify!

Again: pls note the project description was POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE !!!!

I had work to do (I run a small company) and after 48hrs they assigned the money to the freelancer!

With Paypalâ€™s and AmExâ€™s concurring that I was right I sought a lawyer and I am demanding reparations.

BEWARE â€“ they act illigally and fraud members.

Comment on Site Review: www.guru.com by Ascanio Collier

Ascanio Collier — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:31:40 +0000

Wow…

Good to know, I was about to open an account with GURU… Thanks for sharing.

Comment on Site Review: www.guru.com by Tommaso Santojanni

Tommaso Santojanni — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:27:43 +0000

BE CAREFUL! DO NOT USE GURU they act illegally and FRAUD members!!! I am taking legal action.

Thank God both Paypal and American Express supported my claims and refunded the whole amount.

I posted a project specifications and selected a freelancer. The freelancer offered to deliver the work in 2 weeks for an agreed sum.

He was 4 months late and the delivered work did not meet AT ALL the the project description – in fact Paypal and AmEx concurred with me 100% and, THANK GOD, they saved me by refunding me 100%!

I refused to release the remaining portion of the payment and the freelancer opened a claim.

Guru asks you to open an escrow account BEFORE posting your project with the whole amount.

At the freelancer’s complaint, guru ARBITRARILY, without my permission, seized and blocked my funds.

Again: pls note the project description was POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE !!!!

I had work to do (I run a small company) and after 48hrs they assigned the money to the freelancer!

With Paypal’s and AmEx’s concurring that I was right I sought a lawyer and I am demanding reparations.

BEWARE – they act illigally and fraud members.

Comment on Site Review: www.guru.com by Taj

Taj — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:21:53 +0000

They are FRAUD people. I had bad experience twice.They do horrible and broken work for you and take several months and will release money to their people in india so called freelancers without your permission.

Comment on Site Review: www.guru.com by Mehdi

Mehdi — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:38:53 +0000

I was scammed on Elance.com and came over to Guru and found the company who had had their account shut down on Elance, fully active on Guru.com. Guru have refused to take any action as the scamming happened on another site. So by using their logic, a man can murder someone in France, then come to Canada and live happily ever after without any consequences. The world doesnt work like that. I emailed them, contacted them on Facebook, and Twitter. I even messaged the CEO Inder Guglani on Facebook. The emails have stopped, they blocked me on twitter and facebook instead of realising their mistake.

Comment on Busy does not mean profitable. by Julzwriter

Julzwriter — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:34:37 +0000

Ha! That sounds like me. Now to deal with the disorder!

Comment on Why Freelance Writers Shouldn’t Waste Much Time with Craigslist by Julzwriter

Julzwriter — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:31:26 +0000

What? This article comes as a surprise to me, comsidering that I have been an avid user of Craiglist. The only postive reply I got was a poster sending me a “writing jobs” affiliate link to sign up. Guess I will start looking somewhere else.

Comment on Site Review: www.guru.com by Samantha

Samantha — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:52:55 +0000

What I learned as a employer:

If they have a lot of jobs and very little feedback- that is BAD BAD BAD and means that the freelancer doesn’t accept the feedback into their profile because the feedback about them is NEGATIVE NEGATIVE NEGATIVE.

Little something for the newbies.

Comment on Site Review: www.guru.com by V. Singh

V. Singh — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:00:27 +0000

I requested a tutor for my son on the website NextGuru. The ad said that i will be contacted within twenty-four hours.
Three days later i got an e-mail saying that “I anm sorry the tutor as not available, believe it or not tutors get busy or go on vacation”. What in the world is this?
No name. no hello/to, no telephone contact … just saying to make another request.
What kind of a business is this ??? Surely not a reliable one.