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Today I turned down a client... (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Massive-Rabbit448@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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We met 4 times and I can tell they might be such a strong personality to deal with. Anyway I needed the money so thought whatever let's do it.

Gave verbal go ahead.

And then during contract signing, they were soooo nitpicky especially I gave them a pretty good deal plus the payment terms from there side was bad. Basically it was going to be a lot of take from there side.

I thought about it and ended up calling it quits with them in a professional manner. They sat they are disappointed but I think I dodged a bullet.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

Lesson learned if its not a hell yes dont do it.

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[–] doublesp33k@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Firing clients is one of the most effective business lessons I've learned. Bad clients end up increasing your cost of doing business, which effectively cuts into your margins. Revenue tends to go up a few months after you get rid of a bad client, in my experience.

[–] zeroheading@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I will never forget the first client I should have fired.

Never again will I deal with that. I will eat a loss to avoid that nightmare.

A few months after that incident, I refused to do work for someone. They ended up going to my friend. My friend called me up and asked why I didn't refer the client to him. I told him I didn't get a good vibe from the client. My friend got better vibes. Started work. Ended up having a ton of change orders that the client signed off on. Then, he refused to pay because it wasn't in the original contract. Turned out to be a huge ordeal. My friend wound up losing a ton of money on that job to "do right by the customer" I felt so bad for my friend. We agreed to head eachothers warnings after that.