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    Last edited by LadyChatterley; 5 September 2008, 19:18. Reason: ..

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      #12
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      Last edited by pmeswani; 6 September 2008, 08:54. Reason: Edit as per the OP request.
      If your company is the best place to work in, for a mere £500 p/d, you can advertise here.

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        #13
        WHS!!!!
        Nonononono!!!!

        Yes - you are being played!!!!


        You do not negotiate at this stage - they've already tried to diddle you once.

        It should have been "£350 - take it or leave it".

        You are almost through the door - the client wants you and has already agreed to £350 I strongly suspect. The agent is not going to dump you for her extra £20 per day.

        "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
        - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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          Last edited by LadyChatterley; 5 September 2008, 19:25. Reason: .

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            #15
            Just to add - in future, don't specify a range either. State one figure only - not too high to put them off, but something you'd be happy with. When they ask "but what's your bottom line", you ask "what's your top offer?".
            Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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              #16
              Still no call from them. Should I send them another email or phone them, or just sit tight?

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                #17
                Originally posted by LadyChatterley View Post
                Still no call from them. Should I send them another email or phone them, or just sit tight?
                Nope. Assume you've lost the gig and go for the other one. If they call / email back, tell them that they have missed out.

                I think someone has already suggested, write a letter to the client telling them that you are disappointed that the offer had been withdrawn by the agency, etc.
                If your company is the best place to work in, for a mere £500 p/d, you can advertise here.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by LadyChatterley View Post
                  Still no call from them. Should I send them another email or phone them, or just sit tight?
                  1) Are you desperate: Chase them and say Please can I have the role at any rate
                  2) If you are not: Sit tight

                  Easy peasy

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                    Last edited by LadyChatterley; 5 September 2008, 19:24. Reason: ..

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by LadyChatterley View Post
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                      I guess now is the time to decide where you want to be. My suggestion is to find out how long the £400p/d offer can be held on for before deciding and set that as the absolute deadline (minus a few hours) and tell the preferred agency that if there is no contact by then, you will assume that the opportunity has gone. No if's... no but's.

                      But feel free to treat my opinion as a first time poster.
                      Last edited by pmeswani; 6 September 2008, 08:56. Reason: Edited as per the OP request.
                      If your company is the best place to work in, for a mere £500 p/d, you can advertise here.

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