Amy Duncan wrote:
This outsourcer contacted me, not the other way around, and I thought their rate seemed low. That's why I checked the Blue Board. I checked all the comments, and only 2 or three of the translators had included their rates in their profiles, both of them much higher than the price the outsourcer quoted. Naturally I was curious as to whether this was the same rate the commenters had been paid, or not.
If I were all that hungry for work, I guess I'd settle for any old thing, wouldn't I?
Amy
Dear Amy,
Sorry, it seems you misunderstood me a little bit:
1) by "hungry for jobs" I did NOT mean you - I meant is just a general example and BB is the best way for that crowd of people who compete on lower rates - all those people (not YOU) need to do is to email outsourcers, ideally, if he/she sees a poster of "5" of the same language pair - and that, getting around, can mean rate reductions for "new applicants"...
2) BB is good, but it shall not be trusted blindly - I did a test for one agency with many "fives" and when I received their "proofreaders" comments with 12 grammar mistakes per page inserted by the proofreader (well, 8 year school kids can already correct such mistakes), I have almost fallen from my chair...
3) the best way to lose clients, esp. good and best ones, is to post a good BB record; Bythis I lost a client 2 years ago who gave me 30-35 per cent of my stable income for 4 years - it was just enough to be stupid and naive to post "the best agency ever I have worked"...And client gone in a couple of weeks...So, from then on I decided to use BB only for negative postings - I learn a lesson that was a VERY expensive one.
[Edited at 2008-03-19 02:43]
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