I can't imagine a place where I'd ever say "Oh, I'll only charge you $30 from now on." At that point, I'd put on the salesperson hat to explain why I am worth more than $30 an hour. Or, possibly, talk about the discounts I could give the customer (such as: if you guarantee me x hours a month for Y months I can give you Z discount. You're using x hours right now anyway, but without any future guaranteed work I have to charge the full rate, etc.. etc.. )
And no, I don't think that action would make a happy customer. Would it make a repeat customer? Whose to say. They may think "Hey, I'm getting the same great service I've been getting at 1/5 the cost). >Subject: network solutions vs. go daddy. >From: Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 16:43:05 -0400 >Thread: >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=17255&forumid=5#158431 > >If a you charge a client $150 an hour for the last six projects, and >the client finds out all of your competitors charge $30 an hour, and >he asks you about it and you say "Oh, I'll only charge you $30 from >now on", how happy do you think that customer will be with the new >price? > >Do you think he will be a happy, repeat customer, or do you think he >might take his business elsewhere? > >On 5/23/05, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not sure if I completely agree here. > > As an example, I have my "Base Contract" for consulting > > services. However many clients negotiate different things (Ownership of > > code, price, and advance are 3 that come up commonly). Everything is > > negotiable. But, after all is said and done, they are all getting the same > > product (My Brain). > > -- Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> Connecticut Macromedia User Group: <http://www.ctmug.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158625 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
