Hi folks, I recently had a very bad experience with an 'agent' (using the term loosely, as parasite / shark would be a much better description). He consistently withheld payment, despite having been paid by the client for the work I was doing. I am still currently owed over £2k for final invoices that were paid by my client back in October.
I will name names in due course. In the meantime, be vary wary people. Cheers, Olly : ) On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 9:54 PM, Len Krenzler <l...@creativecontrol.ca> wrote: > I would assume that sites like this need a critical mass of people using > them to be effective. I'm not sure SI only would be enough and would it be > much different from the "Jobs" section of the si-community? As a note, > there hasn't been a new job posted there in about 3 months so not exactly > highly active thing. > > > > On 1/8/2013 2:28 PM, olivier jeannel wrote: > > Exactly, we should have something similar *and free.* > > Le 08/01/2013 21:04, Eric Lampi a écrit : > > Perhaps I am misunderstanding you? (If so, sorry) You're not advocating > using this service but think a similar, free service should be set up? > > On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 2:53 PM, olivier jeannel > <olivier.jean...@noos.fr>wrote: > >> That was my point, no need to pay. >> But the site interface is well done. I was thinking something like that >> for us could be cool. >> Maybe hosted @ si community or RRay. >> That's just an idea. But I pretty like what's happening at the moment >> with the softimage community. Small community, very helpfull and active >> (lots of tuts and giveaways). I believe this kind of tool could help being >> even more organized. >> >> Just a thought >> >> >> Le 08/01/2013 20:34, Eric Lampi a écrit : >> >> >From the website: >> >> "Working with TV, Film, VFX or New media? >> >> It's free to join utopiapeople and we represent you on a non-exclusive >> basis. >> We take a 15% fee on agency bookings (not permanent)." >> I am absolutely against this sort of thing. Paying someone else a hefty >> fee just to get introduced to a company that desperately needs you? Be >> careful what you wish for, it might not work out for us in the long run, >> and I think that as an industry, we really better off discouraging these >> people as much as possible. >> >> What's next? You supply your own software and workstation? Oh yeah, >> wait... That's already happening to some people. >> >> Eric >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Andy Nicholas <a...@andynicholas.com>wrote: >> >>> It's free to register, but they take 15% commission from your daily >>> rate. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 08 January 2013 at 17:40 Javier Vega <javierelas...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> > it is a paying service? Im user of Utopia People, but I think that is >>> a paying >>> > service just for the companies that search freelancers here. For the >>> > freelancers is free. >>> > >>> > Javier Vega >>> > jav...@zao3d.com >>> > http://www.zao3d.com >>> > http://blog.zao3d.com >>> > >>> > El 08/01/2013, a las 18:36, olivier jeannel <olivier.jean...@noos.fr> >>> > escribió: >>> > >>> > > Does anyone know this site service ? >>> > > http://www.utopiapeople.com/ >>> > > >>> > > I think the concept is great. I won't use it since this is a paying >>> service >>> > > (for what I've red). >>> > > >>> > > Would be nice to have something similar for xsi lancers around the >>> globe. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > Olivier >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Freelance 3D and VFX animator >> >> http://vimeopro.com/user7979713/3d-work >> >> >> > > > -- > Freelance 3D and VFX animator > > http://vimeopro.com/user7979713/3d-work > > > > > -- > _________________________________________________ > > Len Krenzler - Creative Control Media Productions > > Phone: 780.463.3126 > www.creativecontrol.ca - l...@creativecontrol.ca > >
