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Re: What to charge? Beginners guide.
Some good advice there Summer and I totally agree with the 'No Freebies' idea. It is simply too hard to get friends to start paying when 'You did Suzie for £20 and you and me have been close for way longer!' The simple fact is, you go to your mate who works in a restaurant and he'll give you a discount, maybe as much as 25%. Fine, give your CLOSE mates a 25% discount but NO mates of mates! And make sure that you are still making a sensible profit in the deal. If you give a freebie, YOU ARE MAKING A LOSS! You must be unless you value your time at £0.00p per hour and you get all your printing paper, inks and so forth all for free!
I do not expect my mates to do their trade for me for nothing. I therefore do not expect my mates to abuse our friendship by trying to take me for a sucker! My friends wouldn't dream of asking for a discount which is exactly why I DO give them a discount. It's a fair 20% and they are always grateful, not disgruntled because they expected more!
Cheers,
Rob
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Rob Barron
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