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0 pointskeyle1mo ago0 comments

I've been in a similar situation, with a laravel product quoted for over a million and I quoted 40K and did it all.

That did not go down well, even though it was a great product, styled etc. had all the bells and whistles.

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> That did not go down well

Enterprise customers are more likely to use a product that they paid $1M over the same product that they "only" paid $40K.

kstrauser1mo ago

If it was a one-time contract and you get paid for it, what they do next is their problem, not yours.

keyleOP1mo ago

It was a case of pay $1M and take no responsibility vs. set a budget of 40K and own it internally.

When salesforce leaks your customer's information, whoopsie! not our fault! it's salesforce!

And yet they're far more likely to have the leak. BASICALLY.

bigfatkitten1mo ago

In fairness to Salesforce, it was the garbage third party apps in their ecosystem which got compromised and did the leaking, not Salesforce themselves.

yieldcrv1mo ago

you got paid the $40k though?

keyleOP1mo ago

Nope.

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0 pointskeyle1mo ago0 comments

I've been in a similar situation, with a laravel product quoted for over a million and I quoted 40K and did it all.

That did not go down well, even though it was a great product, styled etc. had all the bells and whistles.

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selcuka1mo ago

> That did not go down well

Enterprise customers are more likely to use a product that they paid $1M over the same product that they "only" paid $40K.

kstrauser1mo ago

If it was a one-time contract and you get paid for it, what they do next is their problem, not yours.

keyleOP1mo ago

It was a case of pay $1M and take no responsibility vs. set a budget of 40K and own it internally.

When salesforce leaks your customer's information, whoopsie! not our fault! it's salesforce!

And yet they're far more likely to have the leak. BASICALLY.

bigfatkitten1mo ago

In fairness to Salesforce, it was the garbage third party apps in their ecosystem which got compromised and did the leaking, not Salesforce themselves.

yieldcrv1mo ago

you got paid the $40k though?

keyleOP1mo ago

Nope.

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