131, Report:
#312580
Posted Date:
Feb 27 2008
Poetry.com proomised I was an elite poet, sharing space with the likes of Bill Clinton among others. Internet
If I wanted to see my poetry in print all I had to do was send money to poetry.com. Fortunately, I did not fall for this scam and am currently waiting for the final cut, where my poem did not win. But then I wonder if anyone ever does win thiese scams.
Mary
Middletown, New YorkU...
Entity
Poetry.com
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
132, Report:
#312565
Posted Date:
Feb 27 2008
Poetry.com I am A Winnerthey should be paying me. I want compensated for useof my poems. Owings Mills Maryland
A personal note from the desk of:
Howard Ely, Managing Editor
Dear WXXXXX
Not long ago, our Editors reviewed the thousands of submissions entered in our International Open Amateur Poetry Contest, and they awarded your poem the prestigious Editor's Choice Award. This is an h...
Entity
Poetry.com
Categories: Corrupt Companies
133, Report:
#302786
Posted Date:
Jan 24 2008
Poetry.com Poetry.com is a scam Owings Mills Maryland
My husband has put some poetry on poetry.com. He recieved two Editor's Choice Awards for the same poem. My husband is bi-polar and he uses his poetry as an outlet. He feels what he writes is his life. He doesn't deserve to be used like Poetry.com has used him. Well nobody deserves t...
Entity
Poetry.com
Categories: Internet
134, Report:
#301276
Posted Date:
Jan 18 2008
Poetry.com/Howard Ely I was named a member of the international society of poets- but had to choose between 3 option to pay for it- going as far as saying, pay for your own poetry London United Kingdom
I entered a competiotion of poetry. I submitted a poem that, eventually, earned high awards, or so the compnay claimed. each award was- according to their idea- to be earned in paying for it, in other words, if i wanted to see my poem in print, i would have to buy various gilded en...
Entity
Poetry.com/Howard Ely
Categories: Arts and Crafts
135, Report:
#298866
Posted Date:
Jan 10 2008
Poetry.com has stolen my poem Owings Mill Maryland
I submitted a poem July 2006. It was to be recited at the next symposium that Fall. I was never contacted after the syposium. I called Poetry.com and ask about my poem. I was told there wasn't any record of my poem being submitted. It was submitted via internet. I was stupid. That w...
Entity
Poetry.com
Categories: Corrupt Companies
136, Report:
#297375
Posted Date:
Jan 06 2008
Poetry.com / International Society Of Poetry Poetry Winner Rippoff now i lost money Owings Mills Maryland
I should of listend to my inner voice, its to good to be true. but no, i did not listen. igot excited about this poetry award, spent money ont he supposly membership and award that i never recieved.
The money is gone and i feel like a total fool. somebody needs to do something abo...
Entity
Poetry.com / International Society Of Poetry
Categories: Corrupt Companies
137, Report:
#295065
Posted Date:
Dec 28 2007
International Library Of Poetry Asking for money for my own work! Owings Mill Maryland
A few months ago I came across the Poetry.com poetry competiton. Out of a spur of the moment I decided to enter my poem. Two months later I receive an email stating that I had won an Editors Choice Award. I was absolutely ecstatic, I got my mother to pay for the plaque that was offe...
Entity
International Library Of Poetry
Categories: Internet Fraud
138, Report:
#292354
Posted Date:
Dec 18 2007
Poetry - Howard Ely - International Library Of Poetry, American Poets - Watermark Press I sent this organization only 1 of the many poems I had written. The entire thing was a huge disappointment. I was crushed. Owings Mills Maryland
I love to write poetry. It is an outlet for me. I suffer from severe depression and my poetry is part of my life. I went online and googled poetry contests. I found Poetry.com. It sounded perfect! I sat and keyed in my poem and submitted it. This poem was extremely heartfelt and per...
Entity
Poetry - Howard Ely
Categories: Internet Fraud
139, Report:
#291794
Posted Date:
Dec 15 2007
League Of American Poets (poetry.com) I paid them for 3 books and they said the check never cleared. I got a run around when I called to get it straightened out. I left a message on the voicemail for the manager but i have not heard back yet. My daughter certainly thought this was an honor to have her poem selected but when the same thing happened to me and my son, we started to get suspicious. I hope these folks go to jail. Owings Mills Maryland
I paid them for 3 books and they said the check never cleared. I got a run around when I called to get it straightened out. I left a message on the voicemail for the manager but i have not heard back yet. My daughter certainly thought this was an honor to have her poem selected but ...
Entity
League Of American Poets (poetry.com)
Categories: Con Artists
140, Report:
#291067
Posted Date:
Dec 12 2007
Poetry.com - International Society Of Poets - Howard Ely spamming solicitation attempted scam Internet
I submitted a poem to this website and promptly began recieving offers for plaques and books featuring my poem. I could pay more for them to print a bio on the opposite page from the poem. I then recieved emails relating to different awards and an exclusive membership to the Interna...
Entity
Poetry.com - International Society Of Poets - Howard Ely
Categories: Book & Magazine Publishers