Had a client from 3 years ago hit me up last week like nothing happened

Back in 2021 I did a $800 logo job for a small shop in Austin, and they ghosted me after the final files went out. Last Tuesday they emailed me out of the blue asking for revisions on that same logo. Has anyone else had old clients crawl back years later expecting free work?

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finleym376d agoMost Upvoted

Honestly, is a logo revision from three years ago really that serious?

victorhernandez6d ago

Patricia brings up a good point, I had this one guy from a coffee shop in Portland who I did a menu board for in 2019. He emailed me last month asking if I could "touch up the fonts" because they were "looking a little dated." @finleym37 you gotta understand, it’s not about the logo being serious, it’s the principle of someone treating you like a free app they can open whenever they feel like it. I told him I’d do it for half my current rate and he acted like I asked for his firstborn child. Three years later and they still think you owe them something, it’s wild.

patricia_hill606d ago

Three years is a long time but here's the thing - that $800 logo I did is probably still on their storefront and website. I used to think old clients coming back was a good thing, but getting asked to redo work I already finished for free changed my mind completely. Doesn't it feel like they're treating your time like it's not worth anything?