Re: FN-FORUM: Your Kingdom for a Donkey.

date posted 12th November 2007 11:28

I agree (up to a point) that it's frustrating to see phrases like =20
that. However, there is the caveat of "for someone with the right =20
skills" - at least in this context they acknowledge that they need =20
someone with a specific skill-set.

It's when you get to a conversation like "Well why do I need someone =20
like you at =A3x per hour, when my neighbour's kid will do it for free?" =20
that I want to smash my head into the wall. The temptation to reply =20
"Well, get them to do it, and then I'll charge you the same amount as =20
now when you need to fix it" hasn't *yet* made it past my lips, but =20
it's definitely there in the ole subconscious...

Alex
http://www.ozbon.com


Quoting Phillip Healey [EMAIL REMOVED]

>
> Here's a small snippet from a typical website where people are asking for
> some web development / addition to a current site to be carried out;
>
> 'I know it's a fairly quick, simple and small job for somebody with the
> right skills'
>
> Why is it that no-one/ very few people (except bigger corporations) give a=
ny
> real value to their websites / the work done by the developer. As im sure
> has been discussed many times before there are numerous, supposedly
> professional tender sites where people want Google, YouTube, Amazon and Eb=
ay
> rolled into one website for an outlay of $500 / =A3230 and delivered withi=
n 'a
> few days'.
>
> I wouldn=92t tell a plumber its an easy job so ill pay him =A35 and he can
> finish it within 10 minutes. Well, if I did he'd tell me to [EMAIL REMOVED] off!
>
> So why is it that even businesses whom have been burned in the past by
> paying low fees for a website, still want the world for no more than 20p a=
nd
> a few hours work, because it's an easy job? Am I alone in not only finding
> this frustrating, but somewhat arrogant?
>
> Discuss.
>
> Regards
> Phill Healey
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