- United States
- Has been a member for 4-5 years
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- Sold between 50 000 and 100 000 dollars
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- Author had a Free File of the Month
The U.S. decided to revamp this website and have since spent 14 million on it:
http://www.usajobs.gov/Apparently it doesn’t actually work though (read the comments)
http://www.facebook.com/USAJOBSThis got me thinking. Businesses with large budgets should always hire web consultants to manage projects for them. Because I’m sure the person who managed this project had no web experience and whoever they hired took them for a ride as a result. I also thought how collectively we here could have done a much better job for a fraction of the price 
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
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- Ireland
- Referred between 500 and 999 users
- Sold between 5 000 and 10 000 dollars
14 million???
That cant be right, where did you hear that?
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CodingJack said
The U.S. decided to revamp this website and have since spent 14 million on it: http://www.usajobs.gov/Apparently it doesn’t actually work though (read the comments)
http://www.facebook.com/USAJOBS This got me thinking. Businesses with large budgets should always hire web consultants to manage projects for them. Because I’m sure the person who managed this project had no web experience and whoever they hired took them for a ride as a result. I also thought how collectively we here could have done a much better job for a fraction of the price
If only they we’re using a ThemeForest template!!!!
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- Repeatedly Helped protect Envato Marketplaces against copyright violations
- Europe
Italia.it had a budget which was ten times more if I remember well. Yet it looks like a piece of… 
- Has been a member for 4-5 years
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- Netherlands
- Community Moderator
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- Sold between 10 000 and 50 000 dollars
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CodingJack said
I also thought how collectively we here could have done a much better job for a fraction of the price
Or for the same price 
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- Sold between 5 000 and 10 000 dollars
- Has been a member for 1-2 years
- Referred between 1 and 9 users
- Bought between 1 and 9 items
This crap happens to govs sites in greece as well.
They give a ton of money for a website which in the end is a piece of s**t and it gets you thinking who gives all that money for a crappy site…
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Joost said
CodingJack saidOr for the same price
I also thought how collectively we here could have done a much better job for a fraction of the price
+1
- Has been a member for 3-4 years
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- Bought between 50 and 99 items
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- United States
I now have a new business plan….. just create sites for the government. I can retire after a couple of them!
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iapcsolutions said
I now have a new business plan….. just create sites for the government. I can retire after a couple of them!
+1 awesome idea…
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It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.
The people who award these government contracts will always get a brown envelope up front before they make their decision…
