Comments on: The Poetry.com Scam http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/02/05/the-poetrycom-scam/ We lose money so you don't have to! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:07:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: IG http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/02/05/the-poetrycom-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-18167 IG Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:16:17 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=1687#comment-18167 Oh thats nothing folks, I submitted a poem back in 2002 (when I was just 18 and had poetry flowing through my veins), when I was still living in India, and you won't believe it - they invited me to attend their annual symposium in Washington DC, stating that my poem had made it right into the semi-finals. Being poor as I was, I couldn't really afford the trip to DC, I asked them if they could sponsor my trip to the US. Never heard from them, and it's only much later that I realized that I had almost been had. So, I guess, I'd never really know if my poem was any good :) Oh thats nothing folks, I submitted a poem back in 2002 (when I was just 18 and had poetry flowing through my veins), when I was still living in India, and you won’t believe it – they invited me to attend their annual symposium in Washington DC, stating that my poem had made it right into the semi-finals. Being poor as I was, I couldn’t really afford the trip to DC, I asked them if they could sponsor my trip to the US. Never heard from them, and it’s only much later that I realized that I had almost been had. So, I guess, I’d never really know if my poem was any good :)

]]> By: Joey http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/02/05/the-poetrycom-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-13591 Joey Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:46:18 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=1687#comment-13591 So the funny thing about this scam is that me and my buddy turned in a poem at the exact same time. We bought two of the same books (but one in his name and one in my name) that they were said to have our poetry inside since we were supposedly published and copywritten. My book had my poem inside on one page. On the same exact page of my friends book, his poem was inside. But my poem wasn't even in his book. So what they do is print a page with your poem to make it look like your cool and your published but your really not because nobody else is going to see that page. It's pretty sad. I feel sorry for the dummies that buy into that bs. So the funny thing about this scam is that me and my buddy turned in a poem at the exact same time. We bought two of the same books (but one in his name and one in my name) that they were said to have our poetry inside since we were supposedly published and copywritten. My book had my poem inside on one page. On the same exact page of my friends book, his poem was inside. But my poem wasn’t even in his book. So what they do is print a page with your poem to make it look like your cool and your published but your really not because nobody else is going to see that page. It’s pretty sad. I feel sorry for the dummies that buy into that bs.

]]> By: Richard http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/02/05/the-poetrycom-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-13494 Richard Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:50:51 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=1687#comment-13494 Yup, got me too. I really want my poem back. Any ideas? Yup, got me too. I really want my poem back. Any ideas?

]]> By: KODES http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/02/05/the-poetrycom-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-11278 KODES Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:58:43 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=1687#comment-11278 :( I bought a hard cover copy with a gold plate with my name engraved on the front book protector.... A YEAR AGO. It has never arrived. :( I bought a hard cover copy with a gold plate with my name engraved on the front book protector…. A YEAR AGO.
It has never arrived.

]]> By: cindy http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/02/05/the-poetrycom-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-11159 cindy Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:01:57 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=1687#comment-11159 I can't get access to my work either. It has been on poetry.com for years. I tried entering my email, which they should recognize and it isn't working. I see some real legal issues with works disappearing. Does anyone know why the new site won't let you access your old works. I can’t get access to my work either. It has been on poetry.com for years. I tried entering my email, which they should recognize and it isn’t working. I see some real legal issues with works disappearing.

Does anyone know why the new site won’t let you access your old works.

]]> By: alina noval http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/02/05/the-poetrycom-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-11030 alina noval Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:45:16 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=1687#comment-11030 I WROTE AND COPY WRITED 30 POEMS OF MY OWN THAT I REALLY LIKED !IN THIS STUPID PLACE NOW I CAN'T GET MY WORK BACK ?. IT NOW LULU POETRY HOW CAN I GET MY WORK BACK WHERE IS POETRY.COM NOW? I WROTE AND COPY WRITED 30 POEMS OF MY OWN THAT I REALLY LIKED !IN THIS STUPID PLACE NOW I CAN’T GET MY WORK BACK ?. IT NOW LULU POETRY HOW CAN I GET MY WORK BACK WHERE IS POETRY.COM NOW?

]]> By: amanda http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/02/05/the-poetrycom-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-10951 amanda Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:40:06 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=1687#comment-10951 well maybe I am just gullable because I just tried to get on that website to print out all of the poems I have submitted in the past few years. I feel like an idiot because I decided that since my poems were going to be in a book..that I no longer needed to keep the original copy...now I just realized I lost all of those poems I wrote. I would love to find the jerks who made that website...they would get an ear full!!! well maybe I am just gullable because I just tried to get on that website to print out all of the poems I have submitted in the past few years. I feel like an idiot because I decided that since my poems were going to be in a book..that I no longer needed to keep the original copy…now I just realized I lost all of those poems I wrote. I would love to find the jerks who made that website…they would get an ear full!!!

]]> By: laura http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/02/05/the-poetrycom-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-10378 laura Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:42:30 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=1687#comment-10378 I suspected most of this when I submitted a poem years ago. But I still wonder, is there really a 10,000 dollar prize? And if so, how is it assigned? I suspected most of this when I submitted a poem years ago. But I still wonder, is there really a 10,000 dollar prize? And if so, how is it assigned?

]]> By: Bluerabbit http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/02/05/the-poetrycom-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-9129 Bluerabbit Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:19:42 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=1687#comment-9129 You can delete them, actually. All you have to do is click on "revise", then type something like, "This is not a poem I have decided to withdraw my work." It will disappear soon. You can delete them, actually. All you have to do is click on “revise”, then type something like,
“This is not a poem
I have decided
to withdraw
my work.”
It will disappear soon.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2009/02/05/the-poetrycom-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-8973 Sarah Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:38:22 +0000 http://www.ivetriedthat.com/?p=1687#comment-8973 I fell pray to this abot 3 hours ago. I then went "omg too good to be true" AFTER I submitted. I just worry about my pretty poem. I still own it right? I won't be buying a book of crappy poems or anything else for that matter. >_> I fell pray to this abot 3 hours ago. I then went “omg too good to be true” AFTER I submitted. I just worry about my pretty poem. I still own it right? I won’t be buying a book of crappy poems or anything else for that matter. >_>

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