Comments on: ChaCha Guide Pay Lies and Scams http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/ Technology, Science, Space, Biology, Electronics, Health, and the Environment Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:33:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mimi Wember http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/comment-page-2/#comment-3851 Mimi Wember Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:31:46 +0000 http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/#comment-3851 Hi, i must say fantastic site you have, i stumbled across it in AOL. Does you get much traffic? Hi, i must say fantastic site you have, i stumbled across it in AOL. Does you get much traffic?

]]> By: Joanne Ferriola http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/comment-page-2/#comment-3819 Joanne Ferriola Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:09:17 +0000 http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/#comment-3819 Alot of bloggers are not really happy with this new iPad.There was just too much hoopla over it and lots of blogers got disapointed.You see, I actually see great deal of the awesome potential uses of this device. Third-party applications for working with tunes, games, newsprints and magazines and FFS books, all sorts of neat stuff, but they failed to sell it very well (excluding the books). It looks kinda undercooked Alot of bloggers are not really happy with this new iPad.There was just too much hoopla over it and lots of blogers got disapointed.You see, I actually see great deal of the awesome potential uses of this device. Third-party applications for working with tunes, games, newsprints and magazines and FFS books, all sorts of neat stuff, but they failed to sell it very well (excluding the books). It looks kinda undercooked

]]> By: Chrissy http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-3475 Chrissy Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:38:53 +0000 http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/#comment-3475 I too have been an SMS Guide since Early '08. I also have they ability to speak from two angles because I am both a Voice Transcription Guide and SMS Guide. Nowadays, you make about 12 cents per query you answer. On average it takes about a minute to answer a question. So if you got questions back to back, you could make an average of $7.20 an hour. Not bad...except you have to factor in loading times for their silly engine...and then factor in the fact that you will not get back to back questions except weekends AND that some questions take longer to answer. As a Voice Transcription Guide, you get 4 cents per question typed out. I do about 3-4 a minute. In the long run, you make slightly more ad a voice transcriptionist, but still I average about $30 for an 8 hour shift do to slow times and weird errors that ChaCha sometimes has. That works out to less than minimum wage anywhere, and by the end of it my back and hands KILL. Take this information however you want. i don't claim ChaCha is a scam, but I would never recommend anyone to be a guide themselves. I too have been an SMS Guide since Early ‘08. I also have they ability to speak from two angles because I am both a Voice Transcription Guide and SMS Guide. Nowadays, you make about 12 cents per query you answer. On average it takes about a minute to answer a question. So if you got questions back to back, you could make an average of $7.20 an hour. Not bad…except you have to factor in loading times for their silly engine…and then factor in the fact that you will not get back to back questions except weekends AND that some questions take longer to answer.

As a Voice Transcription Guide, you get 4 cents per question typed out. I do about 3-4 a minute. In the long run, you make slightly more ad a voice transcriptionist, but still I average about $30 for an 8 hour shift do to slow times and weird errors that ChaCha sometimes has. That works out to less than minimum wage anywhere, and by the end of it my back and hands KILL.

Take this information however you want. i don’t claim ChaCha is a scam, but I would never recommend anyone to be a guide themselves.

]]> By: Persephone http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-3394 Persephone Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:07:51 +0000 http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/#comment-3394 Hi! This is an interesting article as I have been with ChaCha as a SMS Text Guide since early 2008. I must say that it has been changing. I was making pretty good money ... enough to buy some groceries, etc. However, ChaCha keep changing the pay rates for the queries you answer and I feel like I am working more and more to answer the same amount of questions I did in the beginning but with LOWER PAY. Now I am worried because they are revamping ChaCha again. With the new implementation of the ask Lulu feature, I believe it will cut down the queries even further. I'm beginning to wonder why I stayed this long. I know why: hope. I guess that hope is dwindling because I am researching other job alternatives to ChaCha. I feel underappreciated. The incentives at the beginning were pretty good to keep morale up in the early part of 2008. Now I feel SOME contests are aimed at the new guides only as an incentive to keep going until they get you comfortable. I guess the older guides have worked hard but now another new "generation" of "Future" old guides are being lulled into the mire. That's my two cents. I'll take the rest of my 8 cents and go buy ... is there anything you can buy for 8 cents anymore? Well, if I was lucky, I might have 20 cents left over from this one "query" I am leaving behind. Hi! This is an interesting article as I have been with ChaCha as a SMS Text Guide since early 2008. I must say that it has been changing. I was making pretty good money … enough to buy some groceries, etc. However, ChaCha keep changing the pay rates for the queries you answer and I feel like I am working more and more to answer the same amount of questions I did in the beginning but with LOWER PAY. Now I am worried because they are revamping ChaCha again. With the new implementation of the ask Lulu feature, I believe it will cut down the queries even further. I’m beginning to wonder why I stayed this long. I know why: hope. I guess that hope is dwindling because I am researching other job alternatives to ChaCha. I feel underappreciated.

