What's going on with Review Stream?

United States
July 22, 2008 9:38am CST
I have been submitting reviews for a while now and even got paid a few times quickly after requesting it. Now all of the sudden, I keep getting emails from their debit department that state they are no longer interested in a review that they previously accepted and they debit by account the amount I was originally credited for this review. As if this isn't bad enough, now my account has been deleted! The reason I got was that a recipe I submitted. They swear the same exact writing is on a blog online. This cannot be the case because I always rewrite in my own words any recipe that I review. I used to be 100% behind this company, but now they make me wonder! Has anyone else had any bad experiences with this company?
4 responses
@ganda8831 (816)
• Philippines
29 Jul 08
Hi! your post is really scary because I've been writing for review stream for quite some time and really put alot of effort into it. I havent reached payout yet but Im hoping I will in a few days. I just hope what happened to you doesnt happen to me...
• United States
29 Jul 08
My best advice to you is...just keep doing what you are doing with review stream. I have been working with them to resolve this matter and I believe it has been an error on their part. Just be sure to keep track of all the reviews that have been accepted. When you do reach the payout amount, they dopay promptly! After I requested payment from them, I usually received it the same day. Keep it up and Good Luck To You!
• Philippines
30 Jul 08
Thanks for the encouragement. God bless you!
• United States
26 Jul 08
" ... I always rewrite ... " So, what did you expect ? If you "rewrite" the text written by the other person, it's the same plagiarism as simpy copy-paste, but you pretend to be smart. As for me, I hate to see the article, written by me, signed by unknown person. Even if MY article was "rewritten". It was stolen anyway and I hate that. What about others ?
• United States
27 Jul 08
I guess I wasn't clear in my original post. I do not copy and paste from anyone...your right in that fact...that is wrong. I mean, I came across a few really good recipes that I wanted to share and gave my review. The listing of ingredients for a recipe is not plagiarism, but review stream seemed to think it was. I am currently in the process of working this matter out with them and I must say they are very professional in this matter. As I stated before, I have always been paid promptly by this company once I requested payment. Thanks for your response and Good Luck To You!
• Philippines
10 Aug 08
Hmm.. this thing actually happen,, oh this made me worry a bit though I haven't experience that (hope never) but if they do this with others its possible to me too. I like this site, its hard to earn but your really do earn some money. I hope you can have a positive response from them.
@liquorice (3887)
26 Jul 08
That's really worrying. It's a shame that this happened to you. I've never had any problems with this site before, but this makes me worry a bit. It's very wrong of them to accuse you of something that you didn't do, and what's more it must be annoying that you've written reviews and probably earned a certain amount, but now you won't receive it. I don't know much about the company themselves, and their website doesn't give much away. I haven't been paid yet, but I know other people here have. If I didn't know that, then from your post I'd suspect it was some kind of scam. But like I say, I've heard from lots of people that it isn't, and that they're a genuine site. It sounds as if it's likely to be an unfortunate mistake that they've made, and sadly you've suffered as a result. I've seen the other post that says something similar has happened to somebody else. I'd be interested to read what other people have to say.
• United States
27 Jul 08
Thanks for your response! I do believe it has been a mistake and I am in the process now of working with them on this matter. As I stated before, I have gotten paid promptly from this company. Good Luck to you.