by Tdarcos » Wed Jan 26, 2022 12:09 am
Flack wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:06 am
Why so low? Don't undervalue your skills, Commander.
Maybe
you think the job was too cheap, Flack, but clearly he doesn't, or I'm too late.
I didn't think $40 an hour was "low," but, figuring that it's nine pages for the primary atyicle (typical practice is not to read the endnotes), a page takes.. no, wait, let me run the article through Open Office Writer: 4927 words. At 5c/word that would be $246.35, which is probably close to what a person on a Work-For-Sale site might bid. But since I asked for less than this, and he made no response, clearly he considers that It's not even worth that much.
But either I was too late, or too expensive (even though I said I was willing to negotiate), otherwise if Jonsey was still interested,
* but thought the price was too high, he'd have made a counter offer; or
* if I was really undervaluing my worth, accepted the offer immediately before I came to my senses and withdrew my reply.
So, it's obvious either the job was just a red herring to see how I would respond; he thought I was too expensive and doesn't want to negotiate; or I took too long to reply and he got someone else to do it ot just said "fuck it," and decided not to.
He had over 48 hours to respond either yes, no, or let me think about it, and has posted a message here after mine,but it was completely irrelevant to the original request, or my reply; ergo he is no longer interested in having the job done.
Look, Flack, if I had a job I wanted done and I thought it was worth X, and the other person made an offer to do it for a lot less, I'd have jumped at the bid before he realized he was charging too little. Since Jonsey said nothing, clearly I was too late, or too expensive and doesn't want to bargain, so he's withdrawn his offer.
I'd be happy to do it, but his total lack of response makes it clear that either I'm too late, or I asked for too much and he does not want to negotiate. I was looking forward to doing it, I could have used the money, and I'm deeply saddened by the fact I was too late and/or too expensive.
Excuse me while I cry about the lost opportunity. I wanted it so bad, but it was not to be. Oh well. I['ll just suck it up and go on with my life.
Since the offer is clearly no longer available, I consider the matter closed.
[quote=Flack post_id=126565 time=1642957587 user_id=840]
Why so low? Don't undervalue your skills, Commander.
[/quote]
Maybe [i]you[/i] think the job was too cheap, Flack, but clearly he doesn't, or I'm too late.
I didn't think $40 an hour was "low," but, figuring that it's nine pages for the primary atyicle (typical practice is not to read the endnotes), a page takes.. no, wait, let me run the article through Open Office Writer: 4927 words. At 5c/word that would be $246.35, which is probably close to what a person on a Work-For-Sale site might bid. But since I asked for less than this, and he made no response, clearly he considers that It's not even worth that much.
But either I was too late, or too expensive (even though I said I was willing to negotiate), otherwise if Jonsey was still interested,
* but thought the price was too high, he'd have made a counter offer; or
* if I was really undervaluing my worth, accepted the offer immediately before I came to my senses and withdrew my reply.
So, it's obvious either the job was just a red herring to see how I would respond; he thought I was too expensive and doesn't want to negotiate; or I took too long to reply and he got someone else to do it ot just said "fuck it," and decided not to.
He had over 48 hours to respond either yes, no, or let me think about it, and has posted a message here after mine,but it was completely irrelevant to the original request, or my reply; ergo he is no longer interested in having the job done.
Look, Flack, if I had a job I wanted done and I thought it was worth X, and the other person made an offer to do it for a lot less, I'd have jumped at the bid before he realized he was charging too little. Since Jonsey said nothing, clearly I was too late, or too expensive and doesn't want to bargain, so he's withdrawn his offer.
I'd be happy to do it, but his total lack of response makes it clear that either I'm too late, or I asked for too much and he does not want to negotiate. I was looking forward to doing it, I could have used the money, and I'm deeply saddened by the fact I was too late and/or too expensive.
Excuse me while I cry about the lost opportunity. I wanted it so bad, but it was not to be. Oh well. I['ll just suck it up and go on with my life.
Since the offer is clearly no longer available, I consider the matter closed.