Comments on: Web Design Client Quotes

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:02:27 +0000

Can you move the logo 2 pixels to the right please?
OK, that looks good but can you move it 1 more pixel to the right?
Oh I think I liked it where it was…

Repeat for every possible location and measure throughout the site…
After a couple of weeks of this, I fired the client.

By: Joakim Ekroos

Joakim Ekroos — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:19:42 +0000

“The flash banner looks weird when I zoom out the page in Firefox”.

Yeah, no shit. So don’t do that.

By: KatZe

KatZe — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:48:15 +0000

I designed a page for a vet and the colours were grey/white + a little red.
She said “Could you change everything to green?”
“I could, but..it wouldn’t look good.”
“Please, I really want it to be green.”
“..okay, so like a pale green?”
“No, make it really bright, like grass!”
“…but..it won’t look good…”
“At least let me see it!”

I changed the colours to green.

Client “That doesn’t look good..”

By: charlotte

charlotte — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:49:46 +0000

red-hot scrolling bars is what drives traffic and people who have red hot scrolling bars get more scroll. lol

umm this was suggested by one of my know it all clients- he also debated that my site should be completely visible within the fold and no one should have to scroll down on my site to see my services.

This same client asked for a site that scrolls about 1200 pixels down screen which is a lot of scrolling for someone who is against the scroll and if the red hot scrolling idea is such a fad why isn’t anyone using it again?

I was told today by a client that I make pretty sites but because those pretty sites don’t look like one of those “infomercial sites” than they don’t generate money.

he refereed to homestead the generic template site
I said not only is their site ugly but there templates are to, but he said well its 4.99 to start I said sweety nothing is 4.99 a month when it comes to web design.

I explained to him that a template made and used by the same people over and over again is not a comparison to my services, Ive had many clients from homestead which i refer to thim as the home rip off because clients get a site that my 5 year old could have designed better with yahoos page builder. but you live and learn.

I’m about to send this client packing to homestead if he doesn’t shape up. He will then appreciate a good designer. Sometimes it takes getting screwed over before a client will realize that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:01:40 +0000

I was making a myspace business page for a woman from hell. She got mad when someone left a comment with a bikini clad model on it. They said in a heated email to me: The first thing that must go is all the promo flyer in the comment section .. specially anything with nudity and specially nude or nudish women I am so against sex selling … i feel there is a time an place for every thing an it’s not on or connected with any thing to do with me and my business … so ALL of the promos must go and don’t add or allow any with out my approval … you can email it to my for approval befor adding.

and then she added…

FYI, change my body type to JUICY

I ditched her that same day. She still will not stop emailing me.

By: Clients from Hell | alex.cvitanovic

Clients from Hell | alex.cvitanovic — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:58:11 +0000

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By: Dave Tidman

Dave Tidman — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:00:34 +0000

While in a meeting with an egotistical client, he couldn’t resist on telling us how great and expensive his new PC was by the use of buzzwords:

Client: ‘it’s got RAM, it’s got Hard Drive, it’s got Graphics Cards, Motherboard’
Me: ‘Fatherboard?’
Client: ‘Two!’

*sign

By: tchug

tchug — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:54:31 +0000

:) TX guys i feel less lonely dealing with absurd request from clients:Here is my client moment:

Board room meeting 12 persons around the table. Purpose : get feed back on 3 creative options for the company site.

IT specialist from the company : ” you’ll have to optimized the flash player (audio and navigation )for the blind”…

The site was for the launch of a casino lol

By: BlueCherryDoughnut :: Fun with Comics

BlueCherryDoughnut :: Fun with Comics — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:43:37 +0000

[...] This list is just priceless. If you’ve ever been a web designer/hosting provider and just wanted to beat your head against the computer until you pass out or smack a client with a stick – read this. It’ll make you feel better (it did me anyway). [...]

By: Marianne van Onselen

Marianne van Onselen — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:33:48 +0000

Made address changes for a client we’d had for years’ letterhead (that we’d been doing for years) and FAXED it to them for copy approval.

The client phoned and asked why it’s not the color it always is and why the paper is different.

I swear by my life this is a true story.