Jack Epner

Put a product costing 60€ in my cart, now Banango tries to charge 6000€. Contacted support multiple times without help, even after sending screenshots and trying to logout and clear cache. Seems fraudulent.

I've been on SoundCloud for over eight years, and even pro artists used to say it was great. I've connected, personally, with some musicians I really enjoy, and have had a chance to share my own musical creations.

However, the last several months I've been running into several problems, and support is NON-EXISTENT. Their own documentation tells you to do things you can't do to fix errors, so I submit a report and wait (and wait, and wait - it's been a month now, still no response).

On top of that, someone is now trying to scam me and use my music illegally, and their pages and bots literally won't even allow me to submit a report. They promote and promote and promote their subscriptions, yet just take your money and run. I'm on a Pro trial right now, and they still can't be bothered. No doubt I will never give them a cent. They don't care about artists, they just want your money.

This platform has gone way downhill. It was nice when it started - a platform with no fees that takes no commissions. Clearly too good to be true, and only to build up a userbase. Now it is almost wholly pay-to-play and focuses on no skill, low skill work.

It's all misleading. No one ever responds to messages. EVER. I don't even know that there are humans working with the company, it seems to be an AI project that's been abandoned. It says you can work as a developer, yet it only gives you assessments for language. I qualified as bilingual French, all the same, yet haven't received a project invitation for years, literally. Any time I login, it just says "no projects available." I'm pretty sure the company has gone out of business, but they leave the site up just collecting people's personal data, now, to sell.

Maybe this site worked for people, once upon a time, and maybe established people can manage a bit, but I've been on the site for over two years, and have literally gotten NOTHING but scam and phishing messages the entire time. It's not like I don't have a valuable profile - I offer business services with 25 years of experience, and on Upwork I make a living and have plenty of good experiences. Fiverr just seems to have nothing but scammers now. Within minutes of posting a new gig, I am INUNDATED with phishing messages. I report every one, but it happens every time. I look at other profiles, and see AI profile photos, half naked women..... The entire site has basically become bottom of the barrel scum. I have no intention of using it further, I gave it more than a fair chance. I think they need to completely revamp the site, add a lot more security, and maybe even rebrand, if they want to stay in the game. I don't know anyone who uses this platform anymore.

Unbelievable how such a long-standing institution has stooped to defrauding customers. As other reviews say, these people are thieves, and don't even do it with a smile. I have a LONG chat conversation transcript I'd love to post showing just how callous and absurd these people are. I have bank receipt showing payment, showed it to the rep, and they went from telling me I didn't pay at all (literally telling me over and over I never paid, then I sent the proof of payment), to then claiming I paid Google and not them (bank receipt CLEARLY shows it's paid to The Times). They're simply fraudsters, and I will be reporting this elsewhere as well. Do NOT do business with these people, not even for a basic subscription. Illegal business practices.

Several things could really be greatly improved, given lots of ups and downs I've had with this company over the years (the only ups due to clients, all the downs due to Upwork itself). From deleting my Elance profile years back when transferring over after the ODesk merger (all 5* reviews over several years, and they deleted it all, but let ODesk freelancers keep theirs). More recently, they've allowed completely unfair client feedback to damage my Job Success Score (one project never even started, yet they allowed the client to leave negative feedback - no idea why the client even did that; another, someone booked me for a consult that had nothing to do with what I offer consults for, I explicitly told him I may not be equipped and could refund him, but told me to 'try my best,' I did, then he left bad feedback). They simply refuse to address this and let the freelancer be damaged by bad actor clients. They refuse to address platform bugs (I didn't receive payment for several consults because of system bugs, and even after admitting it was the site that caused it, they refused to reimburse me). Support is mostly a joke. Even more recently I was scammed by someone, and they have not responded after several days. They do nothing to protect the freelancers that are responsible for ALL their revenues (clients pay nothing, freelancers pay hefty fees). Basically, it's just a poorly run business that allows fraud to take place rather openly, and they prey on customers instead of respect them.

I never had much to complain about in 10 years of using Flixbus, but after not having used them for a long time, the last two rides have been horrific, with abusive drivers denying people with disabilities access to toilets, screaming at them in some eastern European language. They've also been picking up random people off the side of the road, and making up stories, pocketing cash from people. It's like Flixbus is run by the Russian Mob now..

