Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Server Proposal

date posted 27th March 2003 12:40

Yeah, thats what I assumed also.

Coincedentally, I have quoted the client £1400 + VAT - so if anyone gets
this requirement and wants to earn £600 for passing the job over to us, let
me know ;-)

I'll stick to my guns in that case.

Rgds,

C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Server Proposal


> So by the sounds of it your client hasn't really got any idea of how much
> things cost or how long things take. At the end of the day, they'll get
what
> they pay for - either an "Access upsized wizard" system that'll have more
> problems than the previous one or a decent system that will work /
function
> as a pukka client / server system.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl W Crawley" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 12:23 PM
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Server Proposal
>
>
> >
> > > So you're looking at about £2000-2500 at 200-250 per day. So I don't
> think
> > > it's completely unreasonable. We've done work for as £100 a day for
> > existing
> > > clients, especially when it's ammendments to systems that we've built
> and
> > > we're in the process of tendering for additional work - keeps them
sweet
> > ;-)
> >
> > Ok so, our first bidder is in a £2000-£2500...
> >
> > we didn't build the system in the first place and the client keeps
trying
> to
> > dangle the carrot of "Possible future work" in front of us, but I don't
> buy
> > it.
> >
> > Rgds,
> >
> > C.
> >
> >
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