The more I think about it, the more the term 'native' does need to be kept in perspective. I believe the reason people use that is because they want to filter out the ones who use English as a second language, but cannot use it properly. If you can demonstrate proper English grammar, and can write an article that is easy to read, you are pretty much qualified for just about any writing gig on here. Thanks, neoloves?. Very good point.
Buyers, listen to the guy. Keep the comments coming guys, and buyers, we're eager to hear your views too.
DP moderators, feel free to pitch in anytime. Thank you to all participants with special mention to NeoGen, NeoLoves (Could these two be related?), and wwStewart.
I could not resist myself from posting my views here. I have got lots of experience in writing. I could see that DP is being filled with lots of freshers everyday. Enormous rate cuts and buyer's interest are the reasons for the job loss. Most of the buyers are interested in getting discount prices while buying the articles. I get enough works(but not up to my expectations). My regular clients come back to me once in 2 weeks. But i do not feel that is sufficient for me. So when i come back to take more work, i could surely say that the price quoted annoys every other experienced writers. Only few buyers prefer the quality and pay the deserving amount. Cheers to them. We must also understand the fact that Internet is a free market and there is always a heavy competition. If price reduction is the only solution to grab opportunities, then buyers should not expect quality at least to some extent. The worst thing is people accepting works for $0.5 for 100 words. My god!!! Where do they come from? I have also seen buyers insisting me write for such low prices. I have totally neglected them. I think these worst cases should be eliminated.