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That $300 automation tool was a total waste and I thought it would save me hours
I dropped $300 on that fancy Zapier competitor last month thinking it would streamline my client onboarding and invoicing without any extra work. Instead, I spent 10 hours trying to get it to actually talk to my calendar and email, and it still broke on the first real test with a paying customer. Has anyone else tried those automation shortcuts and just ended up doing it all manually again anyway?
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jessica3312mo ago
Email sync is almost always the first thing to screw up. I use a simple Python script that costs nothing to run and tbh it handles my invoice scheduling better than anything I've tried. @the_felix is right that tools like that just randomly add zeroes when they crash - mine duplicated a $250 invoice to a client once and that was a nightmare to fix. Manual workflows with basic spreadsheets and timers have been more reliable for me in the long run.
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xenam842mo ago
You said it "broke on the first real test with a paying customer" - what actually happened when it broke? Did it send the wrong invoice amount or just refuse to work at all? I'm always curious about the specific failure point with these tools because sometimes it's a simple setting that gets missed, not the whole system being garbage.
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the_felix2mo ago
Wait, did your friend say it randomly added a zero to the total or just froze up mid-transaction?
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