Clients from HELL

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    Client, a designer, contacted me today with the following proposal:

    He designed the basis of an agenda/diary/notebook for a client.
    But he feels that it needs some creative touch. Basically he can't develop the product alone and needs help.

    Client is abroad. So we agree to contact later today via one messenger service.

    I asked him what he meant, so he explained that he had designed this agenda but only calendars, pages and other basic elements and needed someone to make a cover, separators, etc...deadline is next Sunday!
    He asks immediately how much I would charge for this.
    I replied first send me what you have and let's see what kind of work it really needs and if I can help you.
    He says he has everything ready and starts discussing the process, supervision methods, blablabla...
    He explains he would send pictures and patterns for me to say yes or no...
    I reply that he first has to arrange and compile everything , send it to me, let me see it and we talk later after I analyze it.

    He starts talking about using last year's agenda as the basis for this one, saying that everything is ready. He starts sending me files...
    Two pages of last year calendar in pdf. The same two pages in indesign. This in a zip. Sends also a two pdf extra one with last year complete agenda and other one without covers and separators.

    I'm like "da fuck"?!

    I try to ask him if the files are correct and explain him what I see.
    Starts some blablabla about me mixing the stuff and onfusing everything. This after almost one hour of his conversation about the project.
    I try to explain him again about the files he sent me and write that this can't be it. I describe again what I see and ask if it's correct.
    Reply:

    "I don't know, I have to connect the external drive pass the files to my computer again and download illustrator and indesign, install it and see what's wrong..."

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    • Oh jeez. Run.dopepope
    • totally. I'm not going to tell you how much he thinks of charging the client for the final job...
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