Update #1: As of 05/17/2010 at 6:00pm EST Blog Advertising Store AKA Paying Post blocked my home IP address. They also blocked my email address. Too bad they don’t know all of the IP addresses I use (mobile wifi ftw!), and hello multiple email accounts?
I was able to use an alternative wireless network connection to login to my Blog Advertising Store account, take more screenshots of the opps I have taken and have been approved for. I also copied down the URL of every advertiser that is currently working with Blog Advertising Store. I am going to contact them tomorrow to inform them of the shady business they are dealing with, since in the end scammed, pissed off bloggers will yank down their written posts, which will ultimately hurt the advertisers themselves.
Update #2: As of 05/18/2010 at 10:00am EST I have sent all of the advertisers listed in Blog Advertising Store’s aka Paying Post’s Open Opportunities page the following email:
To whom it may concern:
I am writing to give you a head’s up about Blog Advertising Store (http://www.blogadvertisingstore.com) aka Paying Post (http://www.payingpost.com). They have a disturbing trend of not paying bloggers on time, or paying them at all, for opportunities that were written by bloggers and accepted by the company. I, unfortunately, am their latest victim. I am contacting you because as the advertiser, you are the one that is ultimately being hurt by Blog Advertising Store’s despicable behavior. Like other bloggers, I will soon being pulling down the posts I have written for you and other advertisers; therefore you are paying Blog Advertising Store for a service that is not being fulfilled, except temporarily. Furthermore, I am sure that some of the other bloggers that have been scammed by Blog Advertising Store are now not only avoiding them, but you and the other advertisers as well, despite the fact that you personally have done nothing wrong in this situation.
For the good of the blogging community and for your bottom line, I would strongly suggest that you cease doing business with Blog Advertising Store. And since they are not using the money you have paid them to compensate bloggers such as myself, you may also wish to consider contacting them and getting a refund.
FYI, Blog Advertising Store owes me $109 for posts written between January 2009 and February 2010. I have been waiting for payment for over two months now, and two weeks of emails have gone unreturned. Additionally, as of yesterday evening, Blog Advertising Store blocked my home IP address from accessing their website (this was confirmed when friends of mine on other connections were able to access the site; I was also able to access the site using a work IP address), and also blocked my emails (also confirmed when I sent them an email from an alternative address).
Here is a detailed, organized blog post I put together explaining the situation and calling for action from the blogging community: http://www.blogging-girl.com/2010/05/17/blog-advertising-store-aka-paying-post-is-a-scam/
Thank you for taking the time to read my email.
Jenn
Well over a year ago I signed up for Blog Advertising Store, though at that time they were calling themselves Paying Post. Between then and this past February I have written $109.00 worth of opportunities for article directories, weight loss websites, personalized baby toys. I followed the instructions on each opportunity, included the required links, wrote relevant, high quality content, and submitted each opportunity on time. Every opportunity that I did was approved, and as of April 2010 I was eligible to receive payment, as my balance had rolled over $100 (that is Blog Advertising Store’s / Paying Post’s minimum payout amount).
Only… I didn’t receive a payment in April. I didn’t receive one in May, either, despite Blog Advertising Store’s / Paying Post’s dashboard stating that I would be paid $109 on May 1st, 2010.
Screenshot of Blog Advertising Store’s / Paying Post’s Account page
Screenshot of Blog Advertising Store’s / Paying Post’s My Posts page
On May 6th, 2010, I sent the following email to support@blogadvertisingstore.com and support@payingpost.com:
To whom it may concern:
As of May 1st, 2010 I was due for a payout of $109.00 to my PayPal account x@jenn.nu. It is now May 6th, 2010 and I have not received anything.
I have been a bit wary completing posts for your company, as in the past I have read some unsavory things about your business practices and the handling of payouts. Please ease my anxieties and compensate me with the money I am rightfully owed. Again, the balance due is $109.00, and my PayPal account is x@jenn.nu.
Thank you very much.
I forwarded the email to them on May 8th, 2010, and again on May 9th, 2010.
As of May 11th, 2010, I still had not received any kind of response, so I sent the following email:
I will continue to email every day until I receive payment. I will continue blogging on multiple blogs about this issue. I will post on Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, Twitter. I will contact the Better Business Bureau. I am also going to contact all of the companies that bloggers have written posts on behalf of in order to let them know that while they are paying you, you are not doing your part in paying your bloggers.
