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> Its almost like you rubbed it in my face I could have charged more. Yeah, I've been on the receiving end of this. It made me feel like a chump (even though I
by nthj 13y ago
> Its almost like you rubbed it in my face I could have charged more.
Yeah, I've been on the receiving end of this. It made me feel like a chump (even though I knew I was charging right about market rate for it.)
"Hey man, something has come up and I could actually use this 3 days earlier than we agreed. If you meet the deadline, I'd like to offer a $2K bonus" would neatly sidestep this and should still fulfill the author's desire to get quality work.
- whattheken 13y agoI've seen this before as well, where doing someone "a solid" actually results in higher expectations for all future interactions, and a feeling that they were cheated in all past interactions. As the saying goes... sometimes less is more.