Reviews Of Freelancers

Robert Jones
Kingsville, Ontario
robert_jones321@hotmail.com

Robert applied to my flyer looking for someone who knows how to hook up surround sound systems, multiple recordable devices, etc. onto a TV.

He said he worked at Tepperman’s until they laid him off, & he knew how to do all of that stuff.

We agreed upon a rate, he came over, cleaned up all the wiring & somehow got one of the problems solved.

Then at the very end of his stay he said something that made me think he wasn’t too bright, doesn’t listen or something. I told him multiple times on the phone that you can hook recordable devices up to record different TV shows all at the same time. I wanted to test to see if he was actually aware of this since sooo many guys are clueless to this fact.

Never once did he mention this to be impossible, confusing to him, etc. When he was just about to leave he said he was shocked that it actually works.

If I had actually hired him to hook everything up from scratch (he was only unhooking & rehooking) he would have botched the entire setup, so he had lied to me on the phone saying he knew how to do all of this stuff.

Then when we started talking about surround sounds & how mine is on the fritz & I need to get a new one, he started suggesting a few different retailers & told me he can find me one for dirt cheap because his friend knows how to get them. Yes he told me they were stolen from somewhere somehow. I told him I didn’t really like doing that, buying stolen merchandise hurts everyone (I had just seen a show on it), but money is tight for me right now so I said ok.

He was also supposed to ask some friend about a computer system I needed created that will record shows off of my TV since I wanted to change to that type of recording system.

At first Rob did call me back & discuss the pricing of the new computer system & of course the understanding was that he would be hooking this up for me. I thought he was a nice guy trying to find me a good system for as little as possible, but then a month later he stopped returning my calls.

He told me his buddy didn’t have any surround sound systems right now, but next week. Well the following week I was sick so I didn’t call him & I never heard from him.

The following week I tried to call him & Rob had BLOCKED my number. I had no idea why he would do something so disrespectful like that. I called from my cell & spoke to his wife Kathy & she didn’t even know that Rob was trying to find me a surround sound system. She said she didn’t block my number & she had no clue what was going on. I left my number with her again for Rob to call me & when he didn’t, it was clear to me this guy was playing games.

Michelle

The Davis Group, Inc.
Tina Davis
Hillside, NJ 07092
641-715-3800
908-414-6460
734-758-9873 Fax
Skype: thedavisgroupinc
thedavisgroupinc@yahoo.com
http://thedavisgroupinc.bravehost.com/

Once again another independent contractor threatening US for no reason other than we didn’t feel she was qualified for our company because she couldn’t even get past our screening from the hiring ad.

Tina responded to our hiring ad for a tech admin assistant on Elance. She didn’t read our hiring ad & give us what we asked for so we declined her. If a worker online can’t read & follow simple instructions we aren’t interested.

She bid again, this time giving us 1 thing out of the 2-4 things we asked for. I asked her NOT to bid again, we aren’t interested. I didn’t even notice she had attached some PDFs, but even after I went & viewed them, they were just 2 (not 3 as she stated) LONG PDFs with her trying to sell her numerous services (spam cover letters), while it detailed her supposed skills, it didn’t include all we asked for.

Tina bid AGAIN. Her response was first accusing us of things that weren’t true & then threatening us all because she didn’t get her way & we didn’t hire her. What is this world coming to when workers threaten companies because they don’t hire them because they are inept. Not only do companies have to unfairly prove a reason to fire an employee even though it’s their own company, NOW independent contractors think they can bully their way into a job & spread false lies about companies when they don’t hire them?

I still can’t believe how workers behave these days. It just amazes me.

Warning to all independent contractors, not ALL companies hire overseas. Just because you don’t get the interview or the position doesn’t mean it’s for that reason, it’s probably BECAUSE OF YOU! STOP blaming others for your life.

Tina’s words below…

“I have to be frank with you, as an American it is frustrating when it comes to bidding on jobs with those of third world country. Usually American’s on Elance has to go extremely low to bid, but what makes matters worst is when you have buyers post jobs knowing they have not intend on hiring a provide and or unsure of what they are looking for. I have read your description more than a couple of times but I am positive you have not taken the time to read my attachments (all three, a pdf being 16 pgs, powerpoint 8 pgs).

In view of your profile I noticed repetitive posting of similar jobs within the same day, one being Interior Design of Database, posted on 11/23/09 twice and on 11/20/09 twice as well. My question to you is why have you posted 22 jobs but hired only 4 contractors. I will get the word out with other bidder and let them know not to be on any future jobs you have posted. Last but not least, I am reporting you to Elance.

On that note, have a great day.”

And look how she changed her bid to be really mature – $1,000/hr. This was before I even declined her for a THIRD time.

Update – On 01-04-10 out of the blue she contacts me again as if she didn’t threaten us before. No comment on what I think of her…

“Hello Michelle,

Greetings from the “The Davis Group, Inc.”

Again I would like to take the time out to thank you for allow The Davis Group, Inc. the opportunity of submitting our peerless qualification statement. The nature of me contacting you is to follow up on your search for a Technical Admin Assistant. I see that the project status is currently closed and I was inquiring if the selection committee has selected a person to fulfill the position? I am most definitely still interested in assistance you in your project endeavor. If in any type of form or fashion that I could give a helping hand with your selection by all means please feel free to contact me. Moreover should you have any questions or concerns regarding my qualification statement, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Also, I would be more than glad to take on a single (small ) project free of charge to demonstrate my capabilities. Please let me know if you are interested.

I look forward to hearing form you.

Regards,

Tina Davis”

Shawn Jarvis
shawn-jarvis@hotmail.com

I responded to an ad on www.kijiji.ca looking for someone to plow my driveway.  I live in a small town outside of Windsor and I was pretty certain most of these guys were in Windsor.

Shawn got back to me and said it depended because he would have to drive all the way here. He wanted to know if it was a business or a residence.

I could tell already his price wsa going to be way too high, so I simply said…

“Then I’ll find someone else.

It’s a semi resident.

Thanks anyway

Michelle”

He wrote me back telling me I didn’t have to be rude & he explained what I already knew (see I’m not stupid), that he didn’t want to spend money in gas to make peanuts.

I wrote back telling I’m NOT rude, I just made a decision, & if he doesn’t like it when customers make decisions, he shouldn’t be in business.

That’s when Shawn’s true colours came through…

“you came off pretty rude to me all i ask was a few basic things i need to know what i was going to be doing like if i needed to bring more then myself so with that said GO FUCK YOURSELF”

Oh now all of a sudden it wasn’t about the gas LOL, it was about how many people. And Shawn clearly can’t read, I told him what kind of place it was. I had no problem with him asking that question, dahh, the point was I knew he was going to charge me too much.

Shawn, the reason you don’t like upfront people, is because YOU are not just rude, you are a little boy who swears when he doesn’t get his way. This is how you talk to customers or potential customers because they decide to move on quickly to the next guy?

Thank you for showing us all what you are like to hire.

Michelle