Warning: that "scope of work" clause saved me $2,000

Was in a coffee shop in Austin last spring. Client kept adding small requests. Didn't think much about it. Then the project doubled. I had a vague SOW. No mention of revisions or limits. She hit me with a $2k invoice for extra work I did. Had to pay it. My bad. Now I write every single deliverable in the contract. And a cap on revisions. Has anyone else been burned by a loose SOW?

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3 Comments

dianawilson3d ago

She hit me with a $2k invoice" - wait, she charged you for your own extra work?

sullivan.quinn3d ago

Respectfully, you agreed to the work so the invoice was fair.

sean483d ago

This is exactly how people get trapped in so many situations though. It's like when your mechanic says "we found a few more things wrong" and suddenly a $200 oil change turns into $1,500 because you already agreed to the work. The problem isn't that the invoice is technically fair, it's that people feel pressured to say yes in the moment and then regret it later when they see the total.