I’m curious if I was unreasonable or it’s the times we’re live in … I got recently project to estimate. Here is what the client wanted: offshore oil platform in the middle of the sea , animation of camera coming from water level (waves on the sea), zooming into the platform , helicopter landing on…

[image] VRay -Sketchup & 3ds Max - Various New Projects And soon we’ll be doing this for free Oh Cool. Let me know when you’re doing that, I’ve loads of shots that need doing :smile:

In principle I agree that you need to hold your value as best you can, but one thing I don’t hear a lot of is respecting the market demand. Rates are a balance of what we think our time is worth, and what the market is willing to pay - regardless of our opinion of the value. My feeling is that some…

[image] Bedroom In principle I agree that you need to hold your value as best you can, but one thing I don’t hear a lot of is respecting the market demand. Rates are a balance of what we think our time is worth, and what the market is willing to pay - regardless of our opinion of the value. My f…

p.s. I think you should lower your costs a lot more…that would make me happy :slight_smile:

[image] On another topic p.s. I think you should lower your costs a lot more…that would make me happy :slight_smile: for you EVERYTHING :slight_smile:

it’s all subjective. If you get good and are able to work fast, you might be able to lower your fee. I have learned the software and studies the art. I have good, fast, hardware that I can rely on. I can work twice as fast as I could last year, so if needed, I could lower my fee. The problem you…

[image] small living room it’s all subjective. If you get good and are able to work fast, you might be able to lower your fee. I have learned the software and studies the art. I have good, fast, hardware that I can rely on. I can work twice as fast as I could last year, so if needed, I could l…

totally agree with Flino2004, the speed need to be awarded by money every time, saving time is always the target for all clients and us. so @ the end saving time save money for your client but to save money after he needs to pay more before eheheh…

New year and my blood pressure already rise...

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stevesideas January 9, 2012, 11:18pm 18

Not entirely true…it would depend on future work from that client. It might be worth stipulating a reduced cost for the first job and then explaining the time taken and future work costs.

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