DESIGNERS WHO CAN'T MAKE DEADLINES... [rant] - GoFuckYourself.com

CyberHustler · 08-10-2007, 08:42 PM

Damn man... I understand if shit comes up, just let a muh fucka know.

Don't get scared and log off of ICQ as soon as I log on, ignore my emails and ICQ messages, and wait till I'm offline to send me some bullshit excuse.

If you are over booked, stop accepting new jobs! Or let the client know he/she has to wait. It's that simple!

Oh yeah, and just because you have some kick ass low prices doesn't mean you can pull stunts! People are paying you for a service and deserve to get what you agreed to give them and on time!

GOD DAMN IT!

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wdforty · 08-10-2007, 08:44 PM

There are tons of designers that don't meet deadlines. I have to admit I have done it myself a couple of times, sometimes the workload just gets too much

[ScreaM] · 08-10-2007, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyber-Hu$tler

Damn man... I understand if shit comes up, just let a muh fucka know.

Don't get scared and log off of ICQ as soon as I log on, ignore my emails and ICQ messages, and wait till I'm offline to send me some bullshit excuse.

If you are over booked, stop accepting new jobs! Or let the client know he/she has to wait. It's that simple!

Oh yeah, and just because you have some kick ass low prices doesn't mean you can pull stunts! People are paying you for a service and deserve to get what you agreed to give them and on time!

GOD DAMN IT!

[/rant]

I hear ya.

Next time, go with professionals - http://www.silverclouddesign.com/

warlock5 · 08-10-2007, 08:53 PM

Secret tip: full timers meet deadlines; when they log off ICQ, they get fired.

1off · 08-10-2007, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by wdforty

There are tons of designers that don't meet deadlines. I have to admit I have done it myself a couple of times, sometimes the workload just gets too much

yeah but like cyber hustler said, not making a deadline and being upfront and honest about the situation is way different than ducking and hiding.

ParNxtaR · 08-10-2007, 09:07 PM

i meet deadlines. i keep clients updated every time.

endsofttech · 08-10-2007, 09:12 PM

thats bad image for designers like us... well somebody is having trouble like this let your client know...

wdforty · 08-10-2007, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 1off

yeah but like cyber hustler said, not making a deadline and being upfront and honest about the situation is way different than ducking and hiding.

yeah for sure, I'd never sign of or ignore a client because I was late, it's only going to make the situation worse.

tony286 · 08-10-2007, 09:41 PM

I dont understand people hire the lowest bidder and expect class A service.

CyberHustler · 08-10-2007, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tony404

I dont understand people hire the lowest bidder and expect class A service.

I honestly like to hire the little guys to help them out with their portfolios and give them some business if it's not a big complicated job.

SOMETIMES the lower priced guys do a better job and have nicer looking portfolios in my opinion.

Don't duck and hide and make bullshit excuses no matter what price you set. I'm a very easy person to deal with, just be honest with me and let me know whats going on.

tony286 · 08-10-2007, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyber-Hu$tler

I honestly like to hire the little guys to help them out with their portfolios and give them some business if it's not a big complicated job.

SOMETIMES the lower priced guys do a better job and have nicer looking portfolios in my opinion.

Don't duck and hide and make bullshit excuses no matter what price you set. I'm a very easy person to deal with, just be honest with me and let me know whats going on.

I agree with you on giving info. I dealt with customers for many years,if you kept them posted most people were very cool.

Shoehorn! · 08-10-2007, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by tony404

I dont understand people hire the lowest bidder and expect class A service.

That isn't always the case.

08-10-2007, 10:47 PM

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RawAlex · 08-10-2007, 10:57 PM

You can have it fast, you can have it good, or you can have it cheap. If you wanted it fast, it won't be good and usually not cheap, and so on.

JD · 08-10-2007, 11:50 PM

whenever I can't hit a deadline dead on, i always let the client know EXACTLY what's going on and even do partial refunds if it's taking to long...

