What's with the attitude from designers?

I am being sincere. I may not have the words to verbalize this in a way that makes sense though. I made an error in judgement. And if you will allow me to expand a bit further I can further explain my poor brevity towards you.

I'm sure you know that recently whenever my name is mentioned on GFY it's like a hornets nest has been prodded. This also spills out into my email box. I get fake sales enquiries/trolls/rival firms.. you name it.

I know you don't want your personal information disclosed so i will say this as discretley as I can. Your email address .. it ends in a word .. and indeed your entire email addy sounded like it was a rival firm.

And usualy when someone wants to take a poke at me the first comparison they will make is with zuzanna...

And also the example design you gave of younglegalporn.com. (most domains with 'young' are blocked at a ISP level here in Finland.. I get taken to the police 'this is illegal' page and big brother takes a note of this visit).

If you take all 3 of these things into consideration along with my earlier points, Then maybe that will help to paint a clearer picture of why i was ... not so nice.

But now i see who you are, and i see I have made a mistake. And i apologize.

Great site and idea, I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Do you know any similar sites (art/fashion/erotica) ?

Judge Far-L rules that the defendant has served the punishment of the GFY jury and made amends to the plaintiff and should be released on good behavior to observe a brief period of probation during which time treatment of clients will be monitored to insure tactful, professional, courteous interaction and conduct with existing and prospective clients. An anger management course on dealing with competitors more appropriately is also recommended.

The court of public opinion wishes the defendant good luck and hopes she will learn from this that one unsatisfied customer can easily discourage many more potential customers and that a life of being bad at customer service, even if you are great at design, will not pay in the long run.

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Here's the thing.
Love me or hate me. My work/designs/services are in high demand. I can't accept every job that comes into my sales box.

I'm fortunate that I can pick and choose the clients I take nowadays. And despite all the drama on GFY.. all I really want to do is get on with my job.

So I have a vetting process. I don't take 'Problem' clients or projects. And i'm quite good at spotting what's a good gig to take and what i want to avoid.

From your initial email to your replies. I could see the 'Blow-up-ability' was strong with you...

Linking to zuzanna (or any other designers work). Well that itself doesn't bother me. But it gives me a hint that perhaps you have worked with other designers before. And generaly a good client and a good designer will stay together. A client that is jumping from designer to designer...They worry me.

And you also linked me to younglegalporn.com as a design example. While it may be legal content (i dont know the program so I cant comment). That itself set off another red flag in my 'Don't wanna work with this guy' radar....

And as can be seen by your creation of this very thread. I was right.. working with you would not have been a pleasant exp for me.

And im sorry you took my words so badly.

i'd just like to confirm that RazorSharpe is far from being someone making trouble - quite the contrary. i wish all my clients were that pleasant to work with

She just showed that she is not a professional designer but a jealous little girl.