BeDistinct
United States of America#2Consumer Comment
Wed, February 02, 2011
They did basically the same thing to me. To sum it up, I made a report on here because I was unhappy with how things were going after my account was deleted. As soon as I turned over my source files, they said they were not going to pay me until I removed my report from here. I did a follow up saying we resolved things and they have yet to pay me.
jtlind
New Albany,#3Author of original report
Tue, October 05, 2010
My wife [kat330] had 5 writing projects pending when wrongfully ousted from crowdSPRING, 2 of which very promising for awards. Because of data gathered before deactivated, help from another active creative as her "eyes" on project updates, and a project buyer who put pressure on Mike Samson when he threatened to deny the award she'd earned, kat330 actually received a $1,000 award for a telemedicine naming project, a full month after deactivation for work performed on August 18, 2010. We have e-mails showing Samson's extortive threats.
She can now advise anyone who enters into crowdsourcing on how to protect him/herself by doing the right research ahead of time and keeping the full records of anything submitted. And still, without everything lining up between vigilance, info from inside "eyes," and a highly honorable project buyer (in this instance), we can guarantee she would never have seen a penny of the award for her work. It's so sad to consider then how many crowdsourcing creatives are being bilked for their efforts done on spec and in good faith.
--JT