Comments on: 10 Things I Hate About Clients! http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-things-i-hate-about-clients/ Freelance Articles, News, Resources and Advice Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:50:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ishtar http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-things-i-hate-about-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-3536 Ishtar Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:39:24 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=1030#comment-3536 No kidding! I got a client who scores 10/10!!! All the drama and excuses and haphazardness that leaves you doing twice the work than you initially bargained for! Somehow I am pulling through, and in doing so, I 've learned a valuable lesson: Never work with clients of a certain nationality (I am not going to say which). I was really frustrated, but reading this humourous post really helped! No kidding! I got a client who scores 10/10!!! All the drama and excuses and haphazardness that leaves you doing twice the work than you initially bargained for!

Somehow I am pulling through, and in doing so, I ‘ve learned a valuable lesson: Never work with clients of a certain nationality (I am not going to say which).

I was really frustrated, but reading this humourous post really helped!

]]> By: Deshawn Shiminski http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-things-i-hate-about-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-3464 Deshawn Shiminski Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:53:35 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=1030#comment-3464 I just finished this particular post and had to say thank you personally. Specific and concise! I just finished this particular post and had to say thank you personally. Specific and concise!

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]]> By: John Squire http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-things-i-hate-about-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-2349 John Squire Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:41:49 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=1030#comment-2349 Hey I landed on your page by fluke on bing while searching for something completely irrelevant but I am really glad that I did, You have just earned yourself another subscriber. :) Hey I landed on your page by fluke on bing while searching for something completely irrelevant but I am really glad that I did, You have just earned yourself another subscriber. :)

]]> By: NEESH Design http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-things-i-hate-about-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-2344 NEESH Design Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:09:26 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=1030#comment-2344 Yes, anyone in the business a while would have heard many or all of these. Loved the read and glad I don't have to go through that "desperate" stage of starting off again where you have to take whatever comes along. I recently had a prospective client wanting "everything" on his site. When I asked him to elaborate he said "ecommerce, video (complete editing needed), music downloads, blogs, cms blah blah blah....yes he did want everything" and told me it was my lucky day that I would be getting paid out of sales generated from the site ROFL. I then told him a figure off the top of my head as didn't want to waste any more time and he almost had a fit then told me his girlfriend had just done her own site for $300...it's not hard to pick the time wasters. Yes, anyone in the business a while would have heard many or all of these. Loved the read and glad I don’t have to go through that “desperate” stage of starting off again where you have to take whatever comes along. I recently had a prospective client wanting “everything” on his site. When I asked him to elaborate he said “ecommerce, video (complete editing needed), music downloads, blogs, cms blah blah blah….yes he did want everything” and told me it was my lucky day that I would be getting paid out of sales generated from the site ROFL. I then told him a figure off the top of my head as didn’t want to waste any more time and he almost had a fit then told me his girlfriend had just done her own site for $300…it’s not hard to pick the time wasters.

]]> By: Angelo Beltran http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-things-i-hate-about-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-2340 Angelo Beltran Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:33:00 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=1030#comment-2340 LOL...item number 8 reminded me of someone I know from a while back...awesome post! LOL…item number 8 reminded me of someone I know from a while back…awesome post!

]]> By: Ints http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-things-i-hate-about-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-2339 Ints Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:39:47 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=1030#comment-2339 Great article! Great article!

]]> By: Julien http://www.freelanceapple.com/10-things-i-hate-about-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-2325 Julien Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:44:30 +0000 http://www.freelanceapple.com/?p=1030#comment-2325 It's true that there are difficult clients to deal with out there, but your job as a designer is not only to design, but also to set expectations. Perhaps you're not asking the right questions to begin with. Perhaps you need a more detailed contract to protect you against such requests. Don't blame it all on the client. Looks like you need to revise your business strategy... I made the same mistake once. It’s true that there are difficult clients to deal with out there, but your job as a designer is not only to design, but also to set expectations. Perhaps you’re not asking the right questions to begin with. Perhaps you need a more detailed contract to protect you against such requests. Don’t blame it all on the client. Looks like you need to revise your business strategy… I made the same mistake once.

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