The incentives at the beginning were pretty good to keep morale up in the early part of 2008. Now I feel SOME contests are aimed at the new guides only as an incentive to keep going until they get you comfortable. I guess the older guides have worked hard but now another new “generation” of “Future” old guides are being lulled into the mire.

That’s my two cents. I’ll take the rest of my 8 cents and go buy … is there anything you can buy for 8 cents anymore? Well, if I was lucky, I might have 20 cents left over from this one “query” I am leaving behind.

]]> By: myhugepenis http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-3136 myhugepenis Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:05:47 +0000 http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/#comment-3136 Sorry but I have to point something else out. If you type "whud" instead of "would" and "shud" instead of "should", you should try this: Hold the handle of a butcher knife so that the blade is pointed right at your heart. Then run as fast as you can into a wall, the whole time trying to keep the knife pointed the same direction, but not exerting too strong of a grip. cheers! Sorry but I have to point something else out. If you type “whud” instead of “would” and “shud” instead of “should”, you should try this:
Hold the handle of a butcher knife so that the blade is pointed right at your heart. Then run as fast as you can into a wall, the whole time trying to keep the knife pointed the same direction, but not exerting too strong of a grip.

cheers!

]]> By: myhugepenis http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-3135 myhugepenis Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:00:32 +0000 http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/#comment-3135 Hi, I was considering trying chacha just to see if the supplemental income was worth it, got approved then forgot about it for a few months (my real job got busier). Now they're not accepting new registration, bummer. So obviously, I don't have an opinion either way, but I just want to say that reading how most of y'all HAVE to feel really strongly one way is really entertaining. People are almost never willing to be more humble, like: "Hey, based on my experience, i feel this way, but there's always unknowns so maybe my opinion will change or maybe I'm wrong." It's always "I know everything because of my personal experience and F you if you don't agree." Exactly like politics in the media... you're all (well not all of ya) some sad sad turd nuggets. For those few who did try to give their unbiased experience and offer actual advice, thanks. It seems useful, now I just hope they'll open up registration so I can see for myself if I think it's worth it. Hi, I was considering trying chacha just to see if the supplemental income was worth it, got approved then forgot about it for a few months (my real job got busier). Now they’re not accepting new registration, bummer.
So obviously, I don’t have an opinion either way, but I just want to say that reading how most of y’all HAVE to feel really strongly one way is really entertaining. People are almost never willing to be more humble, like:
“Hey, based on my experience, i feel this way, but there’s always unknowns so maybe my opinion will change or maybe I’m wrong.”
It’s always “I know everything because of my personal experience and F you if you don’t agree.” Exactly like politics in the media… you’re all (well not all of ya) some sad sad turd nuggets.
For those few who did try to give their unbiased experience and offer actual advice, thanks. It seems useful, now I just hope they’ll open up registration so I can see for myself if I think it’s worth it.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-3092 Ryan Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:19:22 +0000 http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/#comment-3092 I work for ChaCha, and I have never missed a paycheck, sometimes they are a day or two late.. but, as long as I meet the criteria I've never had a problem. I work for ChaCha, and I have never missed a paycheck, sometimes they are a day or two late.. but, as long as I meet the criteria I’ve never had a problem.

]]> By: Maria http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-3087 Maria Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:22:28 +0000 http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/#comment-3087 Hiya, Registration is open again @ ChaCha and if you want to know the ropes before you do your tests, just shoot me an email and I'll send you an invite. sweetashoneyb@yahoo.com Hiya,
Registration is open again @ ChaCha and if you want to know the ropes before you do your tests, just shoot me an email and I’ll send you an invite.

sweetashoneyb@yahoo.com

]]> By: JoshT http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-3086 JoshT Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:25:52 +0000 http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/#comment-3086 now that's funny stuff. I just took the test myself now that’s funny stuff. I just took the test myself

]]> By: JMH http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-2998 JMH Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:07:12 +0000 http://www.jimimorrisonshead.com/2007/03/30/chacha-guide-pay-lies-and-scams/#comment-2998 God I'm such a FUCK'N IDIOT!!!!!!!! I sound about as intelligent as Bill O'Reily! Wow, after actually trying out chacha, I realized you don't get payed well, but they do pay, and for as easy as it is, you can do it practically anytime! Try it! http://becomeaguide.chacha.com/ God I’m such a FUCK’N IDIOT!!!!!!!! I sound about as intelligent as Bill O’Reily! Wow, after actually trying out chacha, I realized you don’t get payed well, but they do pay, and for as easy as it is, you can do it practically anytime! Try it! http://becomeaguide.chacha.com/

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