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Old 01-30-2008, 07:59 PM
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Beware of the baiting that GCs like to do. That is hanging out the possibilty of more work for you. It is often a ploy to get you to value the job for something other than how much money you'll get from it - like more work.

It is funny that their own personal house is usually among those baits. I'm not sure if it was on this site or another one that someone had a similar offer from a GC. That opens the possibility for an informal kick back to the GC (especially if he is an employee of a larger firm) by having you do things for him at discount rates and there is no paper trail to get him in trouble.

Who's cynical?
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