I really want to respond to your latest post:<div><br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<span style>I was only joking when I suggested to charge 400 Yen for a half hour<br></span><span style>job, which is normally 50. But the above two responses are what I had<br></span><span style>in mind. I'm not interested to cheat anyone, but I know that with my<br>
</span><span style>clients, different ones are willing to pay different prices. I have<br></span><span style>one who has repeatedly tried to find a cheaper consultant (and I would<br></span><span style>be fine if she did) but she always ends up coming back to me. She<br>
</span><span style>likes how I work and I think that most folks find her annoying to work<br></span><span style>with, so the fact that I tolerate her probably makes her happy also.<br></span><span style>So she sends 5-10 minute tasks every few days and I charge her for a<br>
</span><span style>quarter hour each time. But I also know that I can't raise my rate<br></span><span style>with her as she thinks it's really high as it is.</span><br style><span style>But I have other clients who are more professional in their approach<br>
</span><span style>and they have more difficult work and they are happy to pay a higher<br></span><span style>rate.</span><br style><span style>The client I wrote about initially are nice people, but know nothing<br></span><span style>about computers, and the work is sort of boring and sometimes annoying<br>
</span><span style>(if I'm in the middle of other things) so to charge them 100 Yen for<br></span><span style>what will take me a half hour I think is fine. They won't mind to pay<br></span><span style>100 because they got the edits they wanted for their site and it's<br>
</span><span style>entirely reasonable that the work is worth 100 Yen. Could be it would<br></span><span style>take someone else 2 hours, if it was their first time using Drupal.</span><br style><span style>And were they to find another person who would do it for 50 Yen, I<br>
</span><span style>wouldn't be upset. :)</span></blockquote></blockquote><div><span style><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br>When I first read your initial post and the beginning replies I started deleting the emails before I read them. The title really threw me off. Personally, I wouldn't have titled it like that in such a public forum but ---</font></span></div>
<div><span style><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">your last post was very reasonable and understandable. I have several different types of clients and have staggered my fees for similar jobs based on the client's perception of best value. Calling my clients "stupid" or using the word "gouging" puts a very inappropriate twist in my mind, I might think it and say it once in awhile but I try not to dwell too long on it because I have years of training in a field they care to know nothing about. "Please consultant just do for me what I cannot do but wish I could. (or not)"</font></span></div>
<div><span style><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span>-- <br><div>Best Regards,</div><div>James R Stone</div><div><a href="mailto:fndtn357@gmail.com" target="_blank">fndtn357@gmail.com</a></div>
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