thenewb Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Dear Board, I recently asked my webdeveloper to install an add on to my existing OScommerce website www.sylvancompany.com . The add on is the "Featured Products 1.6.3". I printed out the installation instructions and can see it clearly states that it should take 15-20minutes to install. The web designer/developer says he needs to bill me for 20 hours for the installation and that it was so difficult because my website was not started from scratch and that it is much more complicated when dealing with an existing website. I have a hard time believing that it could really take 20 hours for an expert. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Newb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burt Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Should not be more than ONE hour, even for you, let alