| Have you heard any of the horror stories that are | | | | some such. My friend was a little leery of the way the |
| plaguing the business community these days? I can't | | | | conversation, and looking back, he knew that the |
| recall how many times I've heard and read about small | | | | "offshore" programmer didn't fully understand the |
| and even large businesses who have depended upon | | | | requirement. |
| a computer programmer or web developer to | | | | The guy wanted my friend to send him a |
| complete a website or other task, only to be left in the | | | | money-gram, which meant that my friend would have |
| lurch. | | | | no way to get the money back if this offshore guy |
| I recall one business friend of mine who told me how | | | | just decided to not do the work. And, unfortunately, he |
| he needed a simple web page for his business. So, he | | | | fell for that and sent the money anyways. |
| went to one of those offshore programmers listing | | | | In the end, the offshore programmer never returned |
| websites and picked one of the people listed there for | | | | my friends calls and simply walked away with the |
| $10 an hour. So, he waited three weeks before he | | | | money. |
| even got a response from this person, who, by the | | | | My friend's experience is like so many others that my |
| way, barely spoke English and lived somewhere in | | | | readers are telling me about. I recommend to all people |
| South-East Asia. | | | | and businesses to stay away from offshore |
| It took him a couple of hours to communicate to the | | | | programmers website mills. They are filled with |
| person what he wanted his website to look like. My | | | | deceptive resumes and most of the time, there is no |
| friend tells me that the end of the conversation was | | | | way to get back money sent to individuals. Fraud is |
| simply, "Yes, yes, Ok, I will do website like that...", or | | | | rampant on those offshore sites. |