Dullard cretin a***wipe f****** moron b***end git

[suityou01]

A client of mine wants to write a product for resale and has approached me to help.

It's a kind of workflow system, and workflow is one of my specialities. The alarm bells should have been ringing when they asked me how long it would take to develop.

Errrrrrr, we haven't spec'd it up yet.

So after a scoping meeting we identified :

The workflow designer was the hard part, and would need a proof of concept.
They needed to identify their target market, do some market research and put some figures together.

Tomorrow is the next meeting. I rang to confirm.

I have the POC all done, slide show all prepared.

They have not kept up their end of the bargain.

And worse still, the email response said they are looking forward to receiving my "proposal".

Are they just being thick, canny, awkward or all three?

So I just spent a week doing a POC to try and secure a contract to design, spec and build this system. Even after writing up the minutes of the meeting, and explaining in detail the next steps they still expect a proposal, spec and fixed price bid.

Screw 'em.

[doodab]

Just quote them a huge amount and take their money. They can always say no.

[DimPrawn]

A client of mine wants to write a product for resale and has approached me to help.

I knew it was going to end badly after the first sentence.

[suityou01]

I knew it was going to end badly after the first sentence.

Bog off dull custacean.

[Scrag Meister]

Hey SY, Are you doing work without a signed contract.



Invoice them for the POC prior to the presentation, and wait for the cash before presenting.

Bog off dull custacean.

Is that like a crab but filled with Yellow Vanilla Sauce.

[The Agents View]

I knew it was going to end badly after the first sentence.

Think yourself lucky - I got to the subject, and thought someone was calling me....

[OwlHoot]

A client of mine wants to write a product for resale and has approached me to help.

It's a kind of workflow system, and workflow is one of my specialities. The alarm bells should have been ringing when they asked me how long it would take to develop.

They sound like those imbeciles who think that just because a web site is easy to use it must be trivial to develop.

Along the lines of "I have this great money-spinning idea; but I need your help designing and building a time machine to realise it."

[landl]

Sounds like they've just pumped you for a bit of free consultancy.

[Zippy]

Sounds like they've just pumped you for a bit of free consultancy.

I think you are right.

Suity - don't give them any details or quote them a price for delivering the POC and nail anything else down via (expensive) change requests. It works for bob.

[suityou01]

I think you are right.

Suity - don't give them any details or quote them a price for delivering the POC and nail anything else down via (expensive) change requests. It works for bob.

I downed tools immediately. I will present tomorrow morning as planned and then depart.
They know where to find me and unless their first words are "please sign the 6 month contract" I shan't be interested.

Off now to pick up SY03 from school.

My left ball aches. It might be client co doing this.