Sonicbids in hot water over drop box scams

Date: May 30, 2008

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There is an ongoing investigation, to be taken to the FTC, regarding one of their "drop-box" scams. (One among many scams and major complaints that members have been blogging about and reporting to the BBB, FTC, and so forth).

They have dozens of "dead" drop boxes, so that customers submit to promoters who have pulled their opportunity down from the website, YET sonicbids leaves these attractive offers open and available for c.c. payments.

Sonicbids and CEO Panos Panay continue this scam unabated, as well as allowing many unproven "promoters" to operate scams DIRECTLY on their website. Sonicbids' only requirement for a promoter to operate on their site regardless of their credentials, is $$$$.

Even their ballyhooed NACA deal is very risky - one needs to put up close to $1,000 dollars in total fees just to have a chance at one of those gigs. And worse, their recent NXNE promotion bilked artists who unwittingly submitted to this event well beyond its closing date - without being notified as such. This scandal lit up their forums and dozens of artists have been fighting for refunds, so far not forthcoming.

They are so ashamed and afraid of all these potentially very damaging complaints getting too far out of the bag they no longer allow the pubic to view their forums, and also now have swept these posts that have "outed" them (as well as any and all critical posts from customers dealing with numerous unresponsive "promoters") well beneath a newly minted "Lounge" that only allows “raw-raw” blogging.

There are countless posts on this now hidden forum of members submitting money to fake "promoters".
Their support staff has made minimal effort to even attempt to refund customers who have been cheated.
Its unfathomable that they have gotten away with it.
Sonicbids will be lawyering up soon, wait for it.

If you use sonicbids, you are wasting your money, as there are plenty of free EPK sites now, and their drop box "opportunities" are an absolute lottery and shark fest of unscrupulous scammers on the take. CAVEAT EMPTOR !