Comments on: Client Nightmares http://cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/2009/03/20/client-nightmares/ A blog for creative professionals that features design news, freelancer resources, web trends, gadgets, new typefaces, wares, web apps, and must-see sites. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:36:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Liz http://cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/2009/03/20/client-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Liz Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:33:48 +0000 http://www.cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/?p=867#comment-393 Haha, take a deep breath Florie! :) Haha, take a deep breath Florie! :)

]]> By: Florie http://cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/2009/03/20/client-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Florie Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:21:12 +0000 http://www.cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/?p=867#comment-392 Thank you! This lovely page is pulling me back from the brink of a nervous breakdown ... or murder!!!! Thank you! This lovely page is pulling me back from the brink of a nervous breakdown … or murder!!!!

]]> By: Donald G Wooten II http://cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/2009/03/20/client-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Donald G Wooten II Wed, 27 May 2009 20:48:04 +0000 http://www.cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/?p=867#comment-391 @ Nick Send them the invoice in comic sans, hot pink preferably. Your argument may get its respect in the face of physical evidence. LOL! @ Nick Send them the invoice in comic sans, hot pink preferably. Your argument may get its respect in the face of physical evidence. LOL!

]]> By: Donald G Wooten II http://cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/2009/03/20/client-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Donald G Wooten II Wed, 27 May 2009 20:44:40 +0000 http://www.cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/?p=867#comment-390 I'm sure this could have gone on forever. Out-of-pocket vs. Out-of-budget expenses have been a nightmare that returns at sitcom frequencies. It is not only limited to friends and family. For some reason, clients with the MOST money are the MOST reluctant to release it. I hate the "I'm worth every penny conversation", especially after 50+ phone calls/emails and client-based revisions. I toss and turn just thinking about it! Good post. You have a new follower. I’m sure this could have gone on forever. Out-of-pocket vs. Out-of-budget expenses have been a nightmare that returns at sitcom frequencies. It is not only limited to friends and family. For some reason, clients with the MOST money are the MOST reluctant to release it. I hate the “I’m worth every penny conversation”, especially after 50+ phone calls/emails and client-based revisions. I toss and turn just thinking about it! Good post. You have a new follower.

]]> By: jhem http://cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/2009/03/20/client-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-389 jhem Tue, 19 May 2009 07:28:05 +0000 http://www.cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/?p=867#comment-389 to Jonathan Patterson...no you can't I worked for 'clients' and design houses for 3 years, and the only stuff in my portfolio was the stuff I did for myself in my free time I have left the industry since...not my cup of tea taking orders from people with inferior and unoriginal ideas to Jonathan Patterson…no you can’t

I worked for ‘clients’ and design houses for 3 years, and the only stuff in my portfolio was the stuff I did for myself in my free time

I have left the industry since…not my cup of tea taking orders from people with inferior and unoriginal ideas

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]]> By: Jonathan Patterson http://cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/2009/03/20/client-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Jonathan Patterson Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:43:24 +0000 http://www.cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/?p=867#comment-387 @marie- In situations like that you just do what they ask for and move on to the next good project. You can always rework a clients rendition into something portfolio-worthy! @marie- In situations like that you just do what they ask for and move on to the next good project. You can always rework a clients rendition into something portfolio-worthy!

]]> By: uidesigner http://cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/2009/03/20/client-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-386 uidesigner Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:13:10 +0000 http://www.cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/?p=867#comment-386 Awesome read. I go through this all the time. My latest problem today is a client that wants to add music to the web site. I told her no because it's unprofessional and being I'm the expert in the field listed several reasons. And yet again the client pushes. Music on a web site is not cool. A lot of people surf from work and can't have music on nor do they want to hear some song blasted into their face. Awesome read. I go through this all the time. My latest problem today is a client that wants to add music to the web site. I told her no because it’s unprofessional and being I’m the expert in the field listed several reasons.

And yet again the client pushes. Music on a web site is not cool. A lot of people surf from work and can’t have music on nor do they want to hear some song blasted into their face.

]]> By: Liz http://cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/2009/03/20/client-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Liz Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:25:53 +0000 http://www.cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/?p=867#comment-385 @Nick, yikes! :/ @Nick, yikes! :/

]]> By: Nick http://cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/2009/03/20/client-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Nick Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:17:52 +0000 http://www.cmdshiftdesign.com/blog/?p=867#comment-384 @Liz thanks but, they may have just pushed me too far. They honestly just called and asked me to change the font to comic sans and make every color brighter. If it didn't just happen to me, I wouldn't believe it. It was like some perverse joke. I blacked out and woke up to find myself screaming something about refusing to design a 15 year old girls diary. Something tells me I may have blown this one. @Liz thanks but, they may have just pushed me too far. They honestly just called and asked me to change the font to comic sans and make every color brighter. If it didn’t just happen to me, I wouldn’t believe it. It was like some perverse joke. I blacked out and woke up to find myself screaming something about refusing to design a 15 year old girls diary. Something tells me I may have blown this one.

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