I have the craziest clients

Roverjoe

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Jul 20, 2004
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Columbus, Ohio (for now)
Why do all the nut jobs call me? I think i'm going to require that potential clients fill out a questionaire to determine sanity before we go any further.

We are doing a project for one of the designers at a big-shot architecture firm in town. He sent us CAD drawings and we built exactly what he asked for to the tee. We took multiple trips to deliver the product and he personally accepted all of it. A week later his guys to go install the stuff, and it doesn't fit. His drawings were off by several inches! Of course it instantly becomes my fault. I tell him sorry buddy but if you want this stuff rebuilt you are gonna have to pay for it. This is where the crazy part comes into play...he obviously takes some kind of blunt object and chips up the concrete countertops that we made! Then send me pictures and says that our quality sucks!

I tell him that I took pictures before everything left our shop (which I did) and he writes the familiar threatening letter to me that he's calling the BBB, attorney general, gonna black ball me in the design community, blah, blah, blah.

Why are people so freaking crazy?
 

az_max

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Apr 22, 2005
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Because in the Instant Gratification Society of today, we want it all and we want it now.

I don't think he'd have a chance in court when you provide the CAD drawings, pics of product shipped and pics of his damage done. Does your contract have any clause about customers being responsible for drawings/designs provided by them without verification from you?
 

Roverjoe

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Jul 20, 2004
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Columbus, Ohio (for now)
His drawings were all initialed and stamped "approved" so that part I don't think would be an issue. The issue is his mental malfunction.

I read these things on here about small business not returning calls to crazy-ass clients and I now understand how these rumors get started. Since Thursday he has called me at least 30 times per day and I've ignored every single one of his calls.
 

jhmover

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Apr 23, 2004
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California
Don't feel bad. I often wonder if there's some subliminal thing in our ads that notes we move nutjobs.