I had to fight for it, dealing with some really skeezy recruiters for a contract position that advertised/expressed a rate of $x5/hr, once I passed one of the 3

I had to fight for it, dealing with some really skeezy recruiters for a contract position that advertised/expressed a rate of $x5/hr, once I passed one of the 3 phone/skype interviews, and they realized I was a viable candidate, they immediately tried to insinuate that they couldn't afford anything more than $X0/hr or a fulltime salaried position at $(X-10)/hr. I said shove it, and lo and behold, they called back and the $X5 rate was yet again available. I complete 2 more interviews, and they get ready to draft an offer and they tried again to get me to accept $X2/hr, then $X3, for no explicable reason. I said no, and in my offer letter they wrote $X5/hr *{rate may change at time (sic)}. I made them re-draft it, flew to the client site, and after a tense 2 weeks (worrying if I got paid the full amount), I finally got paid what they advertised.