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LOL :sweat_smile:

You left out the part where you ripped off images from random Amazon products together with stock photos and tried to present them as your own.

These were your so called HQ photos that I asked from you before the order, that you actually didnā€™t have at all, but which you claimed you did, and once the time came you went out for the hunt to get the photos somewhere online. How convenient for you to left out that part :sweat_smile:

But valid point made. Iā€™ll put the photos you used in my original sales thread, incase someone wants (or thinks) to use ripped off content as their own.

Seriously take a hike now, your next post here promoting other sellers under my sales thread results in direct report.

I can second your experience entirely. My experience was very similar.

My experience in a nutshell:

I provided everything for a 2 pack deal of The Sun and Daily Mail for $5k.

This guy was communicative with me the entire time, seemed professional. I provided him with a well written article with my client and photos. He delivered The Sun on-time, but it wasnā€™t what I expected. It was The Sun US and not The Sun UK. I was not informed about this upfront, and The Sun US has less value than The Sun UK. The article was well written at least. It looked great, but the Sun US has a DA of 74 and The Sun UK has a DA of 94. Big difference IMO.

The other article of the two package deal was supposed to be Daily Mail, this was the article I was more excited about for my client, since it is more popular than The Sun UK and usually more expensive, even double, from most sellers on swapd. A couple days before the 30 days were up, seller said that I couldnā€™t run the same story (the one that he said was approved) and that I needed my client to come up with a ā€œquirky or funnyā€ story. I asked for more details, none were provided. I asked my client on Thanksgiving Eve to come up with some ā€œquirky or funnyā€ stories. He sent 4, not really knowing at all what this meant. Seller requested an extension of 15 days for Daily Mail. It was granted. 4-5 days after extension, seller asked to close ticket and asked for a 50/50 split return. This means he wanted $2500 for The Sun US, which is a total rip off. The Sun UK isnā€™t even worth that. And if Iā€™m paying for a $5000 package deal, Daily Mail is worth well over half of the packageā€¦ probably 60-75%, and thatā€™s considering if itā€™s paired with The Sun UK, not the Sun US.

I requested a complete refund so that the admins could help mediate, bc paying $2250-2500 for The Sun US is not worth it at all. Basically, I hadnā€™t received either of the exact articles I thought I was going to get. Seller said ā€œThese kinds of things happenā€ as his reasoning for everything. Basically, nearly 40 days were wasted and he wanted way more money than the article was worth. We ended up settling for $1000 for the articleā€¦ which is probably just about itā€™s exact worthā€¦ but this isnā€™t the worst part. This man insulted me, claimed I was trying to scam him. ā€œGaslightā€ is the correct term for what this guy did. Made me feel bad as a customer who was complaining about not receiving what was promised. Super unprofessional. Completely unprofessional.

I do think that this seller is possibly packaging two articles together and only delivering the cheaper one to possibly rip off unknowing customers. Fortunately, Iā€™m very familiar with DA and other sellers prices. Iā€™ve had other sellers give discounts bc of late deliveries and be kind and admit fault. This seller admits no fault and blames you for anything that goes wrong.

100% would not do business with this seller again.

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@seventhshield @CaliFatCat thank you for detailing your experiences. I was considering opening a ticket with this seller. I believe not enough people on SWAPD leave truthful negative reviews in fear of some form of retaliation. I think the review system on top of many other things are what make swapd so great

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100% agree

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