General Q. about negotiating rates

[SupremeSpod]

spod is bucket trolling, its not big, its not clever

Spod is actually wondering why someone who posted crap in 2009 suddenly decides to post crap again after a gap of 3 years.

Hth, cretin.

Btw, its isn't it's

[seabro]

Spod is actually wondering why someone who posted crap in 2009 suddenly decides to post crap again after a gap of 3 years.

Hth, cretin.

Btw, its isn't it's

Why on earth did 'SupremeSpod' reply to a post almost 4 years old?

I am the OP. Sure I don't come here often and who can blame me. For every helpful post there are 10 useless ones.

The 'crap' I posted today in another thread was simply looking for feedback on some umbrella companies. 10 or 20 replies later, no actual feedback.

Too many keyboard warriors spouting off. (amongst the odd helpful reply for which I am grateful).

[seabro]

What field are you in? The rate looks low for a typical IT contractor.

Hi LatteLiberal,

Thanks for the sensible post.

I am in Networking. The original post was 4 years ago, I had finished a contract with a decent rate and the market was quiet and I was offered £160. I asked here (thinking it was full of like-minded, helpful contractors) if many people frequently negotiated far above the upper end of the rate on offer.

I ended up doing the contract for 2 months at £160 pd. It was a real bad rate but the work was 15 mins from home and I gained exposure to some new technology so not the end of the world.

Cheers,

Sean

[seabro]

spod is bucket trolling, its not big, its not clever

What he said.

[SupremeSpod]

What he said.

Aww, it must be love.

I stand by what I posted, I still reckon you're one of MF's rapidly depleting list of sockies.

[seabro]

Aww, it must be love.

I stand by what I posted, I still reckon you're one of MF's rapidly depleting list of sockies.

for all I know I might be a 'sockie' from 'MF'. I don't come here enough to learn the lingo - and thats fine by me.

[nomadd]

Look at when the original post was made...

...2009

The guy's probably retired by now then.

[d000hg]

So Seabrook starts getting chummy with Latte... sockie tactic #7 for sockies to back each other up.

[vetran]

Bucket Trolling

for those that asked its the practice of attaching a bucket or similar anchor to slow your boat down while fishing. You can even put bait in the bucket to attract victims.

I have absolutely no idea how I know that phrase (must have been some drunken discussion with an avid fisherman), the description just seemed to fit.

[GreenLabel]

So Seabrook starts getting chummy with Latte... sockie tactic #7 for sockies to back each other up.

Judging by the writing style I'm guessing that Latte is merely Russell once again bobbing to the surface.