{"id":38854,"date":"2015-02-02t05:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-02-02t10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=38854"},"modified":"2015-10-07t11:01:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07t15:01:27","slug":"readers-sound-off-lowballing-isnt-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2015\/02\/02\/readers-sound-off-lowballing-isnt-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"readers sound off: lowballing isn’t worth it"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bullhorn\"<\/a>what do you value most?<\/strong><\/p>\n

in \u00a0“lowballing and why it (usually) doesn\u2019t work<\/a>,” ed mendlowitz ignited a conversation about getting paid what you’re worth.<\/p>\n

it started when two cpas with successful firms told ed about clients balking at paying their bills.<\/p>\n

frank stitely took issue with one of the questioners, who had set a $30,000 price, done what he called $44,000 of work and then tried to send an additional bill for half the difference.<\/p>\n

\u201clowballing a proposal and then asking for a higher amount after the work is done screams out to a client that you aren\u2019t a very good business person. if you missed an estimate by a significant amount, it\u2019s on you, not the client,\u201d he said. this can be avoided, he noted: \u201cwildly missing estimates is what happens to people with no time records upon which to base an estimate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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