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One of my clients is a large company who will not pay me an hourly rate: every job has to be negotiated. I have recently completed a large job for this company. The fee I agreed to was not as much I really wanted but I would still have accepted the job, even at their initial offer. Having completed the job, I realise that the hourly rate was quite low: the work took longer than I had hoped for. I am considering informing my contact of the time I took for the job and asking, politely, if any more money is available for this job. I do not want to make an issue of this. This is the largest freelance job that I have ever had, but the work I do for this company is not my main source of income. I have not invoiced yet. Is there any harm in asking my contact for a little more money or at least making her aware of the time that the job actually took me? Any advice on how to handle this would be appreciated.
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Opus
Messages count : 87Likes count : 3Registration : 4 February 2008Was the nature of the work involved as described when you quoted it? If what you delivered was different from what was quoted for it's not unreasonable to charge extra, in line with what was delivered. However, if you've just underestimated the work involved and the work you produced was the same as was expected when you quoted, you'll probably just have to stick with the quoted price and use it as a lesson for next time. Basically, did the client change the brief after you quoted for it?Opus Creative Design Ltd - Contact in PM
Emami
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Thanks for your thoughts. I'll look to see what was agreed on previous emails. I have never been happy with a fixed fee and have accepted earlier jobs subject to certain conditions. For this particular job, the amount of work was increased at very short notice and a new fee was agreed. I was also working to a tight schedule. I am considering not invoicing at all. Since the debt is already know, payment should be made within 30 days of the client receiving the work. 8.5% is attractive rate of interest.Opus, post: 18598 a écrit : Was the nature of the work involved as described when you quoted it? If what you delivered was different from what was quoted for it's not unreasonable to charge extra, in line with what was delivered. However, if you've just underestimated the work involved and the work you produced was the same as was expected when you quoted, you'll probably just have to stick with the quoted price and use it as a lesson for next time. Basically, did the client change the brief after you quoted for it?