HireWriters Review – A No Refund Money Grabbing Scam – Stay Away!!!

HireWriters Deposit Scam

A lot of people have blogged about HireWriters, an online writing service for clients who need content produced for them. The online company recruits writers from western English speaking countries such as USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and even Singapore. A lot has been said about the company and most of the reviews are not so glowing. There are a lot of complaints from both clients and writers. However, in this article, I am going to dwell on client opinions. I decided to join the service as a client to check out the quality of articles produced by HireWriters as well as the customer service. Here is my review:

So HireWriters requires an initial deposit of $10 to get started with your project. After signing up for a client account, I paid the deposit via PayPal and then went on to create my first project. I gave clear instructions to the writer, stating the article requirements as well as tips and ideas to help the writer. I posted my project on a weekend (Saturday) and within 24 hours it was claimed and completed the following morning.

Bad Writers

Upon reviewing the article, a short post, it was clear that the article was written by somebody with no English writing skills. There are many writers who speak English as a second language, who can write better than native English speakers, that’s why I don’t like accusing bad writers of being non-native English speakers. In this case, the writer was a native English speaker or maybe she was cheating the system - using a US proxy or she was a non-native resident of the USA. Such scenarios are possible and cannot be ruled out on an internet-based platform.

The article produced by this writer was not something you would expect from somebody who calls herself a writer. If you call yourself a writer, then you have to produce a standard quality which is way above a regular person who doesn’t claim to be a writer. It doesn’t matter if you are writing for money, fun or as a hobby, you have to produce a minimum standard that puts you above an average writer.

The poorly written article had no introduction, no flow and no paragraphs. It looked like a series of statements that were bungled together to create a post. Patiently, I immediately ordered a revision with clear instructions and guidelines. I gave the writer 2 days to work on the article but it was not all smooth.

Poor User Interface

First, I had to contend with the website’s poor user interface and functionality. The revision was submitted but HireWriters didn’t save nor send my Employer feedback. The writer messaged me about this, and I had to re-write and send the feedback to her via the messaging system. When the deadline approached, I was expecting the revision to be completed, but as the deadline passed, it was clear that the writer had not bothered to work on the revisions. At this point, I decided I had enough. I was going to cancel all projects and get my money back.

No Refund - Tricks To Keep Your Money, Forced Service, Shady Support Staff and Poor Customer Service

To my surprise, I found out that HireWriters had secretly given my project to another writer and the deadline was increased without my consent. I sent a ticket to get my refund – to withdraw the remaining balance back to my PayPal account, but support staff did not reply me. That’s when I started searching the internet to find out about their Refund Policy and it turns out they don’t refund clients. If I had done my research before joining this service, I was not going to use them. HireWriters never replies to requests for refund, they just go dead quiet.Two tickets were opened and they never bothered to reply as they do when you are a new customer.Fortunately,I paid with PayPal, so they will not be able to get away with my money:

HireWriters Doesn't Reply When You Request a Refund

HireWriters forces you to deposit an initial deposit of $10 that you will never get refunded nor withdraw from your account. That means if you deposit a lot of money e.g. $200, you will never get it back. They also prolong your projects without your permission, changing the deadline and forcing you to use their writers when you are no longer interested in their service. So you are basically stuck with them until your deposit is depleted.

All prospective clients who are planning to use this service must think twice – the quality of articles is low, there are no refunds. Once you put some funds, you won’t get them out and your project deadlines are not respected.