I know your pain! I was in a similar situation a couple of years ago. I lived in an area where people would have an absolute conniption if you quoted them $1,000 - $1,200 for a CF application. (I once had a client try to argue a price with me because I charged $3 per year more for domain registrations than a competitor...$3 per year! That's $0.25 per month!)
I finally moved to an area where people realize that it costs money for technology products and services. They see it as a necessary investment, not an unnecessary expense. Thanks, Eric Cobb http://www.cfgears.com Phillip Vector wrote: > hehehe.. To move, I need money.. To make money, I need to move. :) > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Mark Kruger<mkru...@cfwebtools.com> wrote: >> You are definitley working with the wrong clients... And it sounds like you >> need to move as well :) >> >> >> >> >> Mark A. Kruger, CFG, MCSE >> (402) 408-3733 ext 105 >> www.cfwebtools.com >> www.coldfusionmuse.com >> www.necfug.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Phillip Vector [mailto:vec...@mostdeadlygame.com] >> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 8:30 AM >> To: cf-talk >> Subject: Re: ecommerce emergency >> >> >> I'll keep my eye out for it. Thanks. :) >> >> The client I'm doing this for is only willing to part with $450. >> That's total. For my setup time, configuration, etc. I'm not sure how it is >> around the country, but where I am (NW USA), it's dog eat dog with PHP >> developers who are charging $9/hr. for websites. I managed to convince the >> client that I'm able to code allot faster with ColdFusion and that PHP is >> open source, therefore not as secure (I used the "Google 'PHPbb virus' >> response). So I have this guy set to dump his hosting prepaid for 2 years to >> get some hosting on hostingatoz (which I'm hesitant to do since they still >> have yet to fix my cffile issue) or pay for some cf hosting someplace else, >> but that's another issue. >> >> I am glad you guys could tell your clients "You need this and this and this" >> and you guys get it. Us contractors in this area tend to tell our clients >> this and they go, "Well, I'll go with someone else then who does PHP and >> take my chances because I don't have the money". >> >> I'd enjoy getting a $400 product that I can customize for clients. But if I >> were to ask a client out here for that up front (instead of at the end), >> then I wouldn't have the client. It's tough enough to get the client to pay >> 50% down nowadays. >> >> BTW, if anyone DOES have a client they are too busy to handle who is willing >> to drop $400 at the start and needs an ecommerce solution, I'll be glad to >> take them off your hands. :) Thank you for the advice, but I still have to >> go with CFShopKart at the moment. >> >> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Gerald Guido<gerald.gu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Phillip, you might need to double check but last I looked cfshopkart >>>>> it >>> was >>> storing credit card details in its database (an MS Access database). >>> >>> Last time I looked at it, a couple of weeks ago, it had queries that >>> did not use use cfqueryparam. Double plus ungood. You can always use >>> that tool (the name escapes me) to cfqueryparam-tize the queries. I >>> have used it before and it worked well enough, It did not add the >>> cfsqltype attribute. I had to do that by hand, but it did 90% of the grunt >> work. >>> My advice, free and worth every penny, is to get something battle >>> tested. I have 5-6 carts under my belt and they can be rather involved >>> and hence there is a lot that can, and if that Murphy fellow has >>> anything say about it, will go wrong. >>> >>> G! >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Kevan Stannard >> <ke...@stannard.net.au>wrote: >>>> Phillip, you might need to double check but last I looked cfshopkart >>>> it was storing credit card details in its database (an MS Access >>>> database). And if you're on shared hosting this this db is likely to >>>> be web accessible. If this is still the case then avoid this cart. >>>> Mike, cfshopkart was one of the authors first cf applications so is >>>> not a good example of a well designed or coded app. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Gerald Guido >>> http://www.myinternetisbroken.com >>> http://www.cfsimple.org/ >>> >>> "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." >>> -- Thomas A. Edison >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:324865 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
