Are YOU Sabotaging Yourself?
I am ALWAYS in my best professional behavior when writing articles. But today I am going to take off my professional writer hat and tell it like it is. I may even take off my gloves because I am so angry right now…
I get so frustrated when I hear people moan about having been “ripped off” and “scammed” when they themselves asked for nothing but to be taken advantage of.
What would you expect to get from going down to the bad side of town at 2:00 in the morning to buy something? Whether you wanted a watch, a “designer” purse or a diploma…you would expect two things: 1) the real possibility of getting robbed and 2) the fact that what you were buying would not be of very good quality. And as an additional expectation, you would know that if you were scammed, there would be no recourse.
Dealing with legitimate professionals and companies, on the other hand, would reap an entirely different scenario: You would expect to get the highest quality wares – not knock-offs. You would expect not to be held up at knifepoint. And you would know that if something was wrong with your new watch, you would be able to bring it back and be handed a new one – no questions asked.
Why, then...why, oh why are there so many people bent on seeking out NON-professional people to work on their books? Why, oh why do some people, even after having been taken for a ride, ripped off and scammed one or two times, STILL come right back and continue down the same “low-priced” path in seeking book writers, book editors, proofreaders and the like?
Today is no different than any other day…. I spoke to yet another bloke who had been, as he put it, “scammed.” Realize that he had been “scammed” twice…that’s two times, on two different occasions. But on this day, this same individual was right back at the exact same place – one of those damn on-line venues where anyone with $99 bucks can respond to job postings, no matter what qualifications they lack. And this person was all the while complaining that no one had better respond to his posting if they want to charge more than $500 for something that should have been $6000….
This is just the most foolish behavior that flies beyond my capability to comprehend with any form of logic! Even a dog knows not to enter the point in the street where he was hit before! He may continue to chase cars, but NOT at the place of injury. So why, would someone of the humanoid species called Man be so ignorant as to venture right back into the lion’s den just before dinnertime?
Money is no excuse. If you don’t have the money to do something right, then don’t do it until you save up enough. Would you live in a house that was built by morons with no skill or capacity for building houses? I should hope not. So why INSIST ON hiring someone who is willing to accept one-tenth of professional rates? What could one possibly expect but a shambles? No one would ever expect to get a real Rolex watch for $50. So why, then, would anyone expect quality work from “low-cost” services?
I get so frustrated when I hear people moan about having been “ripped off” and “scammed” when they themselves asked for nothing but to be taken advantage of.
What would you expect to get from going down to the bad side of town at 2:00 in the morning to buy something? Whether you wanted a watch, a “designer” purse or a diploma…you would expect two things: 1) the real possibility of getting robbed and 2) the fact that what you were buying would not be of very good quality. And as an additional expectation, you would know that if you were scammed, there would be no recourse.
Dealing with legitimate professionals and companies, on the other hand, would reap an entirely different scenario: You would expect to get the highest quality wares – not knock-offs. You would expect not to be held up at knifepoint. And you would know that if something was wrong with your new watch, you would be able to bring it back and be handed a new one – no questions asked.
Why, then...why, oh why are there so many people bent on seeking out NON-professional people to work on their books? Why, oh why do some people, even after having been taken for a ride, ripped off and scammed one or two times, STILL come right back and continue down the same “low-priced” path in seeking book writers, book editors, proofreaders and the like?
Today is no different than any other day…. I spoke to yet another bloke who had been, as he put it, “scammed.” Realize that he had been “scammed” twice…that’s two times, on two different occasions. But on this day, this same individual was right back at the exact same place – one of those damn on-line venues where anyone with $99 bucks can respond to job postings, no matter what qualifications they lack. And this person was all the while complaining that no one had better respond to his posting if they want to charge more than $500 for something that should have been $6000….
This is just the most foolish behavior that flies beyond my capability to comprehend with any form of logic! Even a dog knows not to enter the point in the street where he was hit before! He may continue to chase cars, but NOT at the place of injury. So why, would someone of the humanoid species called Man be so ignorant as to venture right back into the lion’s den just before dinnertime?
Money is no excuse. If you don’t have the money to do something right, then don’t do it until you save up enough. Would you live in a house that was built by morons with no skill or capacity for building houses? I should hope not. So why INSIST ON hiring someone who is willing to accept one-tenth of professional rates? What could one possibly expect but a shambles? No one would ever expect to get a real Rolex watch for $50. So why, then, would anyone expect quality work from “low-cost” services?
Labels: aspiring author, author, book editor ripp offs, book writer ripp offs, writer scams, writer services
posted by Robert S. Nahas | Saturday, September 06, 2008
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