Jun 11, 2019 03:04:17 AM by Charles A
I have just been told by a client that he cannot hire me for an agreed upon small project (which is now complete - without a code handover) because he has too many open jobs. His stats that I can see say 3 open jobs, 4 hires and 1 active (which could be me as we've been discussing his project). This doesn't seem overly large. Is this a legitimate limitation?
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Jun 11, 2019 04:10:13 AM by Petra R
Charles A wrote:I have just been told by a client that he cannot hire me for an agreed upon small project (which is now complete - without a code handover) because he has too many open jobs.
He is lying.
Jun 11, 2019 03:48:44 AM by Charles A
Jun 11, 2019 04:10:13 AM by Petra R
Charles A wrote:I have just been told by a client that he cannot hire me for an agreed upon small project (which is now complete - without a code handover) because he has too many open jobs.
He is lying.
Jun 11, 2019 04:30:22 AM by Robin H
I agree with Petra, he is lying, I have seen many clients hired me, having the same case as yours, I have also hired many freelancers having the same case...
I think, he might be having some budget related issues, he may sort them out first and pay you...
We can never judge anyone, he might be honest, but no worries, this would be an experience, if he doesnt pays you for the value you have delivered, simply stop working for him!
Hope this helps!
Thanks, Cheers 🙂
Jun 11, 2019 04:51:24 AM by Elba A
Robin H wrote:I agree with Petra, he is lying, I have seen many clients hired me, having the same case as yours, I have also hired many freelancers having the same case...
I think, he might be having some budget related issues, he may sort them out first and pay you...
We can never judge anyone, he might be honest, but no worries, this would be an experience, if he doesnt pays you for the value you have delivered, simply stop working for him!
Hope this helps!
Thanks, Cheers 🙂
No, he lied. He made up an excuse to trick the freelancer into sending him the work (already done) without a contract.
Jun 11, 2019 04:53:29 AM by Charles A
Jun 11, 2019 04:55:45 AM by Robin H
Ok, great, in that case, I would be curious about what happened in the end!
Jun 13, 2019 05:18:07 AM by Petra R
Charles A wrote:
So he did activate the contract today.
Good 🙂
Maybe he has a limit of how many he is allowed to hire at any given time from his employer or something like that?
Jun 13, 2019 05:33:16 AM by Robin H
Petra R wrote:
Charles A wrote:
So he did activate the contract today.Good 🙂
Maybe he has a limit of how many he is allowed to hire at any given time from his employer or something like that?
Well, I think, I was right, lol!
Anyways Charles, good to hear that, Goodluck!
Remember, never judget a person, sometimes, we should trust people, that might be not lying...
Jun 13, 2019 05:33:34 AM by Charles A
That's what I was thinking. He says he's switching all of his outstanding projects to me now since I fixed something in a couple of hours that the previous guy couldn't get to work for him.
Jun 13, 2019 08:13:10 AM by Christine A
Petra R wrote:
Charles A wrote:
So he did activate the contract today.Good 🙂
Maybe he has a limit of how many he is allowed to hire at any given time from his employer or something like that?
I'm late to this party, but another possibility is that the client is using a company credit card and they've already exceeded their monthly limit, therefore they can't fund escrow until the following month. I had one of these recently, but everything ended happily ever after. (Still, I wouldn't have started the work if they hadn't been a repeat client.)
Jun 11, 2019 05:07:31 AM by Robin H
No, he lied. He made up an excuse to trick the freelancer into sending him the work (already done) without a contract.
I mostly agree with you, but we should never judge a person, until we know the truth.
Jun 11, 2019 10:01:01 AM Edited Jun 11, 2019 10:33:18 AM by Bojan S
Robin H wrote:
No, he lied. He made up an excuse to trick the freelancer into sending him the work (already done) without a contract.
I mostly agree with you, but we should never judge a person, until we know the truth.
**Edited for community guidelines** You have to judge people every day on here, and you have no body language or voice chat to go off of. You're judging some rando on the internet through chat messages. You have to judge people by the way they chat with you, which makes things difficult but you can't be **Edited for community guidelines** and assume everything is roses and rainbows and people are innocent little flowers especially in the OP's case.**Edited for community guidelines**You do indeed need to judge people or you'll go broke and be taken advantage of. You can take everyone on a case by case basis, but not judging someone when you're about to do business with them and put your livelhood in their hands **Edited for community guidelines**
Just today. I'm sure you'll get beat out by someone else soon enough.
Jun 11, 2019 10:08:37 AM Edited Jun 11, 2019 10:34:00 AM by Bojan S
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That's not being dumb, you're just trying to prove your point, he has not delivered the deliverables yet and he can't do anything, except for waiting for that client, so if he doesn't judges that person, he is not gonna loose anything...
I hope you understand what I'm trying to say!
Thanks
Jun 11, 2019 10:10:25 AM by Petra R
Robin H wrote:he is not gonna loose anything...
He has already lost - the time it took to do the work.
Jun 11, 2019 10:12:19 AM by Robin H
Petra R wrote:
Robin H wrote:he is not gonna loose anything...
He has already lost - the time it took to do the work.
Yes, you're right, but still, I hope the client come back, the day he has promised to pay him!
Jun 11, 2019 10:29:23 AM Edited Jun 11, 2019 10:30:05 AM by Petra R
Robin H wrote:
Petra R wrote:
Robin H wrote:he is not gonna loose anything...
He has already lost - the time it took to do the work.
Yes, you're right, but still, I hope the client come back, the day he has promised to pay him!
Of course, we all hope that, but working without a contract and with a client who is either utterly clueless (at best) or a liar (at worst) is still not the smartest path to success and prosperity around here.
Jun 11, 2019 10:32:50 AM by Robin H
Of course, we all hope that, but working without a contract and with a client who is either utterly clueless (at best) or a liar (at worst) is still not the smartest path to success and prosperity around here.
Yes, that's right, we should not work for a client, unless we have a contract with him on Upwork, with an hourlie or fixed job...
Jun 11, 2019 10:45:27 AM by Anonymous-User A