99Designs.com
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- BannedKappa
Someone sent me a link to their 99design competition and asked me to participate.
He's a home developer and and sent me the following.
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Hi John$250 website contest has been extended and $250 added for coding
Kind Regards
- BannedKappa0
I replied with this...
John, how about you build a house for me, and if I like it, I'll give you $5,000
I wish you all the best in your new website.Regards
- Too harsh?BannedKappa
- I concur. Not harsh. I would've tagged some links back to him about crap clients.meffid
- nojevad
- absolutely not too harsh.
I applaud that reply.Gucci - hah.akrokdesign
- cuke4260
ha my buddy has a contest on there; he asked me to refer him to a designer, so i connected him with a couple top-rate peeps, then he went with this.
you get what you pay for.
- WeLoveNoise0
not harsh......... i think u were too nice to be honest
- slappy0
John,
Kindly GFY
Regards
- shitehawke0
Sir, I salute you.
- peterorpete0
Whats the link to his competition if you don't mind showing,
Be interesting to see what he ultimately gets for his $250.
- dconstrukt0
first, i've tried 99designs and the submissions we got were so shitty, it was more worth it for me to just do the damn work myself.... no way I'd pay for such shit work.
On that note...
Guys don't hate. The people posting work on these sites are in business to make money.
Design is an expense.
Just like hosting, their domain name, advertising etc.
And how many businesses do you see today just throwing money around? ESPECIALLY to designers?
- i'd shit in your mouth if i could reach.mistermik
- I'm gonna shit in your mother's mouth tonight.monospaced
- Dancer0
^OMG
- Dancer0
Places like 99 designs massively under value design, these thrifty tightwads who "throw around" incredibly offensive prices will get exactly what they pay for. Unfortunately it's sites like this that keep the shit designers going.
- yeah thanks for getting a more succinct, less aggressive response in there!shitehawke
- shitehawke0
dconstrukt what the fuck are you talking about? I can't figure out from your post what you are on about?
kappa's 2nd post is not belittling the chap, its a perfectly valid response.
- mistermik0
they are shit mind.
- WeLoveNoise0
i' thought 99designs were recently in the spotlight for being a whole scam
- mistermik0
lets phone them
- baseline_shift0
You get what you pay for.
Good designers shouldn't worry. In fact, it only makes us look better, and can actually serve as a counter point to questions like "Why should i pay so much for a logo."
- That being said, I think Kappas response was right on the mark.baseline_shift
- BannedKappa0
I agree Dancer...valid point
Here's a link to the competition
http://99designs.com/contests/19…I wonder if this approach would be tolerated in any other industry.
- Wolfboy0
I try not to think about these sites now as they just make my blood boil. Imagine a load of chefs that would agree to let you eat a meal in each of their restaurants over the course of a week on the understanding that I only pay for the meal I like best. And I only pay what I (a man with no experience of working in a kitchen) think it's worth.
Why do people think designers are just a bunch of cunts ripe for arse fucking?
- baseline_shift0
Id like to see spec dentistry. Id prob always go with the cheapest one, cause im a masochist.
- jfletcher0
99Designs isn't design. Once poeple realize that, it's fine. The problem is, people don't understand that.
you do get what you pay for, but people generally don't have taste. Instead of having someone tell them what taste is, they figure they can do it... and end up with visual crap they like. Just how everyone is a photographer.
- JackRyan0
And the bitch ain't one?