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Michele Walls / WV Writing Services Freelancers Beware! WV Writing Services Scam and Verbally Abusive CEO, Michele Walls Racine, West Virginia
Freelancers Beware! WV Writing Services Scam and Verbally Abusive CEO, Michele Walls #1. This client pays peanuts. I decided to take the peanuts as a step into the seo writing world. This was one of two projects that I won as a new freelance writer on Freelancer.com. Thank goodness the first project that I completed with Freelancer.com was a dream project; earning me the highest rating! (Excellent writing skills! Alice the Poet turned my words into a professional sounding text, with the artistic touch only a poet could impart to it. Highly recommended!) You can see it for yourself on my profile on the site. #2. This client, Michele Walls, CEO of WV Writing Services, is verbally abusive. #3. She lies.
Even on Freelancer.com she lied saying that the project was incomplete and that she didn't pay me. She did this so that I would not be able to make a comment or rate her as a client. I guess she didnt realize that they can confirm that she paid me $15.20 (she paid through them). Even though it was less than half of what she agreed to pay . I completed 1 400 world sample article, 10 500 word articles, and ALL of the rewrites she returned. They were all completed and turned in by the project deadline of August 28, 2010. She set the deadline. She has shown you herself, in her report that she lies: Tuesday, August 31, 2010: E-mail from Michele Walls, CEO WV Writing Services, Payroll runs from Monday to Sunday and is paid on Mondays the week preceding the end date. I still have yet to look at the REWRITTEN articles. I am getting to them today so I can get them to the client.
YOU WILL BE PAID TODAY FOR THE SAMPLE ARTICLE SINCE THAT ONE WAS FOR ME PERSONALLY AND THEN THE OTHERS ON MONDAY. [No payment was made on August 31, 2010 and no payment was made on Monday, September 6, Tuesday, September 7, Wednesday, September 8, Thursday, September 9, Friday, September 10...] Note, how she includes my message about rescinding the complaints directly after her message dated August 31, 2010. My message was actually sent over two weeks later, on September 15, 2010; after I still hadnt been paid. Michele has not only left out quite a bit in her report, she has also added some things: She sent articles that were in the email not ms docs, [Yes I did. Michele Walls, CEO of WV Writing Services never requested ms docs! The request is not in the original posting on Freelancer.com and its not in ANY of the e-mails I received from her.
Also she never complained about the way they were sent until today; almost four weeks later.] Michele also wrote in her report that, At the time of assignment we did not have any rewrites for in place we gave her 5 originals to meet the $30 project she was awarded. [She never mentioned she was sending anything in place of rewrites. That idea just wont fly. If that was the case clients could substitute 2,000 case studies in place of 250 word blogs!] #4. Early red flag: During my first week, I received an e-mail from Michele apologizing for the "late payroll." Since I was a new writer, Im sure this was for the benefit of the other writers, but alarm bells began to go off. The second week I received more excuses. #5-99.
Some of the things said and done by Michele Walls, CEO of WV Writing Services; You are crazy really, I see in your pictures you are old, [Yes, she looked me up like a cyberstalker! And whats wrong with old? I wonder what the AARP would feel about that? Im still waiting to see what Freelancer.com feels about her serious Code of Conduct violations.] You look like you have money, [So does that mean I dont get my peanuts, Michele?!] EXCUSE MY FRENCH BUT HELL KNOW, [Yes, this is how she spells no. She told me she has a law degree. Her alma mater would be so proud.] If I wasnt a Christian, [I dont care if she worships a head of lettuce, I just want my peanuts!] YOU LACK COMMON AND BASIC KNOWLEDGE [Wow, really professional, Michele.] $40/hr for consulting I WILL TAKE OFF WHAT I OWE YOU ANOTHER $3.30 FOR 5 MINUTES OF MY TIME...
[Of course none of these deductions were mentioned in the original agreement.] #6. The fact is, I didnt receive any payment until after I started filing complaints. I think Michele hoped that because it was such a small amount, that I wouldnt pursue it, but right is right. BTW, $16.30 of that $150,000 shes talking about belongs to me. I wonder how much more of it belongs to freelance writers. Peanuts I know, but my peanuts I worked hard for them. By the way, Ive been freelancing for over fifteen years; I know a scammer when I smell one. Get your money up front and your head examined if you would even consider working with WV Writing Services or Michele Walls, CEO!
