Review of BuyBlogComments.com
On April 16th I decided to test Jon Warass’ BuyBlogComments.com, part of his Developer-Hut.com network. His website certainly raves about their benefits yet I was slightly skeptical, especially as a number of people had posted negative reviews and many industry folk deemed it as grey/black hat seo.
I paid for 80 comments at a cost of $19.19 and patiently waited for a report. On May 1st I sent a support ticket requesting an update as the system stated my order would be completed by then.
I received a generic reply stating they were busy and so I waited again. On May 8th I sent another support ticket and received no reply.
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I then requested a refund via their online system and today received an e-mail from Paypal stating that their e-mail address: sales@developer-hut.com was not in use and so I automatically received a refund.
It took me over one month to receive nothing but an automated refund as the e-mail address they are using for Paypal money transfers are not in use.
In short, I would definately not recommend their service.
Good luck with your pursuits,
Khalid.
User Comments
Scott
On May 18, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Hi Khalid,
There is nothing I worse I find that you find something you want, sign up, pay for it, and eagerly wait for it to arrive.
Only to be held up by delays or as in your case, an automatic refund !!
Just today I was looking for a book and found it on a major e-retailer, only to be told it is on stock but may take 10 to 12 days to arrive !!
It might just be in stock in my local bookshop I think.
Liking your blog layout by the way !!
Khalid
On May 19, 2009 at 7:46 am
Hi Scott. Thanks for your post. This sort of thing happens all the time but you don’t expect it when it is a fellow entrepreneur!
Thanks for your positive comments regarding my blog, keep reading!
Khalid.
Marc
On May 20, 2009 at 8:48 am
Hey Khalid,
It’s been a while, but things look like they’re going well for you. Just wanted to chime in – that I too, tried out Jon Waraas’ blog comments a few months ago. The completion date came and went for my order. I sent several emails and support tickets in and initially received one that he couldn’t find my order. After that all my emails went without any response. I figured I’d give the guy a chance so I waited over a month before I put in for a refund through Paypal. At that time, there wasn’t a problem with his email, but he didn’t dispute it through Paypal, so I received a refund fairly quickly.
So overall it was a very poor and frustrating experience, I definitely could not recommend Buyblogcomments either.
I would recommend finding your own people individually to do these tasks for you, then just have them send you a text file every week with all the comments. Then just pay them at the end of the week.
Khalid
On May 20, 2009 at 8:55 am
Hi Marc,
Nice to see you kicking about again
I am really shocked that he treats customers like this because people like yourself and I would probably make repeat orders, earning him a nice little income if he got his head down and go on with it!
I generally outsource a lot of work and wanted to try something new, time to hire my own people I think!
Jacob
On May 27, 2009 at 4:10 am
Hey – I just wanted to say that it’s good to see you’re still kicking and earning online, Khalid. We once linked to each other way back when (www.zerotomed.com was my site), but that site went inactive. I’m definitely going to be checking out your site more often.
Khalid
On May 27, 2009 at 8:10 am
Hi Jacob,
Yes I remember your blog and thanks for checking mine out again!
Nice to see you are still about, I hope to see you comment more!
Thanks,
Khalid.
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