View Full Version : Do people have too much money...
....and they are refusing to take on new jobs??
I'm asking cause I need someone to build to websites/eshops for me and have rang 2 different places and none of them care to speak to me!!! Both are people that are just starting up their own business as well!!!
Dunno what to think anymore.....people moan they don't have money yet when you give them a way to earn some they are not interested!!
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Judging by the volumes of traffic heading to Bluewater since the first week of november I would say yes...there are people who have too much money!
Think I might open a shop. "Sell your too much money here. Very cheap".
eshop - similar to www.microdirect.co.uk
so you have given up after just 2 phone calls?
maybe they are on holiday? somthing to do with xmas/new year?
so you have given up after just 2 phone calls?
maybe they are on holiday? somthing to do with xmas/new year?
no you misunderstood me! I have been ringing them and have spoken to them a few times.......they are always "calling me back"
I'm not giving up but in general if I am offering money to someone I expect them to take it and not mess me about!
Is it a drop shipping type eshop?
It may be because they are busy, and being new companies themselves may only have a small team of developers. If you wanted a website similar to the one you posted then it would require quite a bit of coding both front and back end.
-Ralph-
02-01-08, 10:26 PM
Could just be too busy or could be that they don't think they'll make a profit doing it.
A grand's worth of revenue is useless if it costs you 1100 quid to deliver the service.
The lower the value of a contract, the less profitable it is due to the fixed costs every business has to incur. For instance it costs the same to process an order and send an invoice for a grand, as it does for a hundred grand.
If the value of the business you are offering falls well outside the company's usual, they will likely not be interested. They will have found a "sweet spot" whereby the contracts they take on are of sufficient size to turn a profit, but not so large that they wouldn't have the resources to deliver on them
busy with small teams or too small a contract that won't make enough money to them I expect them to have the decency to tell me "we are sorry but we cannot take your work onboard"
the rest are just meaningless excuses to me
-Ralph-
02-01-08, 11:16 PM
"we are sorry but we cannot take your work onboard"
Hmm, absolutely, unfortunately professional courtesy is sadly lacking from a lot of businesses. How many people nowadays make job applications or go for interviews, never to hear from the company again? :rolleyes:
Hmm, absolutely, unfortunately professional courtesy is sadly lacking from a lot of businesses. How many people nowadays make job applications or go for interviews, never to hear from the company again? :rolleyes:
I agree with what you're saying but personally I just cannot and will not accept this!
I have run businesses in the past and have never ever done this!
-Ralph-
02-01-08, 11:58 PM
I agree with what you're saying but personally I just cannot and will not accept this!
Go and sit in thier reception, refuse to leave, play a banjo :smt035and sing karaoke :smt034until somebody comes and tells you why! :D;):D
PMSL I could do!!!
but my time costs too much to waste it like that
Alpinestarhero
03-01-08, 08:40 AM
Try a third company?
Matt
Try a good company and not two that are just starting up/cheap.
If you pay peanuts you get monkeys.
timwilky
03-01-08, 09:49 AM
Personally, when I was doing private work.I have found start up companies hard to work with. they tend to have champagne tastes and shandy budgets. Plus.
I would never attempt to deliver any sort of code to a customer who was unable to provide me with a full specification for the system. I would however provide a specification if the customer agreed to fund a project investigation that would deliver the functional spec.
Additionally my own lead times were such that I tended to avoid small jobs as clients were not prepared to wait 8 weeks until I could do 3 weeks work for them etc.
You may be lucky the post christmas period is usually quite for contractors and you may find one with a few weeks of free time to deliver your system.
I have now designed on paper how I want the site to look and feel.......still waiting for people to get back to me :(
DoubleD
06-01-08, 12:55 PM
My better half has just set up a eshop on www.ekmpowershop.co.uk (http://www.ekmpowershop.co.uk) have a look and see what you think.
Mrs DoubleD has no web skills apart from surfing so you should have no problems.
whats she selling then? :)
I'll have a look at them - thnx
DoubleD
07-01-08, 12:22 AM
whats she selling then? :)
I'll have a look at them - thnx
Have a look at my home page and all will be revealed
very nice ;) best of luck
DoubleD
07-01-08, 10:12 AM
Thanks, also forgot to say that Mrs DoubleD only started that on 28/12/07.
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