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Miriam Schwab wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Woah, guys,
this doesn't
need to get personal.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">If someone
needs help and
won't/can't pay a lot of money for it, that's fine. They can advertise,
and they
may find someone who will help, or they may not. Or they may find
someone who
does crap work for that pay. That's their problem, and you can just
ignore
them. There may be people who are happy to do this work, since it takes
them a
few minutes and it gives them some extra income.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">There are
some WordPress
communities where people will actually help others with their WordPress
sites
for free! It's an idealistic thing. Here in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
I've seen people on the
Hebrew WordPress mailing list ask for help, and have other people
volunteer
their time to get them out of their jams. I'm not saying it's for
everyone (I'm
not a WordPress volunteer type, I charge for my work), but it exists.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">So, it is
legitimate for
people dealing with WordPress to charge rates that they feel reflect
their
value. If Tom can get those rates, great. It is also legitimate for
people to try
to get people to do work for them within their budget, however
miniscule, and
it is legitimate for people to agree or disagree to do the work for
those
rates. We live in a global market, and I don't think we can dictate to
people
what kind of work they should take on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Miriam<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.wordpressgarage.com/">www.wordpressgarage.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<br>
well, said, Miriam<br>
I would add that that if you want someone to do something for a very
low price, you might be better served by not A) trivializing the work
and B) guessing how long it would take a professional to do (since you
don't have those skills to make an informed estimate of the time. It's
kind of like bitching about the free help at wordpress.org... not
likely to get you a fan base eager to help you with your problem(s).<br>
<br>
On the other side, it's understandable that a professional wants to be
paid a realistic and deserved rate for their work, since they take the
time and effort to learn the skills required... I know I run into the
same sort of thing when a client suggests "my sister/nephew/friend, the
web designer, says that after the first page is made (just talking
html, etc here) it's all the same thing, just copy and paste..." my
first inclination is to tell that client to hire his or her
sister/nephew/friend and not call me when they need someone to fix
things... but then, I wouldn't have many clients if I did.<br>
<br>
;)<br>
<br>
D. Casey<br>
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