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-----Original Message----- From: John Paul Ashenfelter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 29, 2005 10:45 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: A Contractor or Two On 12/29/05, Adrian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd counter that by saying that you could point out to the customer that > they are getting a good deal. Tell them in as many ways as you can think of! > Showing the full price on the invoice with a discount makes them feel all > glowy inside :O) > > Work: £100,000,000 > Because it's you discount: £99,000,000 > > Total: £1 > > Now doesn't that look much nicer?! :OD Umm, actually I'd wonder about the quality of the code I'm getting since your subtraction is off by... ummm. 999,999 *grin* > Ade > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Kroll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 December 2005 14:47 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: A Contractor or Two > > > One thing I've found that you should watch out for is the concept of giving > away "free" or "low flat-fee" type projects is the clients will be blown > away by your work, and then expect to receive the same fees when coming back > with further work. In my experience, I've found it better to charge the > full amount as a line item, then to give a "new account" discount on those > first few projects to help build loyalty, that way they get a feel for what > the project would have cost without the discount, and that in the future > know that this discount will not be applied. > > Rich Kroll > Application Developer > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227903 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
