Burn Baby Burn
I received some news today that upset me a bit and to be quite honest, it kinda effed up my whole day.? Basically, without going into too much detail, I performed a service for a client, a service that I don’t typically offer.? I told him this and specifically stated, “you can pay me what you feel is fair”.? I left the ball in his court.? The next time I saw him, he told me to “invoice” him.? Now, I interpreted that as a counter to my original statement that subliminally meant, “just invoice me as I don’t want to overbid on the project”.? So that’s what I did.? Then today, I hear from a mutual acquaintance that the client feels that I price-gouged him.? The mutual acquaintance then gave me a mini-lecture about building relationships and networking, saying that I shouldn’t have charged so much.