On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:40 PM, James Jeffery <jamesjeffery....@googlemail.com> wrote: > Aye' I did a task for a friend once. Charged him £100 for a few pages, a > nice design etc. He refused to pay. He is a near millionaire, well his > assets are worth that much. > > Business owners don't know how much work is involved sometimes. Even > something basic requires some tweaking for browser support, mobile devices > etc. > > To much infatuation with money in the business world. Some people are rich > because they are tight. > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:30 PM, designer > <desig...@gwelanmor-internet.co.uk> wrote: >> >> I did a site for one of my friends 'on the cheap', but put a lot of hours >> into it, and did it as 'properly' as I could. It was all hand coded and >> validated to the point of neurosis. Eventually, he decided that he wanted to >> pay me because he wanted to add a few more pages. When it was done, I told >> him to 'call it £160'. He went barmy - shouted about the lunacy of charging >> such a crazy amount, just for 'putting a few words in and moving a bit of >> stuff around. I've haven't heard from him for six months now, despite us >> growing up together on the same road many years ago. >> >> Friends? Keep well away!
First off, yeah. Friends: make sure their friends. If not, keep them closer. Second, I've noticed a (very) common thing among postings to this list. I'll follow-up with the list admin(s) in the next couple of days regarding "standards" as far as list communication goes. Please Note: I'm not "targetting" anyone, but there are some conventions about list traffic. I don't mind the odd slip (or complete failure) from people who don't (or at least can't be expected to) know, but some habits are being repeated (and therefore learned by newbies) on this list. I'll make a suggestion and let the list moderators/administrators approach the issue as they see fit. -- Scott Elcomb http://www.psema4.com/ ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
