Originally Posted by LetterTwenty7

My friends in the coding or design biz are mostly swamped with freelance gigs or work for large companies, providing them with work all the time. What I am pointing out is that people who are experienced and do a great job have loads of work and are mostly not available, especially not for some small, low-paying projects. Maybe that's why you ran into "overpriced or rubbish quality work."