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Reply 1
Gah thats shocking. I hate the whole industry of selling essays and coursework online.. Achieve something by yourself for once people.
Reply 2
Of course its not to be used for the purposes of cheating - yeah right
Reply 3
:eek: :eek:
Reply 7
Manatee
Shocking. It's not even particularly well written.


I know who the heck gave that 66%
Reply 8
viviki
I know who the heck gave that 66%


Probably the writer himself - for added "authenticity".
Reply 10
oh my god, that IS shocking!
im going to watch it. see whos going to buy it. and find out which uni s/he is from and whos the tutor...then i'll blackmail her/him. :biggrin:
Reply 11
Why were you searching on ebay for essays? ^o) :p:
Reply 12


It may be likely !

I wouldnt rule it out !

SHocking though :eek: ! :biggrin: !
Reply 13
nikk
Why were you searching on ebay for essays? ^o) :p:


I wasn't I was searching for a textbook and that was one of the results I got. They've put it in the search thing as a workbook

I'm a good girl I am. But after that one I did search out of curiosity and there are millions of the bloody things. i don't have to do essays anymore my work is all exams and stuff now
Reply 14
Some of those essay sites charge a fortune. I've seen prices that go into thousands - i can't imagine paying so much for a piece of work that you can't even use for yourself.
Reply 15
1. Why would anybody want to buy an essay which only achieved 66%?
2. Why would anybody want anybody else's work to be credited as their own, and thus anybody else's opinions and viewpoints to be misintepreted as their own? That's like eradicating your own person...
3. Let's be honest, you could just do it better yourself (well I reckon I could anyway).
4. Is it really likely that someone who sells their schoolwork on eBay will have actually written a good piece?
Reply 16
By the way, the link posting to a guy selling a "quality" Law essay, costing £35, was littered with mistakes! Check out all the grammatical errors on this guy's advert for god's sake:

"I...gurantee that all work is 100% original"

"Once your completed essay is completed"

"to ensure that you have are completely satisfied with the end result"

"Expect to gain a 2:1 or 1st from my essays. these are a few comments made by some of my clients..."
zhivago
1. Why would anybody want to buy an essay which only achieved 66%?


Only? That's a good 2:1.


It's pretty darned hard to get above 75% in many subjects.


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If you've submitted ANY written work, the tutor would notice how different an essay not written by you is, particularly if you're in a small class.

That's more aimed at the custom essays thing, I don't think anyone would hand in an essay that's already been submitted, surely?
I hate it when people do stuff like that, but may I ask why you were looking for essays on e-bay Viviki? Are you one of the buyers!! LOL!!

Joking! Please, please, don't hurt me *begs for mercy*


But to be fair, if you are trying to flog an essay, I doubt if the buyers would be bothered about the advert grammer if they are desperate enough to TRY and buy their degree.
dogtanian
That's more aimed at the custom essays thing, I don't think anyone would hand in an essay that's already been submitted, surely?


My mum marks papers for unis, and she has had 2 IDENTICAL papers submitted before. They didn't even correct the page numbering error (said Page 1 of 1, Page 2 of 2 etc...)

The thing was that they were not in the same uni, but turns out they just downloaded them off the internet, pretty much the same stuff this guy is doing.