Hi,
I just wondered if anyone knows how the law treats people buying and selling work from different countries over the Internet?
I have been using get(a)freelancer(.)com and often I find myself bidding against people in the developing world where they are asking for $1 or $2 an hour. This I don’t mind too much as I have learnt to compete on quality rather than price. However what really really gets to me it the shameful behaviour of the buyers, who often expect or even require the bidders to accept a maximum on $1 or $2 an hour. Obviously I would never take such a job, but I find this kind of attitude totally unacceptable and shameful. It brings with it connotations of the western world exploiting the workers in developing world, whilst also undercutting everyone else.
Check out this example:
http://www.get(a)freelancer.com/projects/Visual-Basic-Website-Design/Full-Time-Work-Max-Per.html
And his profile says hes in the UK
http://www.get(a)freelancer.com/users/421487.html
I live in the UK, where the average wage for this kind of work is £20ph ($40). By law we have a minimum wage of £6ph ($12) and it is illegal to pay anyone anyless.
I’m realy pissed with people like him exploiting the market and putting the rest of us out of business. How do I go about getting him busted?
PS: the brackets() are just to stop google from picking up the links. Please remove them.
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Julian
