MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Thu Oct 28 12:54:37 CDT 2004
Sounds a bit like http://www.rentacoder.com an offshoot of http://www.planet-source-code.com Rentacoder works via bidding on contracts payment via paypal and an rentacoder escrow account Rentacoder takes 10 or 15 % of contract price However I would only bid on code that I had previously written or could slap together in less than a day. Some of the requirements are really wild A full accounting system written in C## and documented in Chinese with self contained VNC for a maximum bid of $300. I think I got paid about $30 for a quick and dirty Excel VBA solution about 2 years ago. But nowadays you are in competition with some guy from Ulan Bator who will work for less than $5 an hour. I still get a daily list of jobs that I read occasionally for a chuckle but there is the odd one that looks interesting. Mitsules, Mark S. (Newport News) wrote: >Shamil, > >When researching a company online I usually Google their name along with >keywords such as problem, complaint, or lawsuit. Normally, most people are >pretty vocal when they get scammed. After a VERY QUICK AND LIMITED search, >I did not come across any substantial list of complaints. So based on a >lack of significant negative information, it seems that the company is >legitimate. Now whether they offer value for your money, I can't answer >that...but it seems like they are not overtly suspicious in nature. Best of >luck:) > > >Mark > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Shamil Salakhetdinov [mailto:shamil at users.mns.ru] >Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 11:25 AM >To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] http://www.freelanceworkexchange.com/ > > >Thanks for your opinion, Mark! > >But it's so well designed and organized! >And they have a trial period of one week for ~USD3. >Do they expect their customers miss this one trial week deadline and they >withdraw their USD29 fee anyway? >And there is a photo of the owner here: >http://www.freelanceworkexchange.com/about.html >And testimonials here: >http://www.freelanceworkexchange.com/testimonials.html >etc. > >Is all that still looking suspicious and like a scam? > >Shamil > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Breen" <mark.breen at gmail.com> >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" ><dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> >Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 3:42 PM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] http://www.freelanceworkexchange.com/ > > > > >>Hello Shamil, >> >>It looks like a scam to me ! The $80 dollars per and an 'must have >>access to email' and some knowledge of english, sound like carrots to >>attract the 29 per month. I hate people like that. >> >>Mark >> >> >> >>On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:01:29 +0400, Shamil Salakhetdinov >><shamil at users.mns.ru> wrote: >> >> >>>Hi All, >>> >>>Anybody tried to find work through >>> >>> >http://www.freelanceworkexchange.com/? > > >>>Did it work? >>> >>>TIA, >>>Shamil >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>dba-Tech mailing list >>>dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>dba-Tech mailing list >>dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada