There's plenty of work for everyone. Good luck to him and his $125 design. If you've found someone that does quality work for as low as that, I'm sure some of us designers could outsource a lot of work to them.

Shit man. I never noticed your new design.

You might wanna change it... not impressive at all.

there's a couple reasons for that...

1. I'm not trying to attract new clients at the moment. I'm booked for the rest of my life.

2. Simplicity is beautiful. (And much easier to maintain than that fucking monstrosity I had before, when I got other things I need to be doing... like, client's projects)

3. I no longer feel the need to 'impress' anyone with my own site. My work does the talking.

:glugglug

Well I didn't think it was THAT funny when I looked at it...

So you gonna let me design for you or what? lol.

I can't wait to see this design!

Make me a sample paysite. If it's good, I'll put you to work.

But before you dive head first into that.... trust me when I say, I got a pretty high freaking mark of what I consider to be 'good'. :glugglug

and I do NOT babysit.... so if you need someone to hold your hand, forget it.

bikinihouse:
haha ... ¸its ok to exploit people because one will do it.... for exposure or lunch money....

Isn't it what sleazy compagnies are doing when they establish themselves in 3rd world countries...

Hey those people need food... $5 a week is gold for them...

exploit people's weakness! Good going! :thumbsup

Instead of worrying about Amps site, why not tackle those two hideous fuckers in your sig?

lol.... so true....

damn... you look at everyone's shit don't you? :glugglug

this is like, twice in two days.... hehe

no theres nothing wrong with it..


It's how 95% of gamblers lose money.
I already outlined why it wasn't good business on such a tight deadline. If he needed it in a month then yeah.. no problem at all.. If it wasn't any good theres plenty of time to find someone else to get it done.. but if he "loses" then along comes the deadline and no decent design.. it's fucked the whole project plan, not just $125. Good business involves calculated risk, not unneccessary risk.
Plus the time involved in continually finding deals from a series of newbies needing experience is more costly than just finding one company/person you like and sticking with them.

no one really cares about it, there is so much work out there that theres enough for everyone.. those who are good charge more.. those that aren't don't. If someone good doesn't charge market rates he won't do it for long.. and if he did, no one minds if he works his ass off for peanuts - there are plenty of people out there willing to pay the normal price.. all the guy would do is attract the cheap clients he deserved, leaving the guys with fatter wallets for everyone else.. thinning the client herd and leaving the choice picks for everyone else.

:Graucho

When people talk shit, it's good to know if they can back it up before replying to them.

I'll let amp tackle those... looks like he's dropped his rates :)

SCANDAL!!!

Cybersleuth has reason to believe that Femaleperfection and Bikinihouse are the exact same tight ass

Why?

Look at their sites....they look the fucking same.

Now look at the WHOIS info for Femaleperfection & Bikinihouse.....then look at Jokaroo....something is fishy

https://registrar.godaddy.com/whois....=jokaroo%2ECOM


https://registrar.godaddy.com/whois....inihouse%2ECOM

https://registrar.godaddy.com/whois....rfection%2EORG


Can anyone confirm?

Just another reason not to deal with this guy.

Good call, master of the obvious.

because no business decision should be frivolous in any way... No way in a million years could I agree with you. I hope you're mistaken:

friv·o·lous
adj.
Unworthy of serious attention; trivial: a frivolous novel.
Inappropriately silly: a frivolous purchase.

I hope you meant frugal.

If the site is a mainstream site that no-one here is going to promote then your attitude here doesn't count.. I assumed you were doing a some sort of joke affiliate thing that you may have eventually promoted here.. not an adult site as it would be a very poor name for one :)
I think your weekend deadline is an arbitrary one and there is no external need for you to have it done by then which is why you don't see it as a risk and keep on calling it "risk free"..

No ones doubting you can't get a really nice design from a newbie or someone trying to crack the industry.. or someone bored and on a whim, good people often give out such offers for their portfolios. The main question is relying on a string of these people for your work (as no-one is going to work like that for a serious amount of time).
I am sure you will get something ok. I don't think ARS is too crash hot and doesn't set the bar too high.

i love you bhuto....

you had me at "hello" :)

bhutocracy, what does "EMR sponge" mean?

electro-magnetic radiation soaker.. the fact that we'll all probably all get brain cancer by 50 from being adult webmasters.. not some new slang for bukkake or something :)

Gee, I wonder how the same person can have two different names? lol.

Geez some people just take things too seriously... get a life!

Ya, we work together. What's the scandal?