Timeline for How do I pitch ASP.NET over PHP to a potential client?
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| Nov 20, 2012 at 21:09 | comment | added | KeithS | Of course what your no-longer-prospective client doesn't know is that either "the guy" will end up costing them more in lost business and having to "maintain" (tr: fix/redo) the PHP site, or "the guy" actually knows his stuff and will present them with a $15k contract prior to actually doing anything. Segue to another field of interest; every sound system contractor I have ever met has built his career on being "the third guy" to do the job, the first guy having brought in some spare home stereo equipment, and the second guy spending a lot of money on good stuff he didn't know how to set up. | |
| Sep 5, 2011 at 8:28 | comment | added | Binary Worrier | @Nice: I once did a nixer for a guy who constantly questioned estimates etc because his nephew "knew computers too", and he'd read some of his "Learn VB in 24 hours" book. He paid well but Jebus he was so freaking annoying, the job cost him more than €15k. Unfortunately those gimps are out there. P.S. I suppose I was the guy :) | |
| Jul 28, 2011 at 23:50 | comment | added | The Muffin Man | If client makes reference to "my neighbor's kid" they probably don't need nor expect a $10 - 15k web site. | |
| Jul 28, 2011 at 20:04 | comment | added | Wayne Molina | This is basically it. When a "client" says "I know a guy.." what he really means is "My cousin/neighbor's kid/drinking buddy from college/guy I met playing golf/dog knows PHP and will do it for a few hundred bucks/a case of beer/a Klondike bar/snausages." It's best to walk away from people like that, you probably do not want them as clients. | |
| Jul 28, 2011 at 18:42 | comment | added | Scott C Wilson | The only thing more annoying than "a guy" is "my neighbor's kid," who also does websites. I like to ask if the kid has taken an accounting class - perhaps he could do their taxes too! | |
| Jul 28, 2011 at 18:38 | comment | added | Anthony Pegram | Having worked in a small job shop, there is much truth in this. | |
| Jul 28, 2011 at 18:03 | history | answered | Scott C Wilson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |