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Showerthought: I read a forum post where a freelancer said 'the client who argues the most about your rate is always the one who pays the slowest'.
It made me remember a client from Tampa who haggled my price down by 15% and then took 90 days to finally settle the invoice. Anyone else notice this pattern?
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riverb136mo ago
My friend's client did that exact thing @david_palmer, then ghosted her for months.
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david_palmer6mo ago
Oh man, that "haggled my price down by 15%" line is the whole story right there. It's like a universal rule that the people who fight hardest over the upfront cost are the ones who see every other part of the deal as optional. I see it everywhere, not just with clients, like the person who makes a huge fuss getting a discount on a couch and then expects free delivery and assembly. The mindset just carries through the whole transaction.
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kimdixon6mo ago
Wait, is it always the case though? I've had some nice folks ask for a small discount upfront but then were totally chill and fair later.
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victorw546mo ago
Tell me about it, @david_palmer. I used to do some freelance work and the clients who nickel and dimed the project fee were always the same ones who asked for endless tiny revisions that weren't in the deal. It's like they think the discount gives them a free pass on everything else. I've seen it with friends too, haggling hard at a flea market then getting mad the seller won't throw in a free repair.
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