Incomplete Report:
This user has failed to deliver any articles at all. He/She accepted our project offer on 8/26 but never responded to further correspondence. I sent them an email immediately after they accepted to explain the project (on 8/26) and a follow-up on 9/1. This user was supposed to write 10 articles in three days for us and we haven't heard from them at all.
» mangel's reply: I never received any email or any form of correspondence from buyer. PMB contains only 1 PM sent by me. I kept waiting for his instructions, and sent emails to the buyer but never received a reply. I believe buyer has made some confusion with regard to providers since multiple providers have been selected for this project.
Comments:
I have ordered almost 10 translation from GAFL, this was BY FAR, the worst. Entire sentences were left out. Other parts were combined, making it difficult to replace the native text with the translation. On top of all this, the provider became "ill" during the project and the 2 day deadline turned into 2 weeks!
» mangel's reply: I have native level mastery of both languages and culture, and I understand that not every word can be translated literally. I made this translation as creative as possible, especially since it's a short story and not a technical paper. The buyer does not understand French language at all ... which explains his comment about 'parts' being left out. I guess he expected literal translations so that he could just replace each word of the English text with the French one. And yes, I had AH1N1 while working on this project.
Incomplete Report:
Provider talked the talk but didn't walk the walk. Promised the turnaround of articles in 2-3 days and then canceled the project saying he was unable to understand what the articles had to be written about. Note to all Providers, please read the projects before aimlessly bidding on projects like a robot!
» mangel's reply: Buyer did not provide details about the topics / niche and selected me for the project, after which he sent a series of complex, technical papers to rewrite. I was honest enough to cancel the project rather than providing substandard work.
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I just received the articles and they're REALLY good quality. I'll definitely be calling on you for more (if you're available). I would highly recommend you to anyone who's interested in a great copy writer.
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Articles are well written however it took much longer for them to be delivered then agreed upon. On May 19th we agreed that the 15 article would be written and delivered in 10 days. Today is June 13th and I just got them. So overall, good writer, long turnaround.
» mangel's reply: Had been out of the country to participate in a conference. Told the buyer about it. Thought he had understood. At least he gave the impression that he did understand.
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I never specified how long I wanted the articles and Mangel was still good enough to provide well written articles well over the expected word count. Spell check caught a few minor things and that was about it.
Thanks Mangel
Incomplete Report:
TERRIBLE PROVIDER. STAY CLEAR!! bid 40$ on a writing project knowing what was expected and then decided that I was to blame for not offering him more money. Wanted $150 to complete a project that we reached a mutually agreed upon price of $40 for. This guy was also very rude and non responsive and I will advice everyone to stay away from him. My worst GAF experience so far by a mile
» mangel's reply: This is the message that I had to send GAF Support so that they cancel the project.(You can check it, the project had been cancelled by Site Administrator). It explains everything.
Project: 'articles for MANGEL (15000 words) - project number 441309' by service buyer 'content101'. This buyer posted a project and I placed my bid on his project. He contacted me through PM and discussed about 1500 words of content, and I agreed at a rate of $40. He then posted the above private project for me, but for 15000 words of content. I didn't notice that and placed my bid at $40, as we had discussed. From there, I have been begging him to reconsider the rate of payment to a minimum of $0.01 per word, or to cancel the project, but he has been blackmailing me with a negative review, forcing me to deliver at such an unreasonable rate.
Incomplete Report:
Articles did not pass copyscape due to one of mangel's writers not following instructions. Mangel proposed to revise the articles however it was decided to cancel the project.
Incomplete Report:
Hello,
As agreed due date was 10 days from escrow date. Money were deposited into escrow account but from that time I did not hear a single word from him
Kindly ask you to investigate this matter.
Thanks in advance!
» mangel's reply: This buyer is weird! He sends me the first PM ever after awarding project, and when I don't reply he cancels project within a few hours! I was celebrating with family on Easter Monday (see date), what did he expect? And he had escrowed on April 4, 10 days hadn't elapsed.
Comments:
Mansa worked on a french translation project. He provided a fast and great work. I will surely work with him on future projects that involves French skills.
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Great work and easy to work with. Project was completed on time. Thank you for your help!
» mangel's reply: Buyer seems to have forgotten to mention this:
Bodan
(1 reviews)
Project Owner
Posted: 01-06-2009 12:13 EST
Hello Mangel,
Thank you for the work. Just thought you might like to know that we got a 90% on the paper.
Comments:
fast and reliable. translation seems accurate. would recommend.
» mangel's reply: This buyer disappeared after I had done his work. I had to ask GAF to release escrow. He mailed back after 3 weeks to ask if I had got my money and I said nothing. I completed his work within a few hours. I have no idea why he gave me a 9! He says "translation seems accurate". Well it's really not my fault if he doesn't understand French, I wonder how he allows himself to judge my work...
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I'm happy to have found a highly qualified collaborator on this site, though I had little hope. I strongly recommend Mangel to all those who are aiming at excellent quality rather than bulk quantity. An exceptionally gifted provider.
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Gave articles after deadline... I had to do follow-up. But articles written are excellent.
» mangel's reply: Well it was the only last 20 articles out of a lot of 80 that were delivered with a slight delay ... and I did inform him that I'll be travelling ... he didn't say anything, I thought it didn't bother him!
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"Her work is accurate, fast and highly professional. A great researcher as well. She abides by all instructions to the letter and to the deadline as well. Beyond expectation. Will definitely use again."
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Overall, the articles delivered are great and to my expectation (some exceed my expectation). But took more than 2 months to deliver all the articles. Used the same excuse 3 times during the 2 months when I query on the delivery of articles. Communication is also slow. If he can improve on his communication and delivery time frame, will be a great writer to use.
» mangel's reply: Buyer clearly said that he's not in a hurry with the project & that he prefered quality over fast delivery. He told me to take my time, so I took my time.. Besides, communication was equally slow from his side. Once he took 3 weeks to reply to my mail, saying that he had been on vacation. He also made me rewrite two articles, one of which he asked me to make amendments thrice, just because he didn't like the feel..
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Quick turnaround, excellent communication and mangel needed very little instruction. It was a good experience and I definitely do recommend mangel's services.
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Excellent service provider. Great communication, fast work. She did exact what I want. Definetly I will use her again. Highly recommended provider. Thank you!
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Very Honest. Did his best to do the translation (which contains a lot of scientifical terms). He didnt manage to do it, but still he tried his best. I recommend him for his honesty.
» mangel's reply: The scientific terms were not really the reason why I decided not to do the project. The service buyer was postulating for an academic job & he had given me his CV to translate. My mothertongue is French but I come from a British system of education, which is why I was not feeling confident enough to do this translation. Being in an academic position myself, I realise what an inaccurate translation would imply.
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A very good writer, but doesn't always stick to requested timelines and communication was not great. All in all though I'd use this one again.
» mangel's reply: I didn't have DSL connection at that time & I had lost internet connection during bad weather.
Comments: Excellent Buyer! Very good communication skills, Understands the Web Development Process and what is required for a provider to finish the project.
Comments: we have a great time of working each other. She is a buyer that almost every person what to work with. Look forward to work with her in the future again
Comments: good buyer, we did work out well on this particular project and we exchange certain ideas together. The payment was sharp and punctual and I certainly recommend to work for her.