Reply to Upset...long vent

Forum Index » General Discussion

Reply to "Upset...long vent"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]The MB was probably uncomfortable with $275 but decided to live with it, and the extra money--however reasonable given the total hours involved--was just more than she could justify.  It's too bad that the scope of work changed at the last minute and that this is why the deal became unworkable, but that happens in other lines of work as well.  Anyone who deals with clients has been burned once or twice by a project that turns out to be less profitable than anticipated or by a client who changes direction late in the game, after the provider has invested in work rendered unbillable by the client's change.  If we value the client relationship and it only happens rarely, we take our lumps or try to work out a compromise.

In this case, if you wanted to work because it was too late to book something else, you should have called the MB immediately upon reading her text and offered to do the gig for $275.  You should have told her that you would be willing to do that this time because you value the relationship, while also explaining that you gave up other jobs to take this one and that it is a serious hardship for you when she cancels at the last minute.  
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics