You actually thought that was a good plan?

[Seraph]

We need your best design, and for you to help us develop as we go along, you will need to be available at any time for us when we come up with a new idea. We cannot pay you right now, but we promise you a percentage of our website's future earnings.

I'll let you guys know when I quit laughing. Apparently these guys are looking for a designer who was born yesterday!

EDIT: HE REPLIED. ahahahaha! I sent a response, very polite, but basically "Sorry, I have bills to pay, I cannot work for anything without some sort of a concrete payment."

we really can't pay you, but we are very serious about this. you are missing out, you cannot imagine how rich you will be

[Jay 2K Winger]

You need to frame this offer and stick it on the wall.

And whenever you feel down, you can look at it and just start laughing.

[emax4]

Have you replied yet? I'd love to see your possible responses and what your final response is. I'm thinking, "Ok. You want me to stop whatever I'm doing and simply put off all money-making projects in order to wait for you, without pay of course.."

[Crossbow]

Have you replied yet? I'd love to see your possible responses and what your final response is. I'm thinking, "Ok. You want me to stop whatever I'm doing and simply put off all money-making projects in order to wait for you, without pay of course.."

I already know their response. "Well, yeah. Why wouldn't you? We're special."

[Seraph]

Yep, I replied, he replied, edited my OP, but I'm not replying any further because as much as I find this hilarious, I don't have time to deal with someone on this level of crazy, lol.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Jay 2K's fantasy reply to the Delusional Wannabe Client:

"Sorry, I expect to be paid handsomely up front if I'm going to be someone's pet on-call designer."

[Kanalah]

Some of mom and Gma's business partners were like this.

OMG I wanted to kill them. There wass this one incident where we were painting our store. We bought plastic tarps of course. This lady went absolutly bonkers when she found them in the trash! She thought we had used trash bags instead of a tarp and ripped us up one side and down the other for being wateful. In front of all the other store owners, at our monthly meeting. >.> We told her if she wanted to tape the tarps together and use them as a trash bag she was more then welcome too.

Dang it, now I need to type up and post the Toy Store saga, don't it? *hides*

[Hanzoku]

I see this sort of thing waaaay too often when I look at freelancing sites. People really seem to think you're doing the work for pure enjoyment, and not for little necessities like food, water, electricity, internet connection, roof over your head...

[BroSCFischer]

but we promise you a percentage of our website's future earnings.

Per my mom when I read this to her:

"Zero times Zero =?"

SC

[Syriilord]

To quote Jayne from Firefly:

What's 10% of nothing? Lemme do the math here. Uh nothing. And nothing, carry the nothing....

[Geek King]

Dang it, now I need to type up and post the Toy Store saga, don't it? *hides*

Yes.

Do eeeeet! Wants....

[ArcticChicken]

Dang it, now I need to type up and post the Toy Store saga, don't it? *hides*

Yes, yes you do.

[It's me]

Well... if they were willing to share their business plan, give you access to their investors, and create a formal contract specifying your percentage, then I'd say go for it! Who new basic ecomomics could be so funny

Hmmm.... this could make a good Newhart sketch: "So... you don't have an actual business plan? But your mom says you are so awesome at mouse clicking you are sure to get rich?"

[Pixilated]

"You have no idea how rich you'll be!"

Um, yes, yes I do. That's why I'm not bothering with you.

[marlovino]

This person/company isn't from Nigeria, are they?