Victory! (sort of)
It was under shady circumstances, but I got a job re designing www.ancientarttattoo.com . Not difficult, that site sucks. It was built by a guy who eventually quit tattooing to become a truck driver. I took the job, like I said, under shady circumstances, with not so much as a handshake to seal the deal. When it came time to pay me for the work I had done, my client decided that he didn't want to pay the price I quoted him before I started. Not only that, but he didn't want to pay me at all. Of course I high balled the shit out of him, but you have to understand this guy owns five tattoo shops . . . he's not broke. So I'm pissed. I spent 16 hours working on a project who's next stop is the recycle bin.
I walked in and surprised him at his office this morning, more or less to tell him he's a dick and to shove his shitty web site up his ass. You see, it's the second time I had gotten screwed by a millionaire in the Virginia tattoo industry. I'm like whatever, this is bullshit.
Much to my surprise, he was down to do business. Not only that but he was actually a nice guy about it. Apparently he was under the assumption that all I was going to do was update a couple of photos. So I am finishing his web site for half of what I quoted, and everyone is happy.
To tell the truth, I would have done it for a third of my quote, but he doesn't have to know that.
It was under shady circumstances, but I got a job re designing www.ancientarttattoo.com . Not difficult, that site sucks. It was built by a guy who eventually quit tattooing to become a truck driver. I took the job, like I said, under shady circumstances, with not so much as a handshake to seal the deal. When it came time to pay me for the work I had done, my client decided that he didn't want to pay the price I quoted him before I started. Not only that, but he didn't want to pay me at all. Of course I high balled the shit out of him, but you have to understand this guy owns five tattoo shops . . . he's not broke. So I'm pissed. I spent 16 hours working on a project who's next stop is the recycle bin.
I walked in and surprised him at his office this morning, more or less to tell him he's a dick and to shove his shitty web site up his ass. You see, it's the second time I had gotten screwed by a millionaire in the Virginia tattoo industry. I'm like whatever, this is bullshit.
Much to my surprise, he was down to do business. Not only that but he was actually a nice guy about it. Apparently he was under the assumption that all I was going to do was update a couple of photos. So I am finishing his web site for half of what I quoted, and everyone is happy.
To tell the truth, I would have done it for a third of my quote, but he doesn't have to know that.
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feckweed:
I learned early on to get FTP access first, change FTP password second, then give them access to their completed site in a sub directory to view it third. On approval, it gets published over the original. I had to do lots of work and lots of sites before and have people start using them and dont want to pay, so i change the FTP password when i get the site and make sure my ass gets paid. works like a charm everytime. sorry you had to deal with that.
unnecessaryz:
Don't forget to add a contact button so I can email him this journal entry. If he's a fan of comedy, he's bound to love the last line.