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Old 05-25-2007, 05:24 PM  
Barefootsies
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Originally Posted by harvey View Post
that happens because you didn't use my services

j/k

anyway, for every case like yours I know 10 on the opposite side (aka "the designer got fucked"). Last time it happened to me I had a severe pneumonia, I was hospitalized for 3 days and the same day I got back home with a fucking oxygen bottle I kept working on a design. Then they wanted a whole different approach/look and I made it (still ill, as I still am). All cool, just a subtle change and *puff* Houdini has left the house. Not a single cent for 2 weeks of work, go figure. And I see cases like this on a daily basis.

I won't go on a "corporative" defense on designers since I agree most are slackers and a lot of people usually calls me to solve all the troubles they have for trying to save 20 bucks (hence paying twice), but I won't generalize on all designers (nor all clients, of course)
I've conceeded there are plenty of fry cook dead beats out there who are just as bad, or worse. However, I can only speak for my experience(s) with both high and low end design work.

A lot of it I think is a combination of bad time management, laziness, or taking on too much work. Or their are working on their magician act, and have the "Houdini" down pat.

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