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Allisans
PhilippinesAwaiting Payment
#5UPDATE Employee
Wed, February 09, 2011
Hi,
I sent Michelle close to 50 articles in a span of one month and still waiting to be paid. The first payment should have been processed last January 28, 2011 however, she said she would pay a week later instead. So that means we will be paid on February 4, 2011. It is now the 9th of February and still no word from her. I am really concerned as she was always online in Skype but not these past few days, or starting February 4th to be exact.
The rest of her team and I have not heard from her in almost a week now. If she has a big company, as she claims, why would she not ask her assistant to send payments in case she's out of town or in a middle of something urgent?
I really do hope she pays me and my co-writers because we have worked hard for each article produced and even declined other employers just so we can work for her in hopes of earning more.
Too Funny!
Nationwide,USA
My Opinion
#5UPDATE EX-employee responds
Thu, October 07, 2010
Michele, if you have already read my two other posts, I hope that by now, you are s***ing frisbees in rapid-fire succession, much like a machine gun. Yikes -- I'll bet that's painful. As far as who paid who when and who said what first, I don't give a rat's behind. I don't have access to your e-mails to see the proof myself. With that being said, let's dig right in, shall we?
Alice. Yep. SEO work can certainly be described as work paid for in "peanuts" because thanks to foreign competition who reside in countries where the cost of living is cheap and they can afford to outbid Americans, being underpaid is the industry norm. This is unfortunate.
Michele. No, no, no. You cannot substitute five original articles for 10 rewrites. That was not stated in the job description given in your ripoff report against Alice the Poet and I believe THAT would be considered not fulfilling your end of the contract. But of course, you love to change the rules (as I've mentioned in another report); in this case, you changed the rules simply because it suited your purposes. It's not Alice's problem you couldn't supply the stated work at that given time.
Alice. Who knows if Michele really did or did not request articles to be in msdoc. form. She is so long winded it's sometimes hard for me to not glaze over what she writes in her memos and various other e-mails (and even her amusing posts or ripoffreport.com. However, it really makes more sense to put articles in an attachment when e-mailing as opposed to inside the body of the e-mail. How long have you been using this new-fangled way to communicate that everyone calls "e-mailing?"
And Michele, it is totally inappropriate to refer to her pictures when I'm fairly certain she never sent you any. It appears as if you were trying to scare her into submission. Do your clients know about your intimidation tactics? Shame on you! As stated by you in your report against Alice, you are a Christian. Well, it's "Christians" like you who are the reason why I no longer worship in the House of the Lord. Thanks for ruining Christianity, in terms of the church environment, for the rest of us.
Alice. "I don't care if she worships a 'head of lettuce.'" Now, that's funny. However, I don't think she's a scammer, per say. I think she is a off-balanced, which is not a good trait for a business owner as it causes them to do stupid things when they cannot control their anger, frustration or plain rage. And yes, I took the time to examine my head and when I did, I got as far away from WV Writing Services as I possibly could -- until now.
As I said in another WV Writing Services-related complaint, a revision is not the same as an article rewrite. I cannot emphasize the importance of research. Now, I might be wrong about this but if the Freelancer.com-project was canceled by the employer, there should not have been a $3 fee (that you, Michele, should have never charged Alice -- a subject I've touched upon in another complaint). But again, I may be mistaken -- I've never posted a job on Freelancer.com.
Michele. For goodness sake! Of course Alice posted your BUSINESS website. She is filing a complaint about YOUR business. And you are the owner of WV Writing Services, correct? However, posting her personal MySpace information was deplorable! Let me emphasize the words "personal MySpace information." I visited her page and it is not related to her in a business sense.
