This is how a hobbyist should NOT conduct themselves when talking to a provider. The client below is a prime example of why CL is NOT the place for a provider (new or experienced) to post:

WATTA WASTE OF TIME. EVEN IF YOU WERE WHO U SAID U
YOUR NOT ONLY A FAKE, YOUR A HALF OF FAG AND YOUR DEFINATELY OUT OF YOUR MIND.

I apologize for the all caps. I got this direct from the would-be client. How do providers deal with creeps like this? After he started calling me names, I backed off.

First time email from him or not just hit delete.  He's not worth the energy your eyes would expend reading his filth.

-- Modified on 6/3/2007 6:57:44 AM

This same client started posting lies about me on CL, too. Despite me not liking it, I post there. The responses I get from CL are priceless (and quite funny)

The worst client I had was the one that robbed me this past March. I posted about it here. He was the client from hell, too.