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patyjs
patyjs  Identity Verified
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Jul 27, 2010

I replied to a job post earlier this morning and have just received this response:

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, our bidget is per hour (0 USD for teh 2 hours)


Is there any hope for freelancers at these rates?
 
Henry Hinds
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No hope for them either Jul 27, 2010

There is no hope for them either unless they can get someone to work free.
 
Alexander Onishko
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well... Jul 27, 2010

Not too bad really... 0 usd per 2 hours is much better than 0 usd per 8 hours I believe
 
Karletto
Karletto
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bidget Jul 27, 2010

our bidget is


With such low rate maybe he was thinking "midget"

[Edited at 2010-07-27 17:37 GMT]
 
Mohamed Mehenoun
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They will find someone Jul 27, 2010

I was amazed last time to see people bid for a job posted by a contractor rated 1 on the blue board by two fellow translators !

Some people are just like that, they always tell themselves "better this than nothing" I guess not to say that some people have just a couple of screws loose !
 
Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
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United Kingdom
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One more "bidget" Jul 27, 2010

patyjs wrote:

Unfortunately, our bidget is per hour (0 USD for teh 2 hours)



At least there's a "g" in the term.
 
Mohammad Renaldi Diponegoro
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Indonesia
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English to Indonesian
nothing is better... Jul 28, 2010

Mohamed Mehenoun wrote:

I was amazed last time to see people bid for a job posted by a contractor rated 1 on the blue board by two fellow translators !

Some people are just like that, they always tell themselves "better this than nothing" I guess not to say that some people have just a couple of screws loose !


Well I believe they prefer to go after the "nothing" part instead of the "better" part
 
Yasutomo Kanazawa
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Japan
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Maybe I'm not getting the joke, Jul 28, 2010

patyjs wrote:

I replied to a job post earlier this morning and have just received this response:

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, our bidget is per hour (0 USD for teh 2 hours)


Is there any hope for freelancers at these rates?




but isn't the "0 USD" part a typo?
 


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