Why not set a minimum price per hour, and if the customer can't afford you, then say good-bye with no hard feelings? He is not evil and toxic, he just needs so

Why not set a minimum price per hour, and if the customer can't afford you, then say good-bye with no hard feelings? He is not evil and toxic, he just needs someone cheaper and may need to adjust his definition of "good" and "fast" accordingly. There are good reasons to take work for less than your normal fee. I do it to learn sexy new technologies I would not have access to otherwise. (i.e. if you have Exadata and need a cheap, good and fast DBA send me and email!) As long as you know what you are getting out of the deal, all is good. Calling someone a douche-bag, evil and poison because he asked for reduced rate? Giving a condescending rant about it? I don't think its professional and I'd never treat potential customers like this, even if I disagree with their way of doing business.