I should know better. Really. I should know better.
Hey cool, 40 upvotes? I'll take it... but you must read what the service is actually offering:
?????
Ok, use our service with all these other services, watch the post value SKYROCKET, so you DON'T NOTICE YOU WASTED YOUR $0.40 SBD with @ninjawhale.
What you get is 38 upvotes from random bots WORTH $0.00, one worth $0.01 and another worth $0.03.
Thanks for your penny, @ninjawhale
Thanks for your three cents, @proctologic
Thanks for nothing, mindless bots!
So your $0.40 SBD is converted into.... $0.04 SBD @ 90% loss
@ninjawhale is not a whale, he's just a ninja. Ready and willing for you to hand over to him your SBD.
I should know better. Really. I should know better.
If you are willing to help me earn back my $0.40 SBD, I'd be grateful for an upvote on this post. Resteem to get the word out!
Update - @ninjawhale has refunded $0.40 back into my account.
I did not request this refund, but @ninjawhale initiated it anyway. I've changed the title from [Scam] to [Warning].
I didn't write this post to make abunch of STEEM, but to alert others to the details of this "service". Thank you so much everyone for the upvotes and tips. It's greatly appreciated. I'm browsing through the accounts of everyone who upvoted here to give back. Thanks again!
Hi @ironshield! @sostrin is sending you 0.1 SBD tip and @tipU upvote
:)
@tipU - send tips by writing tip! in the comment, get share of the profit :)Thank you @sostrin Much appreciated! I hope this post has been helpful! @ironshield
Got your back, good sir. A tenth of your loss, from me to you (:
Thank you @zacharius, greatly appreciated. Lesson learned. @ironshield
I am sorry that you feel as if you have been "scammed" but we provide a very clear service... 40+ upvotes and 0.4 SBD is our price for that. If you do not like it then simply ignore us and don't send us your money. You have received a refund (1 off). Never do business with us again please.
So, your "service" is offering air in bags, right?
Heres a tip! .80 If its too good to be true , it usually is
Thank you! That's wonderful! I'm out of the hole! I know it's only $0.40, but you know that feeling when you put some change into the vending machine and the candy bar just won't fall down? That's the feeling.
The generosity on steemit never ceases to amaze me! @ironshield
Thanks for the warning! I have been testing the waters with a few of these services. I was pretty skeptical. So far I've only tried @randowhale and @minnowbooster, and both have been good investments. I'll make sure to avoid @ninjawhale.
I think I understand what they're trying to do to legitimize the payment... they want you to use all of the respected services (ie @randowhale and @minnowbooster) for post value and their service for a large NUMBER of votes. Together it gives the illusion of a popular post: high dollar value and lots of upvotes.
It's supposed to convince other voters that this is a well received post between value and # of upvotes.
They should NOT use the word whale, or associate themselves with @randowhale and @minnowbooster, since they do not offer a similar product at all.
yah.. a minnow posing as a whale-wanna-be.
not-a-whale ninja
Wow. That's not good. Will resteem for exposure for $0.40 SBD ok? LOL.
JK I already resteemed. :)
If I had read their post beforehand I wouldn't have fallen for it. All I saw was "40 upvotes". I guess my right hand didn't know what my left hand was doing. Thanks for the upvote and resteem. @ironshield
I cant stop laughing. 90% loss dear. Total rubbish
Not a good deal... unless you want to add 40 useless votes to your posts @ironshield
looks like the community has circled their wagons around you - we got your back!
They sure did. You guys and gals are awesome. Steemit is awesome. @ironshield
Sorry bout your luck, that's lame. At least you exposed the user!
Hopefully this post can make up for your lost SBD!!
Yes the generosity of the steemit community is outrageous. And @ninjawhale refunded $0.40 without having to ask! Thanks for checking out this post. @ironshield
Thanks for finding this out so the rest of us won't have to. haha That's worth an upvote for sure!
Thanks for the upvote @thandsmith, glad I could be the fall guy. :-)
@ironshield
Sometimes it's hard to sift through lies and deceit. At least it was only a $0.40 mistake. Could have been worse but still a lesson learned.
Yes, that's true. It's sort of like putting a few quarters in a vending machine and the candy bar not falling down. Shouldn't be a big deal, but so aggravating.
@ironshield
tip! .7 think I got it right this time
Wow, there are shysters everywhere, sad to say. So glad to see the good folks of Steemit rallying around :) Also good to know of this sad, sad service. Total waste of SBD.
Lesson learned. Yes, the Steemians rallied around and helped me out greatly, it's amazing. @ironshield
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So actually people may be less likely to vote on your post because its 0.04 SBD is split among 40 @ninjawhale bots? maybe it should be called @ ninja fail?
Lmao... excellent point!
@epicninjafails LOL!
I didn't know that the trending page is based on # of upvotes... even if they're worthless? That's something I didn't consider. It doesn't seem like 40 upvotes would make much difference, though. @ironshield