{"id":146,"date":"2006-12-18T19:48:51","date_gmt":"2006-12-19T00:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/2006\/the-bargain-hunter-web-design-client\/"},"modified":"2006-12-19T03:07:33","modified_gmt":"2006-12-19T08:07:33","slug":"bargain-hunter-web-design-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/2006\/bargain-hunter-web-design-client\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Bargain Hunter&#8217; Web Design Client"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;bargain hunter&#8217; type of person, can sometimes be a reasonable sort of human being that respects you as a professional, and is only looking for a good value for their money. <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Then there is the other type; those who seem to have no respect for you and in the end, will just drain you of your mental and emotional energy.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nPSYCHIC VAMPIRES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A long time ago, I read a strange (but entertaining) little book that warned of a type of person, a person that would drain you of all your energy just by being around them.<\/p>\n<p>(We&#8217;ve all been around them before &#8230; after just a few minutes of seemingly light chatter, you feel tired and drained.)<\/p>\n<p>The book referred to these people as &#8216;psychic vampires&#8217; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&#038;lr=&#038;rlz=1B2GGGL_enCA176&#038;q=define%3A+leeches&#038;btnG=Search\">leeches<\/a> that suck your energy, much in the same way a vampire sucks your blood.<\/p>\n<p>Bargain Hunters are often times psychic vampires, and should be identified and then avoided at all cost. <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; it is better to be on the unemployment line, than to be in service of a psychic vampire client.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IDENTIFYING THE PSYCHIC VAMPIRE CLIENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everyone has their own thing, but there are some common characteristics found with this type of person:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They ask a lot of questions &#8211; too many.<\/li>\n<li>They are whining passive aggressive whelps &#8211; little pathetic beast that will hound you endlessly.<\/li>\n<li>They will suggest that the work you do &#8216;isn&#8217;t that hard &#8230; really&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>They will complain that your prices are too high &#8230; regardless of reality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PSYCHIC VAMPIRES SEEK OUT THE WEAK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No matter how experienced you are, you have to always be on the lookout for this sort of person. <\/p>\n<p>That said &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, these most vile of bargain hunters, tend to go after relative noobs to the game &#8230; the less experience the better. <\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re attracted to beginners, because they know that their chances of molesting a poor unsuspecting junior (web design) fool, are much better than if they targeted a crusty old web nerd, such as myself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; So if you are new to the web design game, be extra vigilant!<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONCLUSION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I wrote this piece because I was just the subject of a psychic vampire&#8217;s attack.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, experience has taught me well, and I was able to quickly identify the blood sucker, and fire his ass before he drained me too much.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it is OK to fire a client sometimes!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<\/p>\n<p>Stefan Mischook<\/p>\n<p>www.killersites.com<br \/>\nwww.killerphp.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;bargain hunter&#8217; type of person, can sometimes be a reasonable sort of human being that respects you as a professional, and is only looking for a good value for their money. &#8230; Then there is the other type; those who seem to have no respect for you and in the end, will just drain &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.killersites.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}