Frustrating Project

I had my first job with ODESK. It was for a fixed price as I have this as a part time job only. It was a project to rewrite 100 articles. The offer was tempting at $100. I applied for a bid of $90. When I applied for the job, I indicated that I could finish the first 50 articles in 1 week then another 50 articles for the following week. After 4 days, the buyer started demanding and have expressed her frustration as it is taking so long. She even asked me to send 2 to 3 articles at a time. Articles should be 50% original. If it reaches around 47-48%, it's already okay. I made sure all the article are rewritten according to her standards but I also considered the fact that I gave her the timeline I could deliver the project. After exactly a week, I sent her the completed file. Then she started complaining that the files are not 50%. I apologized and never mentioned her email about her telling me that 47-48% is okay. I checked the files one by one to see which ones are below 50%. I submitted her the file again. Still she kept telling me that they were below 50%. I sent her the original files and told her that the rewritten files need to be compared with the original. I told her that I am willing to send her a screenshot of the file that's below 50% on her end so we could see what's wrong. It seemed to me that she just don't want to pay. She said that it seems that majority of the files are below 50%, which is impossible since I've checked and rechecked all of it. After that, she didn't reply to any of my emails. I checked my application and the listings that she has. She posted a lot of job openings for rewriting articles but only paid four of them. All fixed-price and the largest amount she paid was $55.56. There was one project about rewriting of articles, where the agreed amount was $88.89 and she only paid $15. It's just frustrating because I feel used by this buyer. I was able to meet her requirements and I gave her the timeline I could deliver. I was expecting to proceed with the other 50 articles. It seems to me that she agreed to my timeline by simply hiring me. Although I am not after the money (because I know fixed-price is not a sure thing), i think it is very unprofessional on her side. She didn't even move my interview as an assignment even after I have submitted all her requirements. It's frustrating as it was my first job and knowing that there are buyers like her around here. I'm just afraid about the other job postings she posted. What if others were also hired and they were only used for her advantage. It takes away precious time from the providers end. I believe proper response from the buyer is detrimental in this business. If they are not satisfied with a providers work, they have to inform the buyer that they don't want to pay. This would allow us not to wander. In a providers perspective, we don't want to get negative feedback, so even if it's a fixed-price we still do our job and give it our best. If we are not moved to assignments, there's no way for us to give feedback to the buyer, right?

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