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Project Scammers, Part 2

Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:06 pm
by supermike
Beware the scammers out there who tell you they are development freelancers just like you, claim they have some project potentials, but then ask you about your skills and your rates. They really didn't have any plans at all to use you in some cases -- they just wanted to find out your skills and rates in order to better judge how to charge for their own stuff, or to size up their competition.

How can we legitimate freelancers prevent this?

Re: Project Scammers, Part 2

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:52 am
by matthijs
Should your rate be a secret than?

What value does it give them to know your hourly rate is $60? Or $100? To me an hourly rate doesn't mean so much. If I'd imagine me hiring someone to do a programming job for me I would have to consider more things, like skills, experience, personality, availability, trustworthiness, how long the job will take, etc etc.

Re: Project Scammers, Part 2

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:27 am
by onion2k
supermike wrote:How can we legitimate freelancers prevent this?
If your rate is competitive and reasonable for your experience, why would you want to prevent it? The more people who know how much you charge, and who know your rate is spot on for what you build, the better.