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Agggghhh I hate agents!

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    Agggghhh I hate agents!

    just had to say that. Why do they have to lie and deliberately p**s us off all the time?

    I'm just waiting for the current ones to ask if I'm going to renew.

    Over my dead body. Actually over their dead body if possible.

    #2
    They're all snakes

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      #3
      But they get us contracts...

      Just a thought.
      "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
      - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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        #4
        Hmm your right, cant live with them, cant live without them

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          #5
          Originally posted by NetwkSupport
          Hmm your right, cant live with them, cant live without them
          I manage OK.
          Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
          threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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            #6
            How do agents get themselves a job?

            Hiring Agent: "Talk me through your CV".

            Interviewee: "Well I was head of the BBC for 15 years, before being offerred a job as Alan Sugar's Apprentice. I then doubled his profits overnight, before setting up my own business selling ice to Eskimos.".

            Hiring Agent: "There's not a shred of truth in that is there? You are obviously a psychopathic liar and a fraud. Your hired!"

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              #7
              Been offered another 12 month (5th one) renewal and the pimp has met my request to lower his margin by raising it. Further to that, he wants to change the payment terms to "30 days following the calendar month the work was performed"!!

              After this gig I'll be making a concerted effort two only work direct.
              You ain't seen me, right!

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                #8
                My agent is a total sh*t as well, I personnaly think they should just get a one off placement fee, and no ongoing commiss.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by dack
                  ... he wants to change the payment terms to "30 days following the calendar month the work was performed"!!
                  Time for a credit check on the agent.

                  Then demand that two months fees be paid into an escrow account as insurance against bad debts.
                  Drivel is my speciality

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