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Helen M.

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Level 6 Contributor
California City, United States

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About Me

Love shopping online and giving my opinion of websites. Also review and rate survivalist, farmer, homesteader, and off-the-grid tools and gadgets online.

How I Can Help

Like to compare and read biographical and non-fiction books.

Interests

Writing, art journaling, reading.

94 Reviews by Helen

  • Vechain.org

3/17/24

This crypto shared in the P2P apps here is worth nothing and total junk. I think it's awful to have its not worth even 2 USD cents the wallet address is hard to access and it is solely swapped among users and useless for gas fees in transactions and mining crypto and similar activities.

Tip for consumers:
Awful the most horrid thing I’ve ever gone through in a long time.

  • Coinbase

3/16/24

They are some of the most negative sites in the cryptocurrency space due to the amount of scams and fake quests that are on there. They donate crypto to you for reading articles. It used to be very easy to earn crypto but now it's hugely difficult to earn anything due to paying for investing crypto or trying other apps which require money. I think it's a very negative development in technology.

Tip for consumers:
No.

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  • Apple

8/6/23

I ordered a new iPhone a year ago and it is one of the most disappointing things I've ever owned in my life. It's battery life is only 6 hours long without battery power savers, with the savers on it's only 11 hours and it's always locking in 2 minutes on me whenever I'm trying to do something that is urgent to do and forcing me to restart the task. I'm unable to connect 3G wireless service anywhere and I keep hearing that it doesn't need resetting but apps freeze or can't use my location which means it needs resetting every month. Autocorrect almost always resets the word to the wrong word and I can't use the keyboard properly because it swing sideways in a landscape orientation when I'm typing in portrait orientation. All the time I hear that it is possible to make a little side income from loans, games, or selling photos taken or uploaded to the iPhone but all of that is completely false and Apple willfully encourages these rumors and claims and doesn't eliminate them or encourage people to tell the truth. Recently the device deleted three fourths off all the photos I had uploaded to the device and Apple iCloud. I don't know if I will ever be get the photos and the iCloud storage back. I hate Apple.

Tip for consumers:
Nothing.

Products used:
iPhone SE and Mac

Service
  • Venmo

6/30/23

I paid someone using Venmo and they never got paid even though all the payment systems are working according to the bank. I paid them again and they put me in debt 1000 for the transaction which is so unscrupulous they should have refused the transaction. I realized that I don't have enough money in the bank account to cover the transaction so they made me owe them the whole amount I was to pay. I contacted the person I was paying and they never received the money at all. Extremely unscrupulous to steal 1000 from someone just because they owe someone else money. Now I am owing 2000 for this month and half is going to thieves.

Tip for consumers:
No.

Products used:
Payment systems to pay someone else money.

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  • Worldoftanks.ru

10/3/22

This website does not track the movement of tanks, aircraft, or air borne weaponry in the current Ukraine crisis, has nothing to do with Donbas or the Russian region, nor with the current Russian military recruitment crisis. The website is on a server called ns1.wargaming.net which most likely is a military themed gaming multi-player web site or something of that nature. They have a download link for the game, and what is likely to be groups of players called clans, and they hold tournaments amongst the players, there is also a search function to look for players. The website will attempt to redirect you to the owner's USA counterpart for USA players, if you are located in the USA. At the bottom there is the option to write articles or stream the game. It seems to be fairly popular because the community is stated to have 160 million players in it. It is a Macintosh and Windows compatible application to play.

Tip for consumers:
It is nothing to do with Russia Ukraine crisis. They have customer support for the players. If you use this website convert it into English using Google Translate.

