Call from a client - new marketing person.
โGetting complaints about the usability of the website!โ
Me checks
โThe site was builtโฆ 16 years ago. Could do with an overhaulโ
โWe have no budget for thatโ
No such thing as a free lunch folks ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ
"โฆthen I guess I've got no time for that."
@q00w2 pretty much. Expecting โI can do this for free with wixโ or some shit, then losing them (though really for the tuppence in service charges itโs no real loss)
Send them the link. ๐
@q00w2 ๐ oh Iโve done that before.
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@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 ๐๐๐
@MichaelRLaverty it's a crazy industry for it. Especially up North, ulster/scots aren't exactly easy to extract money from ๐คฃ
@process ain't that the truth ๐๐
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.... ๐๐๐
@MichaelRLaverty ๐ 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" ๐๐๐
@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 ๐
@process
Sounds all too familiar.
*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.
I mean fuck me, 16 years lol now thatโs value for fucking money right there.