worth 6,000 bucks?
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- applepirate
http://actionbasedlearning.com/t…
a family friend showed me this website that they are in the process of having built by a local web firm.
i immediately asked what they were being charged for the site... they have already paid half up front, $3,000usd.
Me being a flash devigner i was flabbergasted that someone could charge 6grand for using a template in html site.
I have never used templates other then the occasional flash element to view some code then build a custom version. so i wouldnt feel right charging what i consider to be a premium price for such little apparent work.
im looking for reasons that a 62yr old business owner that doesnt know any of the industry buzzwords or ongoings can tell her current developers that this site just "isnt going to cut it".
i spent an hour in photoshop mocking up a flash layout that could just as easily be done by a CSS/Javascript pro and they were floored at the possibilities in interaction/functionality. now i am just trying to help them get out of their outrageously vague contract so that i can help them with a site that looks like it was done since 200. any help would be appreciated.
if you have read this far without posting a comment i will be very suprised.....
- applepirate0
whoa.. tons of typo's cant wait to get flamed for my typing errors! :)
- Doorman0
This site is SHITE....the guy must be a real Douchebag
- visionary0
6k for that piece of crap? highway robbery
- baseline_shift0
shocking.
- brandelec0
how much would you charge him?
- Gucci0
I think Jean isn't half bad looking.
- I'd give her a discount.Gucci
- for 62years old... any one would be lucky to have the looks she's got. damn fine looking older ladyapplepirate
- version30
http://actionbasedlearning.com/b…
this is where it gets out of hand, obviously no idea what is going on
- ETM0
There's an 'Order Products' section that's not currently working. Is there going to be an eCommerce setup as part of the fee?
- version30
so you're taking money out of someone else's pocket? i can't decide which of you two is the more shrewd businessman
- its a family friend that i have known for years... and i feel she is getting ripped off! wouldnt you do the same?applepirate
- if they're so friendly, why didn't they come to you first?version3
- visionary0
^99 bucks out of the box shopping cart
- version30
th'awesome! http://actionbasedlearning.com/
- i actually prefer this site.baseline_shift
- a bit difficult to navigate no?version3
- sureshot0
applepirate: that was a retorical question right?
- yes... it was just a basis to start the thread withapplepirate
- Gucci0
^^ I was in the midst of typing something along those lines, v3.
I mean, really... who's to say what's too much? If client X is willing to pay 10k for that site and doesn't bother getting competitive quotes... you have to scratch your head a bit.I know that doesn't make it right, but it's not the designer's fault the client is willing to pay what he's charging for it.
- BattleAxe0
find the template and then say the work was not custom so maybe breach of contract ?
- ukit0
Shouldn't we all be trying to push rates up, not down?
In that spirit, I say "Fuck yea, it's worth 6k! He should have charged 60!"
- version30
wait, whoa, hold on a sec...
have you seen their prices?
http://actionbasedlearning.com/d…
- fyoucher10
Hey I spent a lot of time on that site!
- TheBlueOne0
*Awaits the inevitable "I was mocking up a site for a client, including kowtowing to their insane shopping cart requirements, fielding panicked phone calls everyday from this nuts woman Jean, and was doing it for only $6,000. And then suddenly Jean has a "nephew" who could do the "whole thing in Flash" for $500" and now wants to renege on the contract" post.
- Hahahaha,
+10000pylon - There's always a nephew / cousin / neighbour who'll do it for like fifty bucks and it'll look "WAY COOLER" to boot. ;)pylon
- its close to that... but not quite. she isnt happy with what they are giving her and she feels trapped with a bad designapplepirate
- Hahahaha,