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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!
    >
    >
    > 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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    Posts on this thread, including this one

  • Where's My Tutor INternet Scam, 10/27/09, by anonymous.
  • Re: Where's My Tutor INternet Scam, 11/06/09, by Justin Ketcham, Director of Tutoring Services.
  • Re: Where's My Tutor INternet Scam, 11/06/09, by Justin Ketcham, Director of WheresMyTutor.com.

     
     

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