how to avoid getting ripped off II
over 9 years ago
Robin Bluedragon (bluedragon)2048 posts
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HI,this is sort of a second installment to an article I wrote some months back. In that article I told of some basic ways to NOT get cheated by a reader. I thought I would take it a little farther here by looking at some profiles,and some forum replies,and showing how these areas can help you avoid being ripped off. Profiles 1. Look at the picture…does it look like a real persons picture or does it look like someone from Star magazine? Do they claim 30 years of experience and only look about 20? 2.While some psychics are lovely or handsome,we are all just regular folks. Does the reader you are thinking of using look too much like a model or actress? Does the picture look fake and posed? Is there even a picture of a human being ( I saw one profile a while with a dogs picture,and while I like dogs a lot,I doubt they give psychic readings…). Many scammers are known to put pictures of beautiful women in their profile and not even be female…this tends to be true especially among middle eastern men for some reason. If there is no real picture of a person at all,then I suggest avoiding them all together. 3. Look at the grammar in the profile. If it is poor and you cant understand it,then don’t expect to understand them in a reading either. Do they misspell simple words? Is the rhythm of their typed words just not right? Many people put pictures up of caucasians in order to fool someone into thinking they are english speaking…again check out that picture. 4. Too much education…or claims thereof. I saw a profile earlier today where the reader would have had to have been in college for 25 years to have all the degrees and so forth they claimed to have. Sorry but if you spent all that time in college,you would know how to spell,you would’nt be working as a psychic reader,and would be using all that education somewhere else. Also look at where that education was from…does it even sound like a real degree? Last I knew they don’t give degrees for psychic ability… 5. Do they have some words in caps and some not? That usually shows they didn’t write the profile and probably copied it from somewhere else. Just a copy and paste profile,useless to you. Sometimes you can find that out yourself by copying some of it and pasting it to Google. You will be surprized what comes up sometimes. 6. Claims of 100%, 99.9% or any other such nonsense in regards to their accuracy. Even the best readers are more about 85% accurate…after all we arent Gods. If a reader claims 100% accuracy you need to run away from them at once because they are not going to tell you anything of value. 7. Same thing with claims about spellwork..80-85% success rate would be awesome,but NO ONE is 100% accurate in casting. And it is NEVER instantly…people that say they can reunite someone in 24 hours and so forth are just pulling you in with crazy false promises. If it took a situation a while to go bad,then doesnt it make sense it would take a while for it to get good again? 8. If a reader asks that you send them a check or cash or something by Western UNion,RUN away from them. These methods of payment are just ways to get around paying Bitwine and to screw you over. 9. NEVER contact a reader off the bitwine site. You are uunprotected if you do and the reader is breaking their agreement by asking you. Report people like this at once to Bitwine using the contact button down at the bottom of the screen. 10. READ the psychics bad feedback! Even if there isnt a lot of it. It will give you a better feel of the reader and how they wil treat you. A good reader would never say something smart alecky back to a clients negative feedback. Nor would they blame the client for the readers inability to connect. See if they are grammatically correct in their use of English or if they don’t seem to know English all that well. That’s about it for now. Take these steps and the ones I Listed previously and you should be able to avoid getting scammed and ripped off. AT least you have narrowed the windows of opportunity for the crooks and given yourself an edge. Blessings! Bluedragon |
over 9 years ago
Robin Bluedragon (bluedragon)2048 posts
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I am bumping this up for the Holidays. |
over 9 years ago
Psychic Jessica (mizjessica)1571 posts
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Robin I will help you bump it. So let others know the actually truth about. Cons. |
over 9 years ago
Robin Bluedragon (bluedragon)2048 posts
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Thanks Jessica! :) |
over 9 years ago
Aambe (aambe)63 posts
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Robin 10 stars for these 10 points.. So true and incredible information. Hope everybody read this.. |
over 9 years ago
cydiva89 (cydiva89)36 posts
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Thanks Robin for this article…I wish all clients could read this, I had wasted money on fake psychics from third world countries with poor english skills who gave me false hope and tried to sell me spells and other mumbo jumbo to change the outcome. I have noticed these people take down their profiles once their feedback goes downhill and then join as new advisors with fake pictures of white people, I wish bitwine could do something about this… |
over 9 years ago
Robin Bluedragon (bluedragon)2048 posts
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Cydiva, If you find a reader who is doing this…changing their pictures and names once the feedback goes downhill…PLEASE report them to Jennifer@bitwine support. She is really good about taking the fakes and scammers off,but she has to hear from clients to know they are there. Thanks for staying a Bitwine client even though you have had this happen. Blessings! Bluedragon |
over 9 years ago
Starz4Lynn (starz4lynn)375 posts
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Hello Robin, With all due respect the comment which implied that educated people do not perform spiritual work, has dismayed me. I have a BSN ( bachelor of science in nursing ) degree from Kent State University. I have spent many years running around the emergency room, and yet…here I am. I have been working full-time doing this. I find it sad that you feel only uneducated people would provide readings, and assist people spiritually. As far as people that don’t speak english well, being scams…this is another assumption on your part. I can think of no reason that someone from another country, with a different home language is better, or worse than I am. Acceptance of others is vital to all of our well-being. Blessings, Lynn |