My profile has been "in review" for two years now. No opportunity to even update my profile with all the new work I've completed in the last two years. Effectively, there's no way to use the site, and support is unhelpful in the matter.

Don't answer their phones, don't respond to messages, guarantee follow up in 12 hours then ignore everything, violate GDPR laws, don't support anyone except scammers. I plan to take legal action against the company.

Willing to change this, if support ever responds, but this has been a pretty bad experience.

First, there were server issues on signup and payment. I opened a ticket, and no one has responded. As I saw it charged me, I went ahead and tried to use the platform, and it allowed me.

So many issues though, as soon as it took my money for a subscription plan. I've spent I don't know how many credits on the same prompt because it just kept saying what it would do and not actually doing it. I tried over and over. One time it literally just ignored a prompt. Opened a support ticket for this - no response.

Changing code within Lovable, and saving it (with confirmed save notification from Lovable)... didn't save. As it's linked to my GitHub repo, it also ended up somehow reverting code in the repo, screwing that up. Opened a ticket - no response.

I could go on. It has been a lot of problems in the first 12 hours I've been using it, and already have had to open three support tickets, none of which have gotten a response. If you're going to charge a lot of money for something, at LEAST offer proper support. This is buggy as hell, and seems more like a beta version that no one should have to pay for.

I've already asked for a refund. We'll see if they respond to that..

Can I give 0 stars!? Missing purchases, and no one responds to in-app help requests, or ticketed bug reports I make on their official site. They are blatantly stealing from people. Their games have game-breaking bugs constantly they don't fix or compensate players for. This is a giant fraud of a company, and they should be forced out of business.

Out of three confirmed sits, only one was legit. To say nothing of other scam listings. This is not a good track record. What's worst is that the site has informed me they let anyone post anything, for free. In other words, ANYONE can post or message members without the need to pay. On the other hand, members have to pay for access to the listings to message hosts. So what you get is a bunch of scammers running amok with no consequences, and the business being financially supported by the people getting scammed. This is a horrible business model. When you contact support, they are rather unabashed about saying they don't vet listings, and you should always have a backup option. This is what my money gets me!?? They do nothing to mediate, either. I had a sit go horribly wrong, with the host requiring me to break laws, and MindMyHouse only said, 'Well, we don't control this, and you should have made a backup plan.' What kind of business treats does this?? This is not a company to be trusted. I will not be renewing my membership with them, and will no longer be using the site to search for housesits - there are many better options for house/pet sitting platforms.

Sent a racist interview form, asking for everything from how dark is your skin (not just race, but literally what shade of dark - are you really black, or just kind of black?), to how much money do you have (what does this have to do with voice-over work???), to asking if you can do the voice of a flying squirrel.... I have never seen so many illegal interview questions on one application form before in my life!

There have been repeated attempts to login to my account fraudulently, and no matter how many times I report this to Booking.com, no one responds or helps me better secure my account. The site is simply not secure.

Anyone who charges $3000 for a photo that's worse than things I've taken on my phone does not deserve trust.

Literally no way to use the site. You sign up, give them a ton of personal information, then suddenly you get weird error messages for any project you try to apply to. It gives you an email address to contact for support, but every time it gets kicked back saying there's no access to that address. If you look them up on social meda, they've blocked any contact methods. Basically it's one giant scam.

They've been illegally charging my card for two years and refuse to even acknowledge it, after I've sent them countless bank statements proving it. Completely illegal! This company should rot in hell.

Flight delayed by several hours, and by company policy posted on the website, as well as information from a flight attendant, I was due compensation. I painstakingly filled out all the forms, submitted every single receipt, and a full explanation of what happened. I was told it could take weeks for a response. The very next day they wrote to say my claim was denied. I again cited their own policy and linked them to the page on their website, and was again told I wouldn't receive a penny. First and last time I ever use this airline.

In a year on this site, I have gotten nothing but scam inquiries. The algorithms are skewed to favor tutors who have been on the site for years, rather than by credentials or qualifications. I applied to over 100 posted requests without a single response. Yet I receive email inquiries each week which are scams. Not one legitimate request for help in a year, and I have seven years of tutoring experience with some of highest rates of success with ACT tutoring in the United States (based on actual numbers). The site is rigged, and filled with illegal activity.