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windwaker
Posts: 1379/1797 |
Arbitration WORKED! 
<3
Now I just have to finish the other project I'm working on, and I'm free. XD |
kiwibonga
Posts: 263/266 |
*revives thread once more*
I'm at $895 now
How's everyone doing? 
Edit: Oh and I've got about $300 worth over 4 different projects to be completed within the next 2 weeks (hopefully) |
jman2050
Posts: 86/123 |
i'm thinking about just doing some for free, to land something, as even when i offer extra services it seems to amount to not much"
I'm not entirely sure you can do that. Last I read they could suspend your account if you offer to do work for no pay. THat is, if I understood that portion of the contract correctly. |
kiwibonga
Posts: 259/266 |
windwaker:
1. Refuse to do the extra work
2. Put the project into arbitration
The buyer WILL lose the arbitration if he refuses to pay more for extra features, and will not get to rate you.
Don't let the ass hole use you! |
Cellar Dweller
Posts: 214/269 |
(rereads posts...woops!)
That is a contract/site rules issue, not a labor issue, and I need more sleep. |
Parasyte
Posts: 353/514 |
That has little to do with having the paying party say, "Though you completed the required work, you will not be paid if you don't also do this, this, and this; regardless that you were completely unaware of these terms simply because I neglected to mention them when you signed for the job." |
Cellar Dweller
Posts: 213/269 |
Originally posted by Parasyte
I'm sure there are [labor?] laws against that.
(Note: IANAL and I'm referring to US law)
I think that bidders are considered independent contractors, not employees, so labor laws (like minimum wage, overtime pay, etc..) don't apply.
Employers may ask employees to work more than 40 hrs/wk as needed, but they must pay an extra 50% for any work over 40 hrs during each week. |
windwaker
Posts: 1282/1797 |
Yeah, but what am I going to do? I'm getting TWENTY BUCKS for the project, and I just want a good rating.
I have a 10 right now, I don't want it to drop. I'll just tough it out, and double that 40 hours.  |
Parasyte
Posts: 351/514 |
I'm sure there are [labor?] laws against that. |
windwaker
Posts: 1278/1797 |
Originally posted by Parasyte
Argh! I can agree with that, though on different terms.
Heh.
One of my clients is insanely evil. I've worked 40 hours on the project, and he keeps making me do things that weren't in the description. |
Gavin
Posts: 528/799 |
Originally posted by Parasyte
I haven't actually done anything on Rent-A-Coder, yet. But I did make $10,000 USD last week with my own freelance endeavor. That make exactly $19,000 USD earned from my freelance work, to date. I guess I don't have much interest in Rent-A-Coder, after all.
yes, but then again you're rediculous
i'm thinking about just doing some for free, to land something, as even when i offer extra services it seems to amount to not much. |
Parasyte
Posts: 346/514 |
Argh! I can agree with that, though on different terms. |
windwaker
Posts: 1275/1797 |
Clients = stubborn, inept, and evil.
That is all. |
Parasyte
Posts: 340/514 |
I haven't actually done anything on Rent-A-Coder, yet. But I did make $10,000 USD last week with my own freelance endeavor. That make exactly $19,000 USD earned from my freelance work, to date. I guess I don't have much interest in Rent-A-Coder, after all. |
Zem
Posts: 872/1107 |
Is canceling common? I had all three bids going and all three buyers canceled. I should do what windwaker suggested earlier and lay down hella bids, but I'm worried about being overwhelmed. I have no idea how lenient most of the people are when it comes to scheduling problems and such. And then there's the large quantity of doable-sounding but extremely vague projects...
And before anyone says anything, this is a perfectly acceptable bump.  |
kiwibonga
Posts: 258/266 |
So, how's everyone doing?
I've made $462.24 so far... Pretty much stalled right now with a client who takes forever to decide things hmm... But well, I'll eventually get paid extra, so it's not that bad |
windwaker
Posts: 1021/1797 |
I was fully capable of writing what they wanted , I guess people just wanted an word less shakey between "code already written" and "programming language".
Edit: I got a job  . $42 for a gaming website, this'll be SIM-PLE. The design he wants is really basic, too. |
Narf
Posts: 8/100 |
I just checked around the projects list, there's some pretty decently paid projects between them; $5000 USD and above, just wow... I admit I never earned a payment that high in my freelance 'carreer'; but a lot of low payments as well; $100 or less for a CMS script, and so fort. Of course, the -15% for RentACoder makes it even worse.
I don't know, I'm Dutch, and I know a lot of Dutch freelancer networks and advertisement websites where people looking for webdesigners/programmers advertise and webdesigners/programmer themselves advertise for themselves, without the actual website in concern 'interfering' with the actual payment. Don't know about any English/American websites of this type.
Though, I'm currently getting most of my references from websites/projects I made in the past. On every website I make I put a mini-logo and I put my name and website in the META tags.
And anyway, windwaker, about your bidding style: like others said, it's not a good idea at all to be telling the client in question that you'll study the code, meaning you don't even know what you're up to basically. Only apply to the projects for which you're fully aware that your capable of doing so without any problems, it takes experience, so keep it to lesser projects at first.
Furthermore, that goes for anyone, don't be afraid to place a rediculously high bid sometimes, really, you'll be 'lucky' a lot. I asked € 700 for a simple discussion forum and € 800 for an advertisement website (like the ones I mentioned above) which is actually a lot of money, but the majority of other webdesign/scripting companies asks over € 1000 for it, so it's fair. |
Blades
Posts: 99/151 |
Kiwi, check pm 
Want more info.
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windwaker
Posts: 1017/1797 |
Yeh, I'll to something else next time.
Weell, looks like I've almost got my first job . It's to add RSS feeds to this site, not a terribly difficult task. I'm one of two bidders, and the guy basically said he'll choose me.
$115 . |
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