[ Nate ] · 08-11-2007, 01:09 AM

When I give people a timeline, I always give myself extra time for a cushion so I don't run into the situation. If I think it's going to take me 3 days, I'll say 4 or 5 just to be safe. That way I can deliver early, or at least on time.

Deej · 08-11-2007, 01:23 AM

it happens. even with being paid. but some just dont give themselves enough time in their estimation in trying to make themselves look good...

Whatever. If its good... that helps the situation.

natas · 08-11-2007, 05:00 AM

designers are the flakes of this industry

over the years I've heard every excuse in the book, recycled and reused to the point where I refuse to pay up front for anything anymore.

Top Designer Flake Excuses - please feel free to add your own

1) family member died/in hospital/contracted some life threatening disease
2) hurracaine/tornado/floods/locusts/fire/plague of rats hit the area
3) internet "down"/cut off (most likely not paid for)
4) pet got ran over/broke a leg/died/grew an extra head/attacked my mom
5) icq "not working"/lost logs/lost contacts/didnt get my messages
6) pc crashed/windows died/lost backups/blew up/grew wings and flew away
7) family member or partner on drugs/gone AWOL/in car crash/joined religious cult

CyberHustler · 08-11-2007, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by natas

designers are the flakes of this industry

over the years I've heard every excuse in the book, recycled and reused to the point where I refuse to pay up front for anything anymore.

Top Designer Flake Excuses - please feel free to add your own

1) family member died/in hospital/contracted some life threatening disease
2) hurracaine/tornado/floods/locusts/fire/plague of rats hit the area
3) internet "down"/cut off (most likely not paid for)
4) pet got ran over/broke a leg/died/grew an extra head/attacked my mom
5) icq "not working"/lost logs/lost contacts/didnt get my messages
6) pc crashed/windows died/lost backups/blew up/grew wings and flew away
7) family member or partner on drugs/gone AWOL/in car crash/joined religious cult

8) "I forgot" - I actually heard this one last night for the first time...

natas · 08-11-2007, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Cyber-Hu$tler

8) "I forgot" - I actually heard this one last night for the first time...

I bet he didn't forget to spend the money you paid him

CyberHustler · 08-11-2007, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by natas

I bet he didn't forget to spend the money you paid him

Oh nah... I didn't pay up front. I don't pay up front anymore, I learned my lesson. Either trust me or I take my business else where. It's either me or them and i'm not losing my money. I don't have a history of cheating so I never had a problem where a designer wouldn't do the job if I didn't pay up front yet

carol.prime · 08-11-2007, 10:03 AM

hello cyber,
you can give us a try for your another project.we have supervisors handling our employees so you don't have to worry about disappearing acts. hit me up if you're interested

thanks!

cj_purve · 08-11-2007, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by natas

designers are the flakes of this industry

over the years I've heard every excuse in the book, recycled and reused to the point where I refuse to pay up front for anything anymore.

Top Designer Flake Excuses - please feel free to add your own

1) family member died/in hospital/contracted some life threatening disease
2) hurracaine/tornado/floods/locusts/fire/plague of rats hit the area
3) internet "down"/cut off (most likely not paid for)
4) pet got ran over/broke a leg/died/grew an extra head/attacked my mom
5) icq "not working"/lost logs/lost contacts/didnt get my messages
6) pc crashed/windows died/lost backups/blew up/grew wings and flew away
7) family member or partner on drugs/gone AWOL/in car crash/joined religious cult

This is a pretty funny post ... have you really had this many bad experiences but you still haven't learnt how to avoid getting screwed? I'd say that reflects as badly on you as it does on the designers you hire.

You should learn to use photoshop ... its really easy & would save you so much stress & frustration!!

Mr. Cool Ice · 08-11-2007, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by [ Nate ]

When I give people a timeline, I always give myself extra time for a cushion so I don't run into the situation. If I think it's going to take me 3 days, I'll say 4 or 5 just to be safe. That way I can deliver early, or at least on time.

