Comments on: 10 Types of Bad Clients and How To Avoid Them

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:57:33 +0000

I’m going to send this link to anyone who gets skeptical about signing a contract when working with me.

By: James

James — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:21:13 +0000

One of the easiest ways to avoid customers or clients like this is to price yourself out of that market. Charging a service or setup fee before you begin your work is another way to avoid these customers.

Charge what you are worth, if you suck, you can have all of the above customers by being the cheapest. If you provide quality work, then charge accordingly and only accept customers who understand that “you get what you pay for.”

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By: Pothi

Pothi — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:17:15 +0000

Just met Mr. Unavailable! I’m glad I’m not alone.

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By: sonofara

sonofara — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 06:43:58 +0000

Hi laura,
Thanks for such a great post… its a real pain facing such clients and i guess you’ve done a great job helping the newbies to identify such bad clients.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:15:33 +0000

I love this! Just as I was writing a couple of contracts. I’ve certainly met a few of those types in my time as a freelancer.

By: Emman

Emman — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:52:07 +0000

right on the spot!!! hahaha just remembered all my previous clients who belonged in the list. I encountered the Mr. FreebieGuy, Mr. Unavaliable and the scope girl.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:48:55 +0000

Real bad experience with the “check is in the mail guy”. We continued to make small requested changes to his project daily and every day he would say something to the effect of “I’m working on getting payment together for you” and “I should have payment for you tomorrow” etc, ad nauseum.

After shutting his project down and refusing to do anymore work for him until the bill was paid, he felt offended and that he wasn’t going to pay. Big surprise.

We get lowballed constantly too LOL.