And then there are those coders that agree to a price and a job, but never deliver anything but promises. Although no money gets exchanged, it still leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
I don't understand that one, and it apparently happens a lot. I mean, if someone is trying to screw another out of work or money that's one thing, but just wasting each other's time with no apparent gain for either is just plain ol' stupid.
I often get contacted via my website (the one in my signature) by folks looking to hire me to design a theme for them. Many seem appalled that I won't create a custom theme similar to the one at my site for less than, say, $100. I had one guy who thought anything more than $20 was a complete ripoff. I could easily make more money mowing lawns in my spare time than what some of these people expect me to work for.
Some folks are simply looking to fleece the designer/coder. Others are genuinely ignorant of the amount of work involved. Still others seem to believe that highly customized one-off skin should cost the same as an off the shelf premade skin.
I also realize that the opposite happens all too often as well: coders who are looking to fleece unknowledgeable clients by exaggerating the difficulty of the job, or who simply take the money and run without doing anything.
Ah...for that Utopian world where everyone was honest and trustworthy.
Yea, that happens to me all the time as well. Because of that, I try and be a bit careful as to what requests i answer. For example, usually if the title includes the word "simple" in it, i probably won't do it. Reason being, if it was simple.. they'd do it themselves
in all fairness its really expensive to hire a coder esp from here and even if u do get to hire one there is no gurantee you are going to get your work done.You can pay for it and be ripped off like i was and there is not a thing u can do about it except put it down to experience.I know this works both ways and coders get stuck with code they coded and people not paying for it but seeing as i got stuffed for $250 with nothing to show for it - im refusing to hire any more coders from vb.org till they get their house in order and install some sort of feedback system.Everyone is crying out for a decent feedback system all except vb.org that is.
I'm sure they'll introduce one soon. There definitely needs to be one.
As you say, it can work both ways. However, just because one person ripped you off, doesn't mean everyone here is the same. I don't do many as I'd like to now, due to working on HelpCenter -- but I sometimes try and fit a few in.
in all fairness its really expensive to hire a coder esp from here and even if u do get to hire one there is no gurantee you are going to get your work done.You can pay for it and be ripped off like i was and there is not a thing u can do about it except put it down to experience.I know this works both ways and coders get stuck with code they coded and people not paying for it but seeing as i got stuffed for $250 with nothing to show for it - im refusing to hire any more coders from vb.org till they get their house in order and install some sort of feedback system.Everyone is crying out for a decent feedback system all except vb.org that is.
Just seen your post in the paid requests, lasto. Hmm, I suggest you email James Limm. Because vb really need to do something about this misterpopularity.
There is nothing Mr. Limm can or will do about it as he had nothing to do with hiring any coder. Is it Henry Ford's fault if you hire a shady mechanic that doesn't fulfill the job?
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