FN-FORUM: What a shame !

date posted 9th August 2003 11:50

Most of you will have seen the project post which I put up mistakenly
the other day. Having reposted my project on the project forum, I have
had approximately 50 quotes including some from counties as far as
Vietnam, China, Canada and Russia. These quotes vary in price from =
=A3100
to =A325,000.
I have had emails from some designers saying that I have to pay huge
fees to get a decent website because other freelance designers don't
know what they are doing ! (no way to do business !) Personally I will
only deal with people in the UK due to the fact that I might need to
have a meeting with them (possibly I should have made this clear in the
brief).

The most disappointing part of this whole experience is that the
majority of people have not even read the brief ! I will not even
consider those who did not answer the question of what a ballpark figure
would be, because not reading the brief does not fill me with confidence
to give a designer the work. I have also had some sarcastic comments
that it is not worth the effort and that the business will fail. Nothing
ventured, nothing gained ?

Work is work, particularly in the current economic climate.
Thanks to all of you who sent quotes, and I hope that one of you gets
the business.

J.Bolton