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Previously on "parity agency sound like cheap asses"

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  • Churchill
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    You haven't been lurking here for very long either, have you?
    Be gentle with the boy, he's only young...

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  • cojak
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    Originally posted by pault107 View Post
    I'm new around here and should probably keep my mouth shut, but I can't.

    The amount of spelling and grammar mistakes in this thread is quite staggering. You guys are supposed to be the cream of the crop, and yet you can't string a coherent sentence together.

    Is this what our education system has come to?

    You haven't been lurking here for very long either, have you?

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  • pault107
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    Originally posted by Ivor Bigun View Post
    Yes - I agree

    One grammar pitfall in English is the misuse of the words “amount” and “number” when referring to the quantity of a particular thing.


    That's a pretty tame mistake compared to the above posts, but still slightly embarrassing.

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  • Ivor Bigun
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    Originally posted by pault107 View Post
    The amount of spelling and grammar mistakes in this thread is quite staggering.
    Yes - I agree

    One grammar pitfall in English is the misuse of the words “amount” and “number” when referring to the quantity of a particular thing.

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  • pault107
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    I'm new around here and should probably keep my mouth shut, but I can't.

    The amount of spelling and grammar mistakes in this thread is quite staggering. You guys are supposed to be the cream of the crop, and yet you can't string a coherent sentence together.

    Is this what our education system has come to?

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  • Svalbaard
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    Originally posted by trsisko View Post
    yes I just had the impression the guy was trying to skank me, I sensed a gulp in his voicebox when discussing the rate, so lol anyway they are cheap bastards dealt with them before.

    Also another agency onces me to sign up with them take my passport/qualifications down to their base and give 2 references.

    whats your opinion on that.....

    michealpage agency in victoria
    Quite frankly I'd love to respond but I can't quite understand whay you are on about.

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  • NickNick
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    Originally posted by BrowneIssue View Post
    I'm surprised and impressed you could read that.
    I asked for the "no termination clause" to be removed and they refused. They said it was client policy. I was the only one at ClientCo with 'no termination clause'.
    So call em out on it...

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  • Ivor Bigun
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    Originally posted by BrowneIssue View Post
    I'm surprised and impressed you could read that.
    I asked for the "no termination clause" to be removed and they refused. They said it was client policy. I was the only one at ClientCo with 'no termination clause'.
    Necer had any problems with them - always paid on time but I too had to get the 4 week clause in.
    Anyway, for your own good - Parity would only stick this on you if you're:
    a) on a really crap rate.
    b) a crap negotiator.

    Shoot the messenger if you want, but do yourself a favour and "grow some" before the next renewal. That doesn't mean hissy fits - it means standing your ground on things you know you will win. 4 weeks is one of them, (increase maybe?)
    Last edited by Ivor Bigun; 13 February 2009, 05:52.

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  • BrowneIssue
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    I'm surprised and impressed you could read that.
    Originally posted by BolshieBastard View Post
    You havent asked for a termination clause then! Im with parity and I didnt have a termination clause when I started the current contract. But then I decidedI wanted one so told them so at the next renewal. They agreed.

    True they are cheapskates but they arent on high margins though. They are on about 7% with me.
    I asked for the "no termination clause" to be removed and they refused. They said it was client policy. I was the only one at ClientCo with 'no termination clause'.

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  • BolshieBastard
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    Originally posted by BrowneIssue View Post
    im with parity they are cheapskate they gave me nothing at xmas and when they take me out to lunch it means i buy them a coffee the contract has a no termination clause which is normal for them so you cant end the contract and they can hth

    You havent asked for a termination clause then! Im with parity and I didnt have a termination clause when I started the current contract. But then I decidedI wanted one so told them so at the next renewal. They agreed.

    True they are cheapskates but they arent on high margins though. They are on about 7% with me.

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  • BrowneIssue
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    Originally posted by trsisko View Post
    yes I just had the impression the guy was trying to skank me, I sensed a gulp in his voicebox when discussing the rate, so lol anyway they are cheap bastards dealt with them before.

    Also another agency onces me to sign up with them take my passport/qualifications down to their base and give 2 references.

    whats your opinion on that.....

    michealpage agency in victoria
    im with parity they are cheapskate they gave me nothing at xmas and when they take me out to lunch it means i buy them a coffee the contract has a no termination clause which is normal for them so you cant end the contract and they can hth

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  • trsisko
    started a topic parity agency sound like cheap asses

    parity agency sound like cheap asses

    yes I just had the impression the guy was trying to skank me, I sensed a gulp in his voicebox when discussing the rate, so lol anyway they are cheap bastards dealt with them before.

    Also another agency onces me to sign up with them take my passport/qualifications down to their base and give 2 references.

    whats your opinion on that.....

    michealpage agency in victoria
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