Leon Smith Jobserve

[The Lone Gunman]

That is true, but it buys the agent time by "locking in" many contractors, who will tell other agencies that they have already been approached.

I tend to ignore this kind of bulltulip. The conduct of agencies act forbids agnets putting me forward without permission and I tell them so.
I have just won an argument with an agent whio I expreesly forbade putting me forward unless he could get my rate. He never responded. Another agent had no problem with the rate and put me forward only to find matey had so I had to go through him. He is paying me the required rate!!!