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Ryan
June 9th, 2008
ROTFL.
Minus the rolling and laughing. J/K, it was funny.
But I’m not a freelancer quiet yet. Maybe I don’t want to be? Maybe I just want to be independently wealthy and become super snotty, so if a designer ever says something like that I can get a nice disgusted look on my face, carefully remove my white leather glove, and then SMACK HIM UP SIDE THE HEAD!
Ink Master
June 9th, 2008
hahahahah great
adrianvdesign
June 9th, 2008
haha, nice one!
Venkatesh K
June 9th, 2008
Funny!!! Do we have the freedom to do it with our clients??? Hmmm. Should think over.
Anthillz
June 9th, 2008
That’s how you haggle…
dinsky
June 9th, 2008
I lol’d
Michael Moniz
June 9th, 2008
I think that is so true. Everyone wants something for less. What you pay is what you get.
Evan MacDonald
June 9th, 2008
The sad thing about this is that it’s too true. The really sad thing about this is that flyers and posters are my favorite things to design, So i often end up just doing it for cheap.
not that I proud of the price, but this earned me a whopping $20. I quoted an hour.. i spent 4.
Evan MacDonald
June 9th, 2008
oops, no HTML, the link is: http://www.evanmade.com/2008/06/spectrum-fun.html
Harry Roberts
June 9th, 2008
This is all too true.The notion that a designer can ‘turn off’ his/her creativity to suit a budget baffles me.
Jacen
June 9th, 2008
This is brilliant.
BANAGO
June 9th, 2008
Very funny, LOL! Thanks!
Jeff Keyser
June 9th, 2008
Would not using those letters actually require MORE creativity? Hehe!
One time when a client tried to negotiate my hourly rate lower, I told them I could work for them for less, but their work would get lower priority than my other clients’ who were paying my full rate. They actually agreed to this. But then after a couple of months, they realized their stuff wasn’t getting done in a timely manner. “I’m sorry, but I’ve had work to do for my other clients. I’ll get to it when I can.”
They eventually started paying my full rate.
Enes Kaya
June 9th, 2008
Very funny but very true. I hate this sort of clients who always want the world but pay very less.
Joe Norton
June 9th, 2008
SO true. Yet another great comic from N.C. Winters.
Tuan Nguyen
June 9th, 2008
I love this.
Dawn
June 9th, 2008
Fast, cheap or good: take your pick. I can only do two out of three.
Matt Harzewski
June 9th, 2008
@Even. That’s ridiculous! $20? I’d have quoted that at $100…
Matt Harzewski
June 9th, 2008
Oops. “@Evan” not “@Even”
crazy wabbit
June 9th, 2008
How about the word PITA, Pain in the ???
Ahmad Alfy
June 9th, 2008
You only have to accept these kinda jobs when you’re starting your freelancing career and starting to build your name and portfolio… After that you can just say “SCREW YOU, I DON’T NEED IT”
Shycon
June 10th, 2008
I actually LOL’ed
David
June 11th, 2008
That is hilarious!
Karen
June 11th, 2008
I’ll use this response next time, I swear I will! Thanks!
Jaden @ Screenwriting for Hollywood
June 11th, 2008
This is painful. The amount of time we take to do a project and how much we get paid… seriously, sometimes I could break it down to 5 cents an hour. Teehee. Clients often do not think about the fact that we have to pay for home, food, bills, taxes, etc too. Time is money! Just haggling over the price could end up being an hour wasted.
Diseñador Web
June 14th, 2008
LoL! hehehhe Very nice!!
Tl7
June 18th, 2008
Hey how about making 50% of the work? i think that’s a good idea , right ??
Diseñador Web Freelance
October 3rd, 2008
thats right, and even, clients sometimes even ask you to go to see them like if they were paying you for that time you spend, just becouse you are a freelance, does not mean you work door to door
Freelance web designer Sidney
Diseñador Web Freelance Madrid