[ Nate ] has always been on time for us.

Spunky · 08-11-2007, 08:26 PM

I've yet to meet a designer who has been on time..it's like a code of ethics..when they say 2 weeks,they mean a month plus

TeenCat · 08-12-2007, 03:53 AM

designers cant make deadlines many times cause people wanting the work done mostly dont know what they want and are not able to give straight informations to follow. there are problems on both sides man! not only designers are bad ... as i read most times ...

Egypt[4TH-Reactor] · 08-13-2007, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by natas

Top Designer Flake Excuses - please feel free to add your own

1) family member died/in hospital/contracted some life threatening disease
2) hurracaine/tornado/floods/locusts/fire/plague of rats hit the area
3) internet "down"/cut off (most likely not paid for)
4) pet got ran over/broke a leg/died/grew an extra head/attacked my mom
5) icq "not working"/lost logs/lost contacts/didnt get my messages
6) pc crashed/windows died/lost backups/blew up/grew wings and flew away
7) family member or partner on drugs/gone AWOL/in car crash/joined religious cult

Not going to advertise our studio - just wanted to tell you, that some stuff out of this list happened to us... Though we work full time and I'm always online...

Like this one - "3) internet "down"/cut off " - but not because not payed for. Not so long ago we had a serious hurracaine and the whole our region was down for 10 days until the problem was solved. And we couldn't do anything about it - just had to finish the projects locally... So basically we disappeared for these 10 days

that's an awful experience... Especially when you have everything scheduled. But still it was kinda our mistake - so the troubles we had with deadlines were solved in the favour of the clients.

And this one - icq "not working" - sometimes it really bitches refusing to log in... Probably their servers are not 100% trustful... Besides this one - didn't get my messages - happened couple of times and recently I noticed that vise versa also... Sometimes I don't get messages from the clients... But troubles with ICQ are rear...

This one - pc crashed/windows died - happened once and we had to deal with data recovery... But it's easier when you have a lot of PCs in the studio - part ly each of them contains necessary info, but still it takes some time to pull everything together again...

And this one - family member or designer got sick or family member died - really no one is insured against such things... At the moment our coder is in hospital with high temperature... Last week me myself ate something wrong and was recovering almost for a day...

All I'm trying to say is that we all people and shit happens in our life...

But what we need is to be more responsible than we are. And it touches a lot of designers here and there. And not only designers - these things can happen to anyone as I've mentioned.

SO:

STAY PEACEFUL
KEEP EACH OTHER INFORMED
STAY IN TOUCH WHATEVER HAPPENS

And KEEP TO THE ONCE GIVEN WORD

this will help and earn you respect

08-13-2007, 10:26 AM

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08-10-2007, 08:42 PM	#1
CyberHustler So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 26,062	DESIGNERS WHO CAN'T MAKE DEADLINES... [rant] Damn man... I understand if shit comes up, just let a muh fucka know. Don't get scared and log off of ICQ as soon as I log on, ignore my emails and ICQ messages, and wait till I'm offline to send me some bullshit excuse. If you are over booked, stop accepting new jobs! Or let the client know he/she has to wait. It's that simple! Oh yeah, and just because you have some kick ass low prices doesn't mean you can pull stunts! People are paying you for a service and deserve to get what you agreed to give them and on time! GOD DAMN IT! [/rant]

08-10-2007, 08:44 PM	#2
wdforty Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,824	There are tons of designers that don't meet deadlines. I have to admit I have done it myself a couple of times, sometimes the workload just gets too much __________________ icq 157542142

08-10-2007, 09:07 PM	#6
ParNxtaR Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 109	i meet deadlines. i keep clients updated every time. __________________ Quality Reality Paysite / Gallery Template / Affiliate Site Designer ICQ: 284.293.684

