CompuServe Messages

Hmm…contract or no contract I'd sure suggest deciding what the job is worth to you and letting the cutomer know. Obviously, {f you need the work you can meet them part way between the old agreement and the new number you come up with; I deal with "big city slickers" every day, and not one of them has given me more than a little grief over a rational explanation of why I can't do a job for the originally agreed upon price. There are a couple of things you can tell them: 1. Your prices have gone up in the last two years to reflect market conditions and demand for your time; 2. Since the job wasn't delivered on schedule, you've taken on other work. That work will now have to be pushed aside, or done simultaneously, thus putting their job in a "rush" status (type shops charge _at least_ 25% surcharge for rush!); 3. Your costs for supplies has gone up (say drastically) since the time the original quote was made. A good friend of mine always reminds me that I shouldn't do a job for a price at which I'll be miserable throughout the duration of it. There will always be more jobs: Publishing is (I believe I've read) the single largest industry in this country! Good luck…. <BW>