over 9 years ago
Heavenly Sunshine (heavenlyarchangel12)805 posts
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Most psychics and healers I know all educate themselves on psychology, metaphysical, spiritual, and grow & develop. Perhaps, I was just lucky enough to be taught by one’s that didn’t say, be uneducated. I suppose eastern philosophies are psychic because they don’t educate themselves and discipline themselves. I agree every person in spiritual work across the board educates themselves in religion, metaphysics, spiritual teachings, etc. I’m with you Starz4Lynn. The one’s that spend a lot of time trying to learn how the brain works, the mind, human nature, the soul, the spirit, the body, don’t waste there time, because they want to be scams. They spend time educating themselves, so they know what they’re talking about, and help others heal. |
over 9 years ago
Robin Bluedragon (bluedragon)2048 posts
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Hmm…I think you have misunderstood what I was saying. I think many psychics are intelligent and educated, I have a business degree myself. What I was referring to were people who claim to have masters degrees in love, PhDs in spell casting, and other such nonsense. Sorry if I didn’t make that clearer. Regarding the ones who don’t speak English well…speaking English is a requirement of the site. If you speak some kind of pidgin English no one can understand, you are going to get bad reviews and make the site look bad. You sure shouldn’t win any points for it. I never said anything about some one from another country being better or worse then any one else. People are people. But it is also because we are people and are flawed, and do things like scam clients…scammers don’t care about the clients,they don’t care about Bitwine and they don’t care about you. They are out for one thing and that’s money they con from others. |
over 9 years ago
Kimmi Lena (mystic...kimmi)62 posts
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Robin agreed 100%%!!! |
over 9 years ago
Sylvia (sylviatheclairvoyant)973 posts
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A PhD in spell casting? Is their degree from Hogwarts. I have a graduate degree but I have never listed it on any of my websites or profiles. I agree with Starz4Lynn that many of us are well educated and have worked in other professional careers, but I also agree with Robin that some people are pulling eggs out of kangaroos. |
over 9 years ago
☼Psychic Sandra☼ (psychic_sandra)88 posts
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I agree with Lynn. In the united states where people come from all over the world some broken English is expected and even misspelled typo can come from the most educated. In the end everyone is allowed their own opinion ,what makes one client happy does not always work for everyone. I think a lot gets lost in translation and when we express opinions as if they were facts it turns into a big bowl of chicken gumbo. lol |
over 8 years ago
Oracle..... (the_oracle)416 posts
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OMG |
over 8 years ago
Psychic Susan (psychic_tarot_expert)117 posts
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I agree 100% about everything posted here except about having a true picture of yourself. Some people were not blessed with beauty. lol myself among those!:) I think I would scare my clients away with a true photo!:) |
over 8 years ago
Oracle..... (the_oracle)416 posts
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Beauty and vanity are the last things expected from a psychic reader, what is expected is honesty and clarity, hence putting your face to your profile, shows you are real, honest and not here because of your looks, maybe on a sex site looks attract callers, not on a psychic site, After saying that many profile pictures on here have been taken from sex sites and model sites, you just have to right click a picture and search its origin! Some women use male images, some men use female images, in their belief it will attract more callers. |
over 8 years ago
Psychic Susan (psychic_tarot_expert)117 posts
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I feel the clients can sense when you are hiding and not being honest and don’t base these judgments by your profile picture. Those that are truly honest can put a pic up of anything and the clients will still come, because it is truth. |
over 8 years ago
Robin Bluedragon (bluedragon)2048 posts
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I agree Susan. |
over 8 years ago
Christine Davis (loversberg)63 posts
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Hi Robin I reported one of the advisors here and she change profile picture and name twice claiming to be her husbands. I didnt received any emails back from jennifer |
over 8 years ago
Nicole Bowman (readings_with_nicole)116 posts
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I agree. It seems that the overall thing to look for is someone who is genuine, sincere, and good at what they do. I think the list of things Robin mentioned are nice checkpoints to have. If we’re coming across a site that has a number of those check points I would say it’s a red flag and perhaps we should be cautious about getting a reading with that psychic. However, there are always exceptions to the rule & we just have to trust ourselves. |
over 8 years ago
Robin Bluedragon (bluedragon)2048 posts
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Christine, at the time of the post I didn’t know Jennifer was leaving the company. Sadly she has gone. I would really like to know who that reader was,and how she got away with posting her husbands picture for her account. Try re-sending your issue to Dori at Bitwine support,he should be able to help you. |
over 8 years ago
Christine Davis (loversberg)63 posts
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Hi Robin, It’s liaha love_chat now it’s Jeremy Martin Gilstrap I don’t know how she got away with it either. |
over 8 years ago
Robin Bluedragon (bluedragon)2048 posts
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Christine,I have reported this to Bitwine,but it would be good if you could do so as well. Send your email to support through the link at the bottom of the page please,and lets see if we cant get this scammer off of Bitty. |
over 8 years ago
Christine Davis (loversberg)63 posts
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Hi Robin Thank you for your help his or her account got deleted. |
over 8 years ago
Robin Bluedragon (bluedragon)2048 posts
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Good,we don’t need readers running around ripping people off. |