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Don't respond if you don't read....

Dufflings09Dufflings09
in Babies: 3 - 6 Months

I posted on Monday an ad to an online Nanny website to find someone to care for my DS in our home.  I posted within the ad the hours (12:30-5:30) and the monthly pay we were able to pay. 

I have had 9 responses over the last few days and on every email I responded back verifying the hours and pay.  The top 3 contenders all said the hours and pay were fine so I set up phone interviews.  While on these three calls I got the following:

1 - person wanted double the money (more than the local daycares want for full time)

1- person wanted full time (so double the money)

1 - person wanted to show up after her current job at 3:30.

What is the deal - I specically posted what I was looking for and then verified with a separate email AFTER they responded to my ad the first time.  Why do people wait until you get all excited about them to drop the bomb on you....

I hate searching for day care providers. Vent over :)

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Re: Don't respond if you don't read....

  • Harms80Harms80 member
    How annoying!  Good luck finding someone who can read!  We had a hard time, too....
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  • SamsMom91SamsMom91
    Oh geez, that's completely annoying!  You mean you actually wrote them back and they said everything was fine and once you got them on the phone, they wanted to renegotiate?  Wow.  People have some nerve, I tell you.
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  • Dufflings09Dufflings09

    imageSamsMom91:
    Oh geez, that's completely annoying!  You mean you actually wrote them back and they said everything was fine and once you got them on the phone, they wanted to renegotiate?  Wow.  People have some nerve, I tell you.

     

    Right!  I am not a Fortune 500 company, there is no point to try to negotiate with me I can't pay double, that is why I posted a straight forward ad. So angering.... guess DH will have to start thinking about being a SAHD sooner rather than later :)

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  • littlemaybabylittlemaybaby member

    I actually had a phone interview with a nanny, brought her to the house to meet LO, checked her references, and called to extend her an offer . . . and only then did she say, "By the way, I need to bring my daughter with me, I hope that's okay."

    I also liked the ones who responded and asked if we could come get them and take them home everyday when we clearly said "transportation required" and the ones who wanted to work under the table when we clearly said "on the books."

    You have my sympathy!!!  

    ds #1 | our perfect miracle born 39w1d | 12.9.2009 loss #1 | natural m/c 7/2010 (~8w) loss #2 | chemical pregnancy 6/2011 (4w4d) loss #3 | chemical pregnancy 7/2011 (4w3d) loss #4 | natural m/c 11/2011 (10w1d) RPL Testing 12/2011. Results 100% normal. ds #2 | our 2nd perfect miracle born 36w3d | 12.31.2012
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