Crazy prices Was Re: My sincere apologies

by Kathy Wheeler <kathyw(at)home.albury.net.au>

Date:	Sat, 17 Nov 2001 06:40:23 +1100
To:	WebGraffix Internet Design and Consulting <Keith(at)webgraffix.com>, hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org
References:	aol webgraffix
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As crazy as this sounds we have experienced the same thing. As soon as you 
start dealing with bigger businesses/corporations/governments, you have to 
add that extra "0" on the end of your reasonably thought out price for it to 
be considered seriously. But then off course at the other end, the "Ma and 
Pa" businesses frequently want you to do their sites for next to nothing ;-)

Cheers,
KathyW.

> As an example:  We recently quoted a state web design project.  I quoted at
> a fairly low rate in an attempt to get into the "loop".  My quote was
> around $1750, at which I could have made a little profit.  The average
> quote for the project, I later found out, was $20,000!!!  I could not
> believe it!  Needless to say, we did not get the contract (although we
> scored very high) because we were not considered in the "right price
> range", even though our work was as good, if not better, than the other
> companies involved in the quoting process.

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