BEWARE of Blog-for-Bucks!!!

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

I know several bloggers have been contacted by either Michelle Go, a certain Skylar Sinclaire or now, someone using the name Jean Carrey. They are offering link orders at $5 per link for a monetizing program named Blog-For-Bucks (blog-for-bucks.com). I was able to do link orders for them in another blog of mine. My sister was able to do one set of orders for them. Both payments were delayed but it was okay. The delay was just over two weeks.

Then my cousin did 3 links for them. After he submitted the links to Skylar, he was promised payment after three weeks. Fine with him because there are other programs paying a month after. The day of the supposed remittance, he did not receive any payment, not even an email explaining why they cannot remit payment on that day. After two days, he emailed Skylar asking for an explanation why the $15 (YES, FIFTEEN FREAKING DOLLARS!) was not yet remitted to him. No email. Nothing. After a few days, another email. And then he sent an email directly to blog-for-bucks via their submission form on their homepage. No response. NOTHING.

And then I thought of emailing Michelle Go because she was the one who contacted me before. I received a response two days after from Jean Carrey (notice the similarity of the name to a famous Hollywood comedian). She said that apparently, Skylar resigned already and they cannot access his email. Yeah, right! Skylar is using bigbucks@blog-for-bucks.com so you know right away that they can easily manipulate this email at their cpanel. Jean/Michelle is using a gmail account (writereview@gmail.com).

I am just angry on my cousin’s behalf because for $15 they are shortchanging him of what’s due him. And you know what, my cousin emailed them SEVERAL TIMES! I don’t know what kind of a company this Blog-For-Bucks is but I tell you, BEWARE OF THEM! Sa $15 nanloloko na sila ng blogger, what more kung mas malaki pang amount!

BEWARE OF BLOG FOR BUCKS!

15 Responses to “BEWARE of Blog-for-Bucks!!!”

  1. Amor says:
    May 28th, 2008 at 11:16 pm

    hi sis! I’m glad you blogged about this. I’m also a victim of Blog-for-bucks. I should have blogged about it. I emailed Skylar many times but he didn’t reply. So on my last email yesterday, I told him I’ll just delete the links on my posts and that he can go to hell with my $15! Saksak nya sa baga nya!

    Amors last blog post..Thanks to Recovery Console

  2. Comedy Plus says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 1:49 am

    What a shame. So noted. Have a great day. :)

  3. dimaks says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 5:28 am

    goodness.. kahit $1 lang basta pinaghirapan, yung $15 pa kaya? the world really got these bunch of people. thanks for the buzz sasha.

    dimakss last blog post..Before anything goes rolling

  4. Tere says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 6:56 am

    Noted Sasha. Thanks for the info! Did your cousin remove those posts already?

    Teres last blog post..PLDT & Smart outage Due to Fiber Optic Cut

  5. Laarni says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 8:39 am

    Thanks for the warning! ughh.

    Laarnis last blog post..LDR is torture

  6. manilenya says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 10:50 am

    di ko pinapatulan yung mga nanghihingi ng links na yan kapag hindi galing sa blogvertise sis.. well at least now malaman nila na alam na ng ibang blogger na scam sila :)

  7. maiylah says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

    thanks for the info, sis … noted.

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  8. mousey says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 9:52 pm

    mga user pala ang blog for bucks!

  9. mousey says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 9:53 pm

    bakit ayaw sa akin ni commentluv… di niya ako labs! lab ko pa naman siya hahaha!

  10. Angie says:
    May 30th, 2008 at 1:20 am

    I think I am one of the victims. LOL. I don’t even remember if I got paid or not. I guess I didn’t.

    Angies last blog post..The Long Weekend

  11. liza says:
    May 30th, 2008 at 4:49 am

    nakagawa na rin ako sa kanila before and it was skylar who contacted me. i was paid 2 weeks later. buti na lang you blogged about this, at least nalaman ko na hindi na sila dapat pag aksayahan ng panahon. thanks she!

  12. Justine says:
    May 31st, 2008 at 3:39 am

    I did a job for Michelle ($90) and Alyssa ($40) I got paid a few hours after I did it.I didn’t have any problems with them.

  13. Thess says:
    May 31st, 2008 at 11:15 pm

    I did a job for Michelle and Skylar in the past, maliliit lang at buti naman nabayaran.

    This is a good service you’re spreading She, keep it up!

    Thesss last blog post..and he called me SIR!

  14. bluep says:
    June 1st, 2008 at 7:51 am

    kaya nga ba sis ako natatakot sa direct hiring eh. may 5 na ata na kumokontak sa akin directly for sponsored post pero di ko nirereplayan kasi natatakot ako di mabayaran. dami na nangyari ganyan na kakilala ko eh. kaya palagi ko sinasabi downpayment muna bago gawa haha

    blueps last blog post..My Summer 2008 (part 2): My own underdog

  15. reyna elena says:
    June 9th, 2008 at 7:54 pm

    i knew i saw this warning somewhere and buti nga nakita ko sya! hahaha! i did not know what it was kasi dahil me offer ang blogbuyreviews sumtin sumtin so kala ko yun yun! thanks for the warning!

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