I know this is quite an old posting, but it really annoys me when clients try and get a "discount" because of the credit crunch.
All of us have certain standards we wish to follow, and will set prices on what we want. So for a client to try and get in on the cheap is just cheeky.
Like me going into a restaurant and saying "Can I get this meal half price, cos we are going through a bad credit crunch".... I dont think so!
I had a client try and do that a short while ago. He wanted an overnight booking, my standard rate is ?1000 (for 12 hours), and he was offering me ?200. I challenged him, and he was like "we're in a credit crunch you know!"... and?
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