sketchy client
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- CincodeMayo
So I did this flyer for this guy a week back, because someone at work had recommended me, so I thought I'd be nice and do him a favor. It was a simple flyer, supposed to be a full page from a small classified ad he had running with my paper. But this was a freelance thing.
I quoted him $100 with unlimited changes. He settled for $50 with 1 change. I don't think I've ever done a flyer for under $250.
Luckily, I got his $50 before I did any work, so I was paid. He informed me that the check would have a different name than his...he went by Tony but the check would be from a very arabic name. Sketchy, but whatever.
4 changes later I e-mail him confirming we are done. He e-mails back saying that I need to "CHILL OUT" and that this is the easiest $50 I've ever made. He continued on about how he's busy and how I should be more cooperative if I want more of his business. I respond, breaking down his e-mail and proving him wrong. I was very polite and diplomatic through the whole ordeal. So I totally prove him wrong and he doesn't e-mail me back. Good. He sucked. I'm totally finished with him.
Then all of the sudden I get an e-mail today, having nothing to do with anything I've done for him, saying he wants me to make him a "fake diploma" for a friend who's having a birthday. In his e-mail he assures me that it's "only a joke" and asked how much?
My response...
NO THANKS.
- ********0
give dr. kona his email address and tell me what he does.
i'll post what i write.
- CincodeMayo0
Hmmm...tempting, but he has my home address (since he sent me the check) so I'm trying not to piss him off too much.
He's a very sketchy man.
- ********0
People are priceless.
- rockonski0
that's what you get for dropping your price.
- ********0
i won't say anything about you.
i'm just going to ask for his services in a different sort of way.
- CincodeMayo0
Feel free to write your words of wisdom and post them. I may grow balls big enough to send them and I'm make sure it coincides with me moving out of my apartment...
FYI - He repairs computers.
- derek20050
never drop your price. for friends offer a 10 or 15% discount on the invoice
- CincodeMayo0
I know, I know. I'm kicking myself for it now. I didn't need his $50 in the first place. But since I was recommended I felt the need. I suck.
- rockonski0
nice one derek.
for family, i usually send them to another designer. business and family don't mix well.
- derek20050
yea. family and friends usally always turn out all fucked up.
if i have a good gut feeling, then i go with 10% or 15% off my standard rate, (if i am not too busy working on other higher paying projects...)
i show them the ACTUAL price they would have had to shell out, and then show the 10% or 15% discount, and the discounted total.
this shows them the real value of the work, and how much anyone else would pay.
- ********0
Dear Sir,
I was on your website and I do believe you can help me with my problem. I am from South America and owning a Computer is like owning a house and land in our country, very big deal, like Ron Burgandy.My computer was working very good up to monday. On tuesday morning when I swiched it on, it won't come up. I tried it for the whole day but nothing. Well, not the whole day. I worked in the field for a while and fed my mule, but for most of the day. The next day, I strapped it to my mule Hugo II and carried it to a computer technican and the same thing happened and he advised me to put in a new mother board in the computer.
Okay, he installed the new mother board and it did not work, so again , he advised me to change the sound card and it worked. Yay I said to Hugo II. Now the problem is, after using the computer about one and a half hours or two, the arrow freezes. I would then shut it off and start it up again but the same problem comes back again even less than 1 and a half hour. Very crazy. Is my computer possessed by the ghost of my father Hugo I?
What I would like to know is how could the computer, working good all the time without showing any freezing or problems, just won't work the next day? Pissing me off like when Hugo II poops in the freezer. Does a mother board just blow me out like that or could it have been another problem and I didn't need to put in a new board or sound card? I used a windows 95 first and the technican put in windows 98 with the new board - any difference with these to the problem? Please help, and if there is more information you would like, let me know. I have a blog and photos I can send. I do computer crafts eg brochures, letter heads, cards with your photo ,etc, and now this problem is putting me out of business and to buy a new one is very expensive. The technican says he cannot fix the fault and I would have to buy a new one. Please if this is so, let me know. I would be very thankful for your help. I once repaired my TV through the help of the internets once and from watching MacGayver and if there is anything you can advise me to do, I can do it. By the way, I am trying to write this very quickly before the computer freezes because I am cooking Hugo I and I some cheese sticks.
Thank you.
Chavez.
- CincodeMayo0
I've done a ton of work for my parents company and done very well. They started out as a small business and are quickly becoming a big business. Luckily even with investors and a board, they've been able to keep me on as art director, so in this case family works out. Also did an invite for my gramps last week, took about 5 minutes to do, didn't expect anything in return. Got a check for $100 two days later. So family is good.
This guy is a coworker and thought some work could come from this. I should've asked more about him before I said I'd do it. My fault.
- derek20050
and ALWAYS half up front. (unless its a ton of money, then break it into thirds or something)
but, ALWAYS get that money up front. no exceptions. never ever. then make sure you get the rest of the cash on stated dates.
CASH FLOW IS KING!
- CincodeMayo0
I love you kOna.
- CincodeMayo0
By "love" I mean in the sorta way Chavez loved Hugo II.
- ********0
thank you.