Please, prove to me that you are not the scamming, fraudulent company that the majority of bloggers who have worked with you claim you are. Pay me what is rightfully owed. The balance is $109.00, and my PayPal address is x@jenn.nu.
I forwarded the May 11th email to them on May 12th, May 13th, May 14th, May 15th, May 16th, and May 17th.
Last night I sent the following email:
If I do not receive a payment of $109.00 to x@jenn.nu by 5pm EST tomorrow afternoon, I will be blogging about your company and its scamming practices on the following blogs:
http://www.blogging-girl.com
http://www.heytechgirl.com
http://www.in-my-bag.com
http://www.jenn.nu
http://www.kitty.nu
http://www.mamahood.org
http://www.thatfatchick.com
Additionally, I will be posting about your company on the following forums/public groups:
http://www.payu2blog.com
http://www.lavish.nu
http://www.ning.com (every single product review/paid blogging/mommy blogging community I can find)
Finally, I will be spreading the word on at least a dozen social networks, including:
Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, StumbleUpon, TwitterPlease, take the professional route and pay the money that is RIGHTFULLY OWED TO ME.
I sent yet another email this morning:
I will also be contacting every single company that I have written a post on behalf for through your company, as well as every company I find listed in the open opportunities list.
It is now after 5:00pm EST on May 17th, 2010 — over two months past the date I should have been paid $109 for the opportunities I wrote and had approved by Blog Advertising Store and Paying Post. Interestingly, I suddenly am unable to access blogadvertisingstore.com or payingpost.com, though the few people I asked on AIM reported being able to access it with no problem.
Summary
Blog Advertising Store aka Paying Post is a scam. Do NOT take any of their opportunities, as you will not be paid for the work that you do. Essentially, Blog Advertising Store aka Paying Post and the advertisers that they work with will be getting free advertisement on your blog(s).
Unless I am paid the $109 that Blog Advertising Store aka Paying Post owes me, I will stand firm in my belief that the company is a SCAM. They collect money from advertisers and turn around and provide opportunities to bloggers, only they do NOT hold up their end of the bargain and pay the bloggers for their work.
Spread the word
Spread the word about the SCAMMING COMPANY that Blog Advertising Store aka Paying Post is! Please don’t let them continue to get away with this behavior! We can effectively shut them down by refusing to work for them. With no bloggers to blog about their company and the companies and products of the advertisers they work with, Blog Advertising Store aka Paying Post will eventually go out of business.
If you have a Twitter account, please spread the word by tweeting about this post:
Blog Advertising Store AKA Paying Post is a scam! http://bit.ly/basppscam #paidblogging #scam
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Have my own scam related post going up on RBC right now. I’ll add a link.
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I’m going to stop blogging for them right now and delete them. I’ve also copied your post and put it on my site. Hope that is okay.
That sucks big time. I posted this on Twitter and Facebook to help spread the word about these crooks. I hope you will eventually get your money.
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wow.. that’s awful! i can’t believe people like this… is there any way to contact the BBB over this?
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I’ll be blogging it and posting to Facebook etc as well.
I already Twittered it and am re-tweeting yours.
I hope that they pay you soon, if not, they will feel the wrath of bloggers.
Paying bloggers to advertise works 2 ways.
It works great if you abide by the contract, if not, we will use our blogs to tell everyone to not work with you ever again!
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So not cool. Posted on Twitter and Facebook!
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I always heard mixed reviews about them. I removed their site when their code was causing sites to redirect. After reading this post, I’m glad I never really bothered with them. Good luck, I hope they pay so you can get your money and be done with them.
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I also did not receive payment from them and I wrote a post about it with a few responses from others that have had problems. I’ll be linking to this post on that one. We do need to get the word out.
http://everythingandanythingblog.com/2009/11/06/paying-postblog-advertising-store-is-a-scam/
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Yup. I’ve been sending them paypal payment requests and countless emails since March. Grade-A scammers these guys are. I’ve already written a few posts of my own on it – and plan to post more to get the word out.
http://diaryofanexwowaddict.com/2010/04/i-have-to-say-this-paying-post-fail.html
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It’s a terrible news that you and a number of bloggers are not paid by payingpost. we had the same fate last year but through blogging negatively about them and by contacting the companies whom I had my reviews, payingpost eventually paid me and two others I personally know. After the payment, I simply stopped writing for them to avoid repeat troubles.
I hope you can do this and get the same results. best of luck though.
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