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Postby mav » Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:21 am

Hey, looks like poetry.com may be a scam, so be careful ye folks

http://windpub.com/literary.scams/bigmoney.htm
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Postby kasper » Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:58 am

Hasn't that site been up for a long time though?
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Postby mav » Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:25 am

Yeah, I'm surprised that they should be able to get away with fooling so many :?
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Postby fluffy » Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:16 pm

lol...........yeah i kind of guessed that.......lol............but there are other reputable web-sites that deal with poetry.......so folk shouldn't be totally downhearted..........

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Postby quirky » Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:47 pm

Yeah. They want to sell you things. I haven't bought anything.
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Postby kasper » Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:15 am

Thats sad. I don't know... in anything like this theres always a twist.
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Postby Jimenem » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:43 pm

Yeah I kinda figured that much! They do however offer you a chance to have your poem published whcich is cool. But when they start offering you trips to DC and all you have to do is "...." Then I kinda figured that it was just a scam to make money. I bought one anthology, It was cool to see my poem in there. But thats the extent of their benefits. They don't even give that big of a discount! And the books are still utterly expensive!
Besides I have yet to find one of the books at a library or bookstore! They're not even in circulation! :evil:
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