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Your freelancing horror story?
Week 86 Group Rant
Michelle
7y

This one guy wanted a website to sell illegal drugs or something. Oh and he only offered $20 for it. Obviously I didn't take it.

There was another guy who wanted a calculator in Python. I'm not sure why, but I think he was a student who wanted someone to do his homework. He offered $250 so I took it. Once it was done, he didn't pay and blocked me.

I quit freelancing about two months ago or something since I was sick of it. Most clients are disrespectful.

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  • 12
    7y
    That was some fucking bullshit.
  • 34
    7y
    Unfortunately this happens at least once to everyone. So many dishonest clients. Then you either start requesting half payment to avoid these issues or quit freelancing altogether. The latter in my case.

    Oh that and completely retarded requests from clients. Got really tired of these.
  • 30
    7y
    get at least half pay up front if you ever do freelance. if they want to pull the "oh you don't trust nice clients" bs just tell them all the bad ones ruined it for everyone
  • 37
    7y
    Should have taken the first one for free but get like 5% of every transaction. Also put a backdoor and save all the customer data secretly. So later you can blackmail them or report to police.
  • 15
    7y
    @CurseMeSlowly
    Those are actually good ideas... I should have done it.
  • 22
    7y
    As a general rule, never send the source code if you haven't been paid first. :)
  • 6
    7y
    @NGPixel well i only received half the payment for a work that was worth twice he was offering and now i only have 1/4th the money i deserved
  • 5
    7y
    Block chain transactions
  • 6
    7y
    This is why I use Fiverr, if neither of us are satisfied with the results, no one gets paid. Also, the requestor pays first and if you don't pull through, they get their money back within a week, 2 weeks tops, after disputing your claim of course 😁
  • 3
    7y
    @Superviral
    I used to use Fiverr, but business was slow so I did my own thing.
  • 4
    7y
    @NGPixel i like retarded requests :) from clients because like i mentioned in one of my other posts, i have been fortunate enough to get all paying clients
  • 4
    7y
    Do you consider to open a YouTube channel plus patreon?
  • 3
    7y
    @Mjack
    Nope. I have no need for either of those.
  • 18
    7y
    Try this next time ;)
  • 4
    7y
    @sbin
    Okay, that is GENIUS. Once I return to freelancing, I'll definitely do that! Thanks for sharing. :)
  • 2
    7y
    @johngreen
    Wow what a jerk. I hope you're not allowing anyone to do that to you anymore.

    Thanks. Once I return to freelancing, I'll collect the money upfront from now on.
  • 2
    7y
    @johngreen
    Lol I just saw your profile... Looked a bit familiar like someone else's profile I know ;)
  • 2
    7y
    @johngreen
    They were a bit surprised and not really that happy, but they aren't angry at all. :)
  • 1
    7y
    If you can, don’t send source code and put annoying watermark, you can also add a kill switch (remote or by inner mechanism)
  • 1
    7y
    Easy,
    1- You always request an upfront payment.

    2- If a project or client doesn't interest you, just pass it.

    I never had to work for free, i always request between 10 to 50% as an upfront payment ( depends on the discussed price )

    Good luck
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