Don't you wish sometimes..

**pauland** · 14 October 2008, 02:38 PM

..that you'd never started a job?

Just suggested to a client that we pull the plug on a flash website project - not because it couldn't be done, or the budget was a problem, but simply because email communications were becoming increasingly difficult - capital letters to emphasis things, tone that makes you think you're back in school.

I just didn't think it was worth the money to push it to the bitter end. A few days of on and off effort down the plughole. First time I've actually suggested parting ways with a paying client.

Ok, I feel (a bit) better now.

Paul

**Jimi King** · 14 October 2008, 04:52 PM

Yeah been there, done that.

**steve.ledger** · 14 October 2008, 07:05 PM

Oh yes.... 'Ditto'

If I had a dollar for every hour of wasted effort......

**raynerj1** · 15 October 2008, 02:54 AM

I have found that if you do a short contract first, to see if you can work with the client, then there is not a hard parting if things don't work out. They just find another developer. I find that clients like this approach also.

**spondoolix** · 15 October 2008, 07:45 AM

Distancing yourself from such people is a move worth making.
Harmony regained is beneficial to your health.

**WolfMoonHP** · 15 October 2008, 01:47 PM

Reminds me of an absolutely beautiful website I designed for a high-end jewelry store, complete with more than 200 photos, close-up, of amazing jewelry.

I had received a small down-payment, and put in far more hours on the photography and design than I had intended, to make the website look like the store:

The store's marble floor was the pattern I used for a background.
There were some gorgeous antique cabinets, with fancy ornamental carving. I used the maple of the cabinets to make buttons, complete with the carving.

I was so excited. When I called to set up an appointment to show off the site, the store had gone bankrupt. Never to be seen again.

Sigh....
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Will