a moral question
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- cannonball19780
get what you can, when you can.
- airey0
met it 3/4 of the way. charge 'em for 7 hours and they've saved money on the budget. no doubt a different job will go the other way so swings and roundabouts.
- jamble0
I'd charge them for 10 hours then spend the 9 hours wondering how the hell I'd got my quoting of timescales so far wrong to avoid this in the future.
That's quite a significant difference there and perhaps something you might want to review.
You may get brownie points for honesty if you charge them for the real time it took but you may also find them asking the question about why you misjudged the quote so much and also may find them questioning any future quotes.
- era4040
Tell the client it's under budget. Bill for what you think is right, dude, and spend the remaining 9hrs getting more work, doing something challenging, or doing something that makes you happy and sleep easily at night.
- comicsans0
The client accepted your quote was fair for the job, your estimating sucks, use some of the time to work on that!. Otherwise you are setting a bad precedent and they will quibble every other quote and project you do for them. Also, sad but true, the client's perception of the value will be partly or wholly determined by what they paid.
- CGN0
Just curious what type of work it was? Illustration, web..?
- randommail0
Don't plant a seed of doubt in their mind.
Charge exactly what they agreed to.