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Originally Posted by Jace
sorry, apparently polls have been disabled on gfy...LOL....so post your answer here
Just wanna see what you all have to say about this
I contact a programmer that I had used before
he talks with me for an hour, I send him the specs and he says he is working on something else tonight and will start on the job in the next few days
a few days go by, I email him, no response
a few more days, I email again, no response
after a week or so I give up and chalk him up in my "total flakes" list
he is saying that because he didn't reply to my emails that I am being a dick (not those exact words), I say he is being a total and complete flake
you decide
OH, yeah, the great part is while insulting me about him flaking, he says he will never take on a job from someone with over 32k+ posts on a message board...ROFL.....that is like insulting someones spelling while arguing with them on a forum, it all but means you lost the battle before it started
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Jace - You,re coming here to moan and gripe, and this OP shows it. You discussed the project with the programmer and according to this post, nothing was finalised - no deadlines, no money exchanged, just a verbal start date. Now I'm not advocating flaking, but there are two side to every story. Maybe his current job that needed finishing required extra work, maybe it evolved to more work, maybe something else more lucrative came up. You know, everyone works to make money...
If a down payment was made, that's a different story. But outside of written contracts or money chaning hands, chalk it down to normal business life - thought you being a greeny and all, you'd know that by now. Programmers live by the same ethos as the rest of the business world.