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"Free" webinar requiring one's credit card information?
Autor de la hebra: Ana Vozone
Ana Vozone
Ana Vozone  Identity Verified
Local time: 22:42
Miembro 2010
inglés al portugués
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Mar 21, 2023

I received an invitation from Proz to attend a "free" webinar about ChatGPT.

But, to attend, I need to confirm credit card information.

Also, the invitation has two typos.

""Registration instructions: the course is free to attend but you need to follow the "payment" steps to sign up. That said, click on the button below, and then choose your ProZ.com Wallet as a payment method and follow the steps. Do not hesitate to email at *******[email protected]*******
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I received an invitation from Proz to attend a "free" webinar about ChatGPT.

But, to attend, I need to confirm credit card information.

Also, the invitation has two typos.

""Registration instructions: the course is free to attend but you need to follow the "payment" steps to sign up. That said, click on the button below, and then choose your ProZ.com Wallet as a payment method and follow the steps. Do not hesitate to email at *******[email protected]******* should you have any questions. Here is a ******screens
hot****** of the page you should see:""

Below, the link with the invitation.

Is it a bit strange?

https://training.proz.com/chatgpt?utm_campaign=Training%202021&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=251060905&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--E0MN7xtYSn3zWGUdczrY5drf0iM3iFZnSkghHij3W7ZxaDRF6RC79nrHqNnQOkIj6s0VYvheJeH-HfYlsFe4Iewekew&utm_content=251060905&utm_source=hs_email
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Hayley Wakenshaw
Hayley Wakenshaw  Identity Verified
Reino Unido
Local time: 22:42
Miembro 2018
neerlandés al inglés
No CC needed Mar 21, 2023

Just select 'Proz.com wallet' as the payment method. Because it is free, you won't be charged. None of the other payment options will work anyway.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Noura Tawil
Helen Shepelenko
Jorge Payan
 
Ana Vozone
Ana Vozone  Identity Verified
Local time: 22:42
Miembro 2010
inglés al portugués
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PERSONA QUE INICIÓ LA HEBRA
Thank you! Mar 21, 2023

Hayley Wakenshaw wrote:

Just select 'Proz.com wallet' as the payment method. Because it is free, you won't be charged. None of the other payment options will work anyway.


Esther Dodo
 
Samuel Murray
Samuel Murray  Identity Verified
Países Bajos
Local time: 23:42
Miembro 2006
inglés al afrikaans
+ ...
No, it doesn't -- see the instructions Mar 21, 2023

Ana Vozone wrote:
But, to attend, I need to confirm credit card information.

The instructions say:
The course is free to attend but you need to follow the "payment" steps to sign up. That said, click on the button below, and then choose your ProZ.com Wallet as a payment method and follow the steps.

So, when you get to the screen where you select the payment method, don't fill in your credit card information, but select the last payment option on the form, named "ProZ.com Wallet".

Also, the invitation has two typos.

Yes, and it uses the words "that said" in a weird, non-native kind of way. Normally, in that position in a sentence, "that said" means "even so" or "by contrast", but the author had meant it as "therefore".


Ana Vozone
Victoria Britten
Esther Dodo
Jorge Payan
 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
Francia
Local time: 23:42
francés al inglés
. Mar 21, 2023

So I thought I might sign up but it just says "March 2023", no specific date, no time, so when it it?

 
Samuel Murray
Samuel Murray  Identity Verified
Países Bajos
Local time: 23:42
Miembro 2006
inglés al afrikaans
+ ...
@Kay Mar 21, 2023

Kay Denney wrote:
So I thought I might sign up but it just says "March 2023", no specific date, no time, so when it it?

Yes, the window title (i.e. the TITLE tag) says just "March 2023", but if you scroll down on the page, on the second screen, near the middle of the screen, it says it's 23 March 2023 at 1 PM GMT. I can't copy it, because they've put the date and time in an image instead of text. There is just so much wrong with this page and the designer of it.


Victoria Britten
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Victoria Britten
Victoria Britten  Identity Verified
Francia
Local time: 23:42
francés al inglés
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And what about the subject? Mar 21, 2023

Samuel Murray wrote:
There is just so much wrong with this page and the designer of it.


Does the subject of the webinar itself not raise any questions? ProZ is supposed to be a place for professional translators, not for more-or-less "bilingual" individuals looking for a way to make money.


Diego Lopez
Nikolay Novitskiy
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MollyRose
MollyRose  Identity Verified
Estados Unidos
Local time: 16:42
inglés al español
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here is ... Mar 21, 2023

a screens hot???? The least they could have done is divided the word correctly.

Tom in London
Nikolay Novitskiy
 
Nikolay Novitskiy
Nikolay Novitskiy  Identity Verified
Federación Rusa
Local time: 03:42
Miembro 2018
inglés al ruso
Free Mar 22, 2023

It's a marvellous time we live in! War is peace, slavery is freedom, free is $300

[Edited at 2023-03-22 14:10 GMT]


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