What is wrong with you? And two new companies contacted you for work solely based on THIS complaint? I find that laughable. Wah, wah, wah! This is what probably the train of thought that crashed and blew up in your head - "But it's not fair that Alice gets to post my business's information but I can't post her personal information. Screw the rules; I'll post it if I want to because I feel a deep sense of entitlement. Who cares if I have yet again made myself sound unprofessional -- I must even the score." Stop behaving like a petulant child -- that song and dance is becoming tiresome, even though you've mastered it.
Anyway, thank you so much for providing me cheap entertainment for the evening. I appreciate it as I'm keeping a tight grasp on my budget for the holiday season. Salud!
Michele Walls
Racine,West Virginia,
United States of America
OMG
#5REBUTTAL Owner of company
Fri, September 17, 2010
REALLY? SHE IS COMPLAINING THAT I POSTED HER INFO BUT IN THIS REPORT SHE HAS MY WEBSITE POSTED.
I GUESS THE RULES DON'T APPLY TO YOU HUH ALICE?
Michele Walls / WV Writing Services
WVWritingservices.com
Racine West Virginia
United States of America
Phone:
Web Address:
I MEAN IS THAT NOT MY WEB ADDRESS THERE? IS MY NAME NOT ALL OVER IT.
HERE ARE THE REAL REPORTS TO THIS CRAZY SITUATION I MEAN SOMEONE HAS TO TELL THE TRUTH
I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE
http://www.ripoffreport.com/Work-at-Home/W-V-Writing-Services/W-V-Writing-Services-W-V-Whole-99796.htm
UNLIKE HER WHO WON'T EVEN GIVE HER REAL NAME
http://www.ripoffreport.com/Work-at-Home/Alice-the-poet/Alice-the-poet-alicethepoet-ya-6C938.htm
SHE POSTED MY WEB ADDRESS AND I POSTED HER MYSPACE ADDRESS AND HER
EMAIL ADDRESS
BY HER MENTIONING MY COMPANY I HAVE HAD PEOPLE EMAILING ME REGARDING THIS MATTER
THIS IS INSANE AND I SWEAR I'M DONE WITH YOU GO AHEAD KEEP EMAILING ME IF YOU WANT, I WILL POST EVERYONE
HECK IT HAS BROUGHT ME BUSINESS, I TOOK 2 NEW ORDERS FROM CLIENTS WHO WAS CHECKING ON OTHER COMPANIES ON HERE AND CAME ACROSS THESE REPORTS!!!!!! I AM EXCITED TO GET TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
Alice The Poet
Inglewood,California,
United States of America
WV Writing Services and CEO Michele Walls Have A History of Inappropriate Behavior
#5Author of original report
Fri, September 17, 2010
JUST IN: Today, the editor at Rip-off Report suggested that I file a police report because Michele Walls, CEO of WV Writing Services identified my contact information in her complaint (which is prohibited). Would you really want to do business with her? Just last month, in another Rip-off Report (#613601), Michele Walls, once again, showed her true colors; I am the owner of WV Writing ServicesHe was given the clients instructions and he did not follow them. [This reminds me of her comment about the ms word documents; those instructions were changed almost a month after the project was completed!] He said OK and said he would rewrite them to better suit the client. Well his rewrites were not rewrites. [Whoa, his rewrites were not rewrites? That sounds so familiar. Michele also said that my rewrites werent rewrites. Maybe she should create her own dictionary and include her definition of rewrites.] so yes the project was canceled on freelancer, [Sounds so familiar] bottom line he did not perform to our expectations and was released from his duties, [Of course this was AFTER he had done the work. Just what are their expectations anyway? Are they high or low? Have you noticed how many of the employees who wrote in defence of WV Writing Services seem to have the same grammar and spelling issues as Michele Walls, hmmmm...] Make sure you read the last post in Rip-off Report #613601 from an unbiased consumer: the lack of professionalism will harm your company. A freelancer that has any self respect and is actually making it in this business looks at the rate that the company pays and the behavior of the company publicly. So it's zero for two in wvwritingservices case. In conclusion, I feel that wvwritingservices is nothing more than a content mill and a cheap one at that. I knew I wasnt the only one! I am sure there are other freelancers out there with similar stories about WV Writing Services and Michele Walls.