Ok, you got me on a technicality :)
Of course, every rule has an exception. Even the rule that
says every rule has an exception ;-)
Gfunk - http://www.gfunk007.com/
I sense much beer in you. Beer leads to intoxication, intoxication to
hangovers, and hangovers to... suffering.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Kimsal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Josh G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Pricing for PHP programming???
>
>
> Josh G wrote:
>
> > <rant>
> >
> > It comes down to one simple thing:
> > You cannot know how much a project is worth to a client. If they're
> > willing to pay you $5000, it's worth $5000, wether you think it's worth
> > $500 or $50000.
>
> I hear you, but have to disagree a bit - I think you CAN sometimes know
> what something is objectively worth. Not always, but sometimes.
> We wrote an ordering system for a client that, when implemented,
> would make 8 people redundant. Even on the low end of ~$20k/person,
> plus admin overhead, that project would be saving them ~$200k/year, plus
> the other benefits of having their data faster and with fewer errors.
> That was a no brainer, imo. They knew they'd save a MINIMUM of $x/year,
> perhaps more. We knew what the project was worth to them. If they
> didn't pay our price, yes, in the abstract it wasn't "worth" it to them,
> but that's on an emotional level at that point (worth) not a paper
> figure level. :)
>
>
>
>
> > If I buy a pack of basketball cards for $2 that has
> > ten cards in it, then they're worth 20c each. If suddenly some
> > collecter says "ohmigod you have a jordan rookie card in there, i'll
> > give you $3000", it's now worth $3000, because that's what
> > he is willing to part with to own it.
> >
> > In short, any skill, service, or product, is "worth" the amount of money
> > you can exchange it for" this is how the stock market works
> > (sometimes), it's how just about everything works. If they're willing
> > to pay it, you should charge it. They can go somewhere else, noone
> > is holding a gun to their heads.
> >
> > Everything is a game. You want the most money possible for it, they
> > want it for the least amount of money, you compromise on something
> > you can both live with, or you don't do business, and next job, you
> > have to start over.
> >
> > Some people won't look at you if you charge less than $150/hr, some
> > people won't look at you if you chargre more than 40.... it's just the
> > way it is.
> >
> > </rant>
> >
> > Gfunk - http://www.gfunk007.com/
>
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