Hi Bora, You might want to look at this way. Don't look at the overall cost.
Ask them for a breakdown of why it is 160 dollars an hour. >From the breakdown, you can validate where the cost is going. You can then try to see if those areas of the cost, can be taken care by you or your company so that it is cheaper overall. ( rent of location, facilities, etc..etc) Also, you might want to shop around, as SF is pretty packed placed with a no. of usability firms but make sure they have expertise in the area you want tested. Often, you would realize that the cost is sometimes jacked up for just their expertise , which you could then negotiate if you see that average price across is cheaper than that. Hope this helps. Regards. Jay Kumar On 10/31/07, Bora Ultas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all. I am new to this list, but I wanted to get some people's opinion. > I received an SOW from a usability firm in San Francisco for user testing on > a mobile device. They want to charge $160 per hour for their consulting time > and some material costs. This seems like a very high rate, but I have never > hired such a company before, so I don't know what is fair. Does this seem > like a standard rate or is it too high? Any advice would be very helpful. > > Bora > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
