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Call from a client - new marketing person.

โ€œGetting complaints about the usability of the website!โ€

Me checks

โ€œThe site was builtโ€ฆ 16 years ago. Could do with an overhaulโ€

โ€œWe have no budget for thatโ€

No such thing as a free lunch folks ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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@q00w2 pretty much. Expecting โ€œI can do this for free with wixโ€ or some shit, then losing them (though really for the tuppence in service charges itโ€™s no real loss)

@process had a bit of a chuckle at that - I used to partner up with a local web design company to do their photography. The amount of times I walked into their offices to hear,

"Look, you pay us, we do the work. Not the other way about"....

That's why I was always super strict with my invoices. Only good thing I took away from working with them ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

@MichaelRLaverty it's a crazy industry for it. Especially up North, ulster/scots aren't exactly easy to extract money from ๐Ÿคฃ

@process ain't that the truth ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

The amount of times I have been cringing because of people I know trying to haggle..... especially thinking of the time I went to Barcelona with my dad.... ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

@MichaelRLaverty ๐Ÿ˜‚ I remember taking FIL into Dixons for a new TV

"Come on now son, what's the absolute best you can do for me?"

lol

@process my experience is usually that 'thela absolute best' is repeated a few times....and then you get the -

"You've lost a sale there son" ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

@MichaelRLaverty lol

It's something I've never been able to do. Maybe with a local tradesman that you know has upped the price, they're usually older too.

@process my dad always says, if you don't ask, you don't get......but I'm like you. The thought of even trying plays with my levels of anxiety ๐Ÿ˜‚

@process

*Any* product remaining usable for 16 years is impressive. For a website, it's astounding.

@tyghebright tbh I forgot it existed. I have plenty > 10 years ticking away.

Small business can be their own worst enemy regarding what they value.

You'll change a ยฃ1,000 phone every 2 years, have ยฃยฃยฃ subscriptions to streaming services yet expect your own online presence to be basically zero cost.

@tyghebright all goes back to the mentality of "my cousins nephew can make me a site for ยฃ500 from his bedroom"

Everyone is a web expert. Only they aren't really.

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