Loading…
17
Quote vs. flat fee - which one bit you harder when a project went sideways?
Last fall I took a $2,000 flat fee for a contract review gig in Austin. Thought I had the scope nailed down. Then the client dumped 40 extra pages of subcontractor addendums on me two days before the deadline. I ate 12 extra hours of work. My buddy swears by hourly quotes only for this exact reason, says you always get burned on flat fees. But another freelancer I know says clients hate hourly because they feel nickel and dimed. Has anybody else had a fixed price job blow up in their face like that?
3 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In3 Comments
lisab322mo ago
Wait, 40 extra pages two days before the deadline? That's insane, I'd have told them to kick rocks or pay up.
5
danielowens2mo ago
Right, just a casual 40 page overnight sprint with no extra pay
7
patricia_hill602mo ago
Right, paying up is the only move that makes sense. If they want 40 extra pages at the last minute, that's a whole new job, not a revision. A fresh contract with a rush fee attached would be the only way I'd even look at it.
2