  • America Best Appliance

10/3/22

The vendors of this site don't have their punctuation right (it should be America's Best Appliances not America Best Appliances) on this site and use really obscure financing for the appliances on this site, (I've never heard of a lender named Katapult) and important information about the compatibility of the devices with voltages, rates of energy use, and don't immediately list essential information your handyman may be required to hear about regarding it or things they need to do. They offer in-home warranty options from someone no one else has ever heard of named CPS which sounds pretty shady. They claim they only ship within the US, but the only payment option they use that I have heard of is PayPal, and they say don't send any money to anyone you don't know very well on PayPal's website. They only have 1 five star review by an anonymous individual calling themselves 'Bon' which doesn't inspire confidence. They claim they have 95 five star reviews in an aggregator named Shopper Approved which are very brief and say very positive things but don't say anything about their shopper experience or who they received help from working at the company. I searched for their showroom in the town they claimed to be located in and the only thing called America's Best in that town is a Best Value inn. The website is actually not legitimately registered under an owner and registration expired in January 2022 on the 18th, so I think there is a very likely probability that the site will be removed from the web pretty soon. In a bad scenario they might vanish forever once they receive your money and you never get any merchandise or hear from them again. I'd say be very careful and hire a trusted individual to investigate or shop elsewhere for appliances. Not recommended overall seems untrustworthy.

Tip for consumers:
Everything is pretty obscure about this site it feels badly intentioned and shady.

Quality
  • DailyFX

9/5/22

I think it is a poor idea to trade international commodities especially given the Russian war I couldn't corroborate any of the indices for commodities as consistent with other reports for the same indices on other sites. I don't think this site offers anything other than global trading commodities news, webinars on specific parts of trading, not the ability to open an account to open with software or AI to trade. This site does not have Metatrader 5. It is part of the IG group which has several other sites. People can look up their profile on LinkedIn here - https://www.linkedin.com/company/iggroup they are based in the London, UK Forex market. They seem to be a reputable trading company but not offering individual trading accounts. They claim that they have trading accounts for individuals here -https://www.ig.com/. They don't use Metatrader 5. I would look elsewhere or ask a professional to trade Forex on my behalf.

Tip for consumers:
They are strictly news and don’t offer trading. They belong to IG group.

Products used:
Forex news and indices.

Quality
  • Pirateship

9/5/22
Verified purchase

This website is the best. The ship brace and ahoy matey jokes are funny you can paste addresses into the sender's information fields, easily share labels with others, connect scales to weigh the packages. I definitely would look at this as a more efficient and easier to use options, most definitely if you use a shipping label broker full time for e-commerce, or other heavy duty mail needs. If you are using Pirateship only occasionally it might not help but it still helps to check other options.

Tip for consumers:
Contact customer support through chat if anything happens.

Products used:
Shipping labels

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  • Ultimatehomecareservices

12/15/21

I had lived with someone who hired Ultimate Home Care Services and hired them myself some years ago for housekeeping and elder care services and they are the worst I have ever worked with. They break, lie, cheat, steal things and have taken legally predatory actions against me. They parked a car entered the house without my permission the police were called to get them out. The lady who oversees the people heard her really racist neighbor who I had never told to do anything and never known that I must still need her and to go back here to insist that I re-hire her and she started lying that I like her and never really fired her. I heard rumors that the lady who oversees the business is a heavy alcoholic drinker and abuses her husband on a daily basis. The CEO of the business is completely out touch with important complaints and matters related to the business and let's the business' employees commit crimes and engage in any behavior whatsoever in clients homes. I tried to take actions against the business but people simply don't care. I really advise everybody avoid this business they are up to no good.

Tip for consumers:
Just avoid them at all costs. There are much better people to hire.

Products used:
Housekeeping

  • Credit Saint

12/5/21
Verified purchase

This credit repair company treats clients with professionalism and courtesy at least throughout my interactions with them. They prepare a dispute for each of the credit bureaus and help present recently paid debt collections items to the bureaus in an orderly manner. I don't know too much about their process and the final results but can recommend them for typical issues with personal credit. Overall I am glad I found them.

  • Stillpointaromatics

7/11/21

Never bought frankincense that was such bad quality I really didn't get anything out of the aromatherapy when I used the products really would not recommend.

Tip for consumers:
Choose Scents of the Earth instead.

Products used:
Frankincense.

  • Made Trade

6/23/21

I purchased several ethically made bedsheets from this company via Amazon Pay, and they are wonderful quality much better than the cheap sheets on Amazon or big box stores. They use delivery protections on their orders and are prompt with their shipping times. All deliveries are carbon offset.

Tip for consumers:
They send regular status updates on the shipping as e-mails.

  • Green Dot

6/23/21

Needlessly charges hidden fees and lies to users about the features of the bank account stole 45 dollars from me without warning and customer service is virtually nonexistent please avoid this bank at all costs.

Tip for consumers:
Don’t believe them when they say their accounts are the best internet bank, and they always charge fees contrary to what they say.

Products used:
Debit card

  • Swagbucks

10/30/20

Many frugal sites recommend this website as the go-to for earning money as a side hustle, which is how I found this website. I really wanted to like this website, I really did, but they work for advertisers who insist on spamming your e-mail inbox and phone voicemail, and I find it completely untrue that there are offers on Swagbucks that don't cost money to complete and pay out. Over 85% of the offers here require a purchase of some sort, making the frugal upsell of Swagbucks invalid. Furthermore, the advertisers on there insist on disabling the user's tracking software and using the tracked data not to improve their information, but to sell online instead. If you want to be more frugal, try www.fabulesslyfrugal.com for deals, and generally try to avoid purchasing and start saving. Avoid scam websites like these. Another option that I have found is more tolerant of no-track software is user testing of websites such as at Userfeel or Usercrowd. Overall, a scam.

Tip for consumers:
Don't use it with anti-tracking software and value your privacy enough not to use this website.

Products used:
Surveys and games.

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  • Cinchbucks

10/19/20

Recently I signed up for this surveying site, and given the survey options offered and services to redeem for points I would not recommend this site, it seems slow; error messages are frequent. I have also tried Swagbucks with much greater customer service success. Additionally, it takes them 2-3 hours just to find a survey that can reward me and suits my profile. I wanted to think it would work and Cinchbucks would be something I liked but it just wasn't there.

Products used:
Cinchbucks surveys and offer wall.

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  • Shipwreck Beads

10/4/20

This website belongs to an authorized dealer of Preciosa Ornela seed beads, though I have not personally done any transactions or business with them they seem to have a very complete selection of Preciosa Ornela's beads and a selection of tribal, rare, hard to find beads in their shop. Another section of the website carries books, stringing materials, and findings. Worth a perusal.

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  • Sellunusedstamps

10/4/20

This service accepts unwanted postage of all types except those with a specific outgoing address and destination address written on the postage label. This includes QR postage and Forever Stamps, and they do not have to be of collectible value in order to earn money for them. Payment is given either in the form of Paypal, check, or bank wire. You must fill out their postage description and ownership attestation form, which is available to download on the site, and then send them an USPS envelope with all your unwanted postage in the envelope to the office address. I have not completed the form and sent in the postage myself, but I still think this a nifty and money saving idea, especially for those leaving the country or updating their office supplies. Recommended.

Tip for consumers:
Use a PDF filler to fill out their mail back form, fill an envelope with the postage and mail it back to their headquarter office.

  • Cryptosuitex

10/4/20

I think this is a circular crypto fiduciary scheme because they don't actually accept or generate any other payment than bitcoin. You must pay for 1 of 4 bitcoin mining plans in which your bitcoins are then used to generate about 0.2 bitcoins daily paid out to you in USD or more bitcoin in a wallet. There is no option to pay USD, and in their Google Ad it states that you can earn free crypto using the escrow payment option, and to contact customer service for details. However, there is no dedicated customer support they don't exist so far as I can tell I received no response to my customer service form submissions and e-mails. A must miss website in my opinion.

Tip for consumers:
It is all on your own no customer service involved.

Products used:
None.

  • Amtso.org

10/4/20

The experts at AMTSO have devised a free tools to discover weak or missing computer cyber security configurations on individual computers. They also publish industry leading news on phishing attacks, malware, computer security, and other similar issues. I liked the webpage they directed me to where I could download a harmless computer file to check whether my phishing and other software protection was working and up to date. These webpages are located under the free tools section of the website. Thank you AMTSO!

Products used:
The free tools.

  • Nexo

10/4/20

This crypto banking firm has ridiculously high minimums that are out of reach of the typical investor, and if you are not investing in crypto you must be an accredited investor to earn interest on USD. I found no mention of the accredited requirement anywhere on the main page of the website, except when I contacted support after I signed up to use this option. I think it is unfair and dishonest that they do not make clear that one must be an accredited investor or have tons of crypto laying around in order to join this banking firm. Stay away.

Tip for consumers:
Only if you have a large amount of crypto laying around can you use this site. Dishonest people.

Products used:
USD interest investing.

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