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Warning: I took a client's 'simple' website job for $500 and it blew up into a month of work

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fiona_sullivan20
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. My friend had a client ask for "just a contact form" that somehow needed a full user login system behind it. The original quote was a joke. You have to watch out for those "simple" add-ons that turn into entire other projects. Scope creep is a silent budget killer for sure.
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davidmurphy
davidmurphy3d agoMost Upvoted
How do they always think a login system is just a checkbox you tick? It's wild. That exact thing has burned me before, where a "small change" means rebuilding half the site. You really have to nail down every single detail before giving a price, or you're working for free.
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