Yea i feel ya dakota. One of my bigger customers a couple months back had to slash their hosting with me to cut costs. Since they have been a customer of mine going on 10 years now i bent over backwards to help them. I think you made the right call by working with them.
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Dakota Burns <[email protected]>wrote: > > Excellent feedback -- thank you all for sharing your thoughts! I want to > give notice and take the site down if they don't pay hosting, but -- after > talking with them today, feel they really are in financial trouble, and > "Mr. > Nice Guy" here ... (or is "Gullable" a more accurate description), is > considering treating them with a little compassion. Supposedly the > third-party developer was just a consultant to advise me on some updates -- > who knows -- some people are whacked and you don't realize it until you've > been taken. Someone on this thread referenced "treat 'em with honey" ... > and I know I'll be less likely to be a successful businessman long term if > I > don't stand firm and tough, though in this case -- if the client rebounds > financially, I'd like to keep them in my portfolio, but ... am just going > on > a rant now. I can't support them long term re: hosting, and am expecting a > callback from their accountant, so -- wish me luck ;o) > Feel free to continue sharing. As someone that owns a small consulting > business (CF/SQL/VoIP programming and IT support) from home office, I don't > mingle with like-minded CF/Consultant ppl in person much. CF Community > seems like a cool place to mingle and share consultant experiences. > > Dakota > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288249 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
