iThink - 6:18 pm on Oct 15, 2007 (gmt 0)

more than 50% consisted of www.urlwithindiantermsinit.tld in various versions and php-generated content in exactly the same layout - obviously clones of the same website.

my contact person was Dutch, whereas all the work was apparently done in India.

So you know the problems.

1. Your specifications were not good enough.

2. You outsourced to a person who outsourced it further. Did you even ask your Dutch contact about who was actually going to do the job for you? I guess no.

3. You have no respect for the people who are working for you (even if they are getting paid). You call them monkeys and you still expect quality work from them?

I'd say you deserved what you got.

Almost every day I see people posting projects on elance and similar sites. All that they mention in their list of requirements is "I need 200 links for my online Poker site in 2 weeks. I'll pay no more than $4 per PR4 link". Just how can one expect to get the desired results with requirements like that?

I can't agree more with martinibuster, you have to lead the team from the front to get the desired results and that is exactly what most successful people do.