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Re: Where's My Tutor INternet Scam
On 11/06/09, Justin Ketcham, Director of Tutoring Services
wrote:
> On 10/27/09, anonymous wrote:
>> A website called Where's My Tutor is advertising for tutors
>> in the Portland area (and perhaps elsewhere?) claiming they
>> have tons of jobs. I paid my $25 and signed up and have not
>> had one call in the past two months, despite all of my
>> experience and credentials. (I've had many offers for
>> tutoring gigs from other sources.) I've flagged this ad
>> many times but it's a paid one so Craigs just wants to keep
>> earning the money. Don't be taken in by this website!
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> IN RESPONSE: FROM WheresMyTutor.com = the complaint we are
> responding to is from Ms. Larimore (in Portland, OR). Why do
> we know this? Because in 5 years, she is the only complaint
> we've ever had. Indeed, daily we are receiving many Tutoring
> Requests for our tutors in Portland. I wonder if Ms.
> Larimore in Portland ever googled "tutors portland" or "tutor
> portland" and had a look at the sponsored links on the right
> hand side. How many times per day are those links clicked?
> Ms. Larimore's *Profile Page* was an average one, and if she
> was not contacted, we deeply regret that. But while her
> claim that she did not receive any tutoring requests "may" be
> legitimate, it does not substantiate that WheresMyTutor.com
> (as a whole) is a waste of tutor's time. Most who join have
> enormous success as tutors. Perhaps even Ms. Larimore has by
> now... - Justin Ketcham, Director of Tutoring Services.
MY APOLOGIES - Our Google adwords sponsored links in Portland
are "tutoring portland" and "tutor portland", and NOT "tutors
portland" - sorry. :-)
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