08-10-2007, 09:12 PM	#7
endsofttech Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Location: icq:38381638 Posts: 544	thats bad image for designers like us... well somebody is having trouble like this let your client know... __________________ Angels Giving Tree {{{click here to donate}}}

08-11-2007, 01:09 AM	#16
[ Nate ] Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Asia Posts: 1,468	When I give people a timeline, I always give myself extra time for a cushion so I don't run into the situation. If I think it's going to take me 3 days, I'll say 4 or 5 just to be safe. That way I can deliver early, or at least on time. __________________ Ladyboy Inc. / Asian Money Machine

08-10-2007, 08:53 PM	#4
warlock5 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Uranus Posts: 2,808	Secret tip: full timers meet deadlines; when they log off ICQ, they get fired.

08-10-2007, 09:41 PM	#9
tony286 lurker Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: atlanta Posts: 57,021	I dont understand people hire the lowest bidder and expect class A service.

08-10-2007, 10:47 PM	#13
LilBro Guest Posts: n/a	next time give us a shot...we have amazing client relations application that lets you interact with every team member working on your project, including ME www.AdultDesign.com We may not be the cheapest but we are fucking GOOD

08-10-2007, 10:57 PM	#14
RawAlex So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a house. Posts: 9,465	You can have it fast, you can have it good, or you can have it cheap. If you wanted it fast, it won't be good and usually not cheap, and so on.

08-10-2007, 11:50 PM	#15
JD Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22,651	whenever I can't hit a deadline dead on, i always let the client know EXACTLY what's going on and even do partial refunds if it's taking to long...

08-11-2007, 01:23 AM	#17
Deej I make pixels work Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: I live here... Posts: 24,386	it happens. even with being paid. but some just dont give themselves enough time in their estimation in trying to make themselves look good... Whatever. If its good... that helps the situation. __________________ Deej's Designs n' What Not Hit me up for Design, CSS & Photo Retouching Icq#30096880

08-11-2007, 05:00 AM	#18
natas Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: : unknown Posts: 3,375	designers are the flakes of this industry over the years I've heard every excuse in the book, recycled and reused to the point where I refuse to pay up front for anything anymore. Top Designer Flake Excuses - please feel free to add your own 1) family member died/in hospital/contracted some life threatening disease 2) hurracaine/tornado/floods/locusts/fire/plague of rats hit the area 3) internet "down"/cut off (most likely not paid for) 4) pet got ran over/broke a leg/died/grew an extra head/attacked my mom 5) icq "not working"/lost logs/lost contacts/didnt get my messages 6) pc crashed/windows died/lost backups/blew up/grew wings and flew away 7) family member or partner on drugs/gone AWOL/in car crash/joined religious cult

08-11-2007, 10:03 AM	#22
carol.prime Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 6,960	hello cyber, you can give us a try for your another project.we have supervisors handling our employees so you don't have to worry about disappearing acts. hit me up if you're interested thanks! __________________ Prime Outsourcing \| offshore staffing solutions \| manual labor \| employee leasing \| full time employees starting at $695.00/month = managed and dedicated icq.: 309570461 live chat

08-11-2007, 08:26 PM	#25
Spunky I need a beer Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ♠ Toiletville ♠ Posts: 133,939	I've yet to meet a designer who has been on time..it's like a code of ethics..when they say 2 weeks,they mean a month plus __________________ *YOUR INFORMATION HERE*

08-12-2007, 03:53 AM	#26
TeenCat Too lazy to set a koala Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: CZ/EU forever! Posts: 16,139	designers cant make deadlines many times cause people wanting the work done mostly dont know what they want and are not able to give straight informations to follow. there are problems on both sides man! not only designers are bad ... as i read most times ... __________________ 6bot / Coming again very soon! Svit Zlin Radio 24/7!

08-13-2007, 10:26 AM	#28
wild_jayx Guest Posts: n/a	freelance designer here contact icq: 267-027-751 email: webtecshtudio(at)gmail.com