Geek2Geek (gk2gk.com) is nothing short of a scam, as my experience will attest. I signed up for the site and made the mistake of getting an expensive one year 'membership upgrade' before doing my due dilligence and investigating the site's reputation. A quick Google search turned up my worst fears -- the site is populated by pre-programmed "bot" profiles meant to simulate a full and active community (I have observed this personally in email messages I've received) and the owner (evidently one Spencer Koppel, based on my research) is apparently a notorious scammer who refuses to issue refunds for any purpose whatsoever. I experienced this personally -- within an hour of signing up I sent a message to Geek2Geek (the only contact was through a third-party resolution service called LoopBack or a mailing address in Miami Beach, Florida -- I used the LoopBack email form) requesting my account be cancelled and my credit card not be charged... to which I received this:
"Hi member,
At this time, there's no option on the site that lets you save whatever information you put in to your profile particularly under 'write stories' section. We are still in the transition process. Rest assured that this will be addressed as soon as possible.
Please accept our apology for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
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Geek2Geek (gk2gk.com) is nothing short of a scam, as my experience will attest. I signed up for the site and made the mistake of getting an expensive one year 'membership upgrade' before doing my due dilligence and investigating the site's reputation. A quick Google search turned up my worst fears -- the site is populated by pre-programmed "bot" profiles meant to simulate a full and active community (I have observed this personally in email messages I've received) and the owner (evidently one Spencer Koppel, based on my research) is apparently a notorious scammer who refuses to issue refunds for any purpose whatsoever. I experienced this personally -- within an hour of signing up I sent a message to Geek2Geek (the only contact was through a third-party resolution service called LoopBack or a mailing address in Miami Beach, Florida -- I used the LoopBack email form) requesting my account be cancelled and my credit card not be charged... to which I received this:
"Hi member,
At this time, there's no option on the site that lets you save whatever information you put in to your profile particularly under 'write stories' section. We are still in the transition process. Rest assured that this will be addressed as soon as possible.
Please accept our apology for any inconvenience this may have caused you.