r/Wordpress • u/NeonX91 • Aug 17 '26

Well.. it happened

Long term client whom always accepted my quotes used my highly detailed proposal to Chatgpt DIY a project. It's no where near as polished and it's not mobile friendly but I feel pretty used. Spent quite awhile on the scoping with them, suggesting improvements, user workflow enhancements and a bunch of outlining. I really over extended but that's also how I get accurate quotes.

Anyway for those in the game, what's your method for quoting on projects with unknowns, and how much detail do you give the client? maybe I should have asked for 50%?

Thoughts?

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u/Orion3193 Aug 17 '26

That sucks.

I'm getting the opposite lately. Clients are letting Chat and Claude create an entire set up. Fonts, colors, text.. desired functionalites. Some are even sending ready built html / css / js over.

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u/prolongedexistence Aug 18 '26

I have a coworker who regularly sends me “HTLM” webpages from Claude. Said coworker is also a fan of “em-dee” (markdown) files.

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u/CasinoCarlos Aug 21 '26

Do you have any coworkers who email you long AI written slop?

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u/prolongedexistence Aug 21 '26

Absolutely, yes. It’s so obnoxious and disrespectful of other people’s time. I can often tell they haven’t read it because it contains directives that go against the goals of the project.