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That Fiverr SEO gig that took 14 hours to deliver a 30 minute job

I needed a quick product description rewrite for my Etsy shop last Tuesday. Found a Fiverr seller with 500 reviews and paid $35 for 5 optimized descriptions. They sent me back copy that was clearly auto-generated and had my competitor's name in it twice. After 4 revisions and 14 hours of back and forth, I got something usable. Has anyone else had luck with Fiverr's dispute process for garbage work like this?
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zarag17
zarag178h ago
Did you check if that seller had any reviews mentioning copied or bot-written content before you ordered?
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noahwood
noahwood10h ago
lol yeah I learned that lesson the hard way too. Spent $50 on someone with "1000+ happy clients" and got back copy that looked like it was written by a bot having a stroke.
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faithpatel
faithpatel16h ago
Did you screenshot the competitor name mistake before asking for revisions?
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