I agree with nexialys. :up:

"Easy Job", "Quick Job", "Simple Job" ...
Anything with the above is completely ignored.

Unrealistic Expectations

• Overnight Delivery
  • Most experienced coders have other customers
  • Good coders will test/debug their own code - this alone may take several days depending on request - the more tests conducted the less risk you have
• Low Offer
  • Serious coders will never never accept a low offer - these offers are always ignored by experienced coders

same here on nexialys, most of them doesn't pay good enough, but whatever there are ppl that pay good, so far I am happy with my current customer, so my choice for now is "busy", even for my hacks on vb3.5 because I'm coding vb3.0 hacks which I don't really feel like but what ? you signed the contract ^^

Just plain too busy with working on my open projects let alone stopping all of those to look at doing something new.

Plus I prefer working on items availible for more people than just 1. Most custom jobs mean that they own you :)

oh i forgot to mention i hate SR's that don't quote a price.

bump because i thought i offered a good amount for my service request and nobody has responded to it. :( has the service request forum died or am i just impatient?

I hate thread diggers

oh she's a threaddigger
way over town
that digs on meeeeeeeeee...

sorry couldn't resist that. carry on then. :)

Usually there is a zero or two missing!
I charge between ?10-?20 an hour. I don't mind there not being a price aslong as there are some specifics.

Also this happens every time:
If you make a request and provide detailed specification and it is complete and does everything on that original specification provided. It is finished. You can't say 'Oh but I really want this which I forgot about.' I'm not telepathic and I'm not going to modify a service request till the cows come home. Once it meets the specification it's finished. Sure more money means you can change the specification ;)

Not respond to service requests? I respond to all requests. Whether or not I respond with an accepting reply is a different story. :p

I find that most people asking me to code for them have a very unrealistic expectation of the time and the costs involved. I've seriously had a guy email me wanting me to custom-code a portal and an article management system in six hours for $50. Needless to say, declined. ;)

how much do you guys and gals usually expect for a payment for custom work? right now its all guesswork on the part of the requester, having a baseline to work with would be useful.