Doing work for friends
Doing work for friends
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One of my friends hired me to create an ad for his family's business. The written contract was for a single ad for about $400. I followed his design brief perfectly and provided 5 concepts. He wasn't happy with them and send me his vision, which was basically a rip from an old Apple iMac ad. I reluctantly executed on this and we finished off a final ad.
A few weeks later I saw them printing and running the rejected concepts and posting them on Facebook with the line "Check out our new ad campaign." When I tried to explain they only paid for a single ad, they argued. I had to fight pretty hard, and nearly lose a friend, to get paid for the remaining (rejected) ads they ran. Friends just don't understand.