2007
FULL ARTICLE: http://mashable.com/2007/08/13/sonicbids-funded/
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Jackie Says: May 19th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Sonicbids has deteriorated tremendously in the last year. While their pay-to-play “drop box opportunities” have always been a long shot gamble, they now mostly consist of shady promoters who collect money from hopeful artists. Many of these “opportunities” have turned out to be major scam situations–or worse yet, there is NO ACTUAL GIG!!!
The promoters go AWOL, never to be heard from again. Sonicbids does nothing to help–and they should, because they receive HALF of the fees!
Many of these terrible situations have been written about in the Sonicbids Forum. So! Just recently, they blocked the Forum from public view. You have to pay a membership fee just to read them.
In place of their community Forum, they have created a “Lounge” blog, full of cheerful “tips” from their CEO. NO negative comments are permitted!
julian Says:
May 20th, 2008 at 9:43 am
I too have watched SOnicbids’s services deteriorate over the past few years. THeir fees increase regularly and their customer service is like beating your head against a wall. They claim NO responsibility for their promoters at all. So… BUYER BEWARE.
Sonicbids claims it is the artists’ responsibility to police Sonicbids promoters *before* they pay to submit to them. Sonicbids does NOT claim that they have policied the promoters already, and vouch for their promotion as genuine. In fact, once artists figure out that a promotion is a SCAM, SOnicbids tells them to request a refund from the promoter directly, as SOnicbids ONLY refunds with the promoters permission. GOOD LUCK GETTING A REFUND! All this double talk even though SOnicbids keeps 50% of EVERY SUBMISSION FEE ARTISTS MAKE. DOes this seem fair to anyone? anyone?
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