Re: FN-FORUM: FN Project

date posted 1st July 2003 21:46

Never had a single reply..... and then most of the projects disappear.


----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Civati [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: FN Project


> Paul J White [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> > For the first time in ages I received a reply to an application for a F=
> N
> > project.
>
> I've come to the conclusion that what someone else suggested is true, mos=
> t
> of these ads are people trying to scope out costs for projects, and nothi=
> ng
> further.
>
> Specially, when you see someone say "we want to do X, please reply with
> a quote and estimated time scale". Given that I've asked lots of questio=
> ns
> about a few potential projects and they don't even come back with any inf=
> o
> to try and help you come up with a meaningful idea of price/time scale..
>
> > It made no reference to my very specific comments on the project,
> > which got me thinking, then reading it made me even more suspicious.
>
> ;-)
>
> Okay, quick poll then, how many jobs have people from the list taken from=
>
> the FN ads?
>
> -Paul-
>
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