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Old 12-09-2008, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by John Doe View Post
I fail to see how this squares with your "depths of the client's pockets" statement. When someone tells me, "it's not the money, it's the principle of the matter" rhetoric, I charge them by the hour and generally forgo the financial discovery to save them a few bucks.
I remember a prospective client sitting across the desk from me. He was carrying on about how it was the principle and not the money that he cared about. While he talked, I kept writing on my yellow pad.

Finally he asked me if i was taking notes.

I told him yes, I am figuring ut how much your principles are going to cost you.

When I showed him my cost estimate, he got up, walked away and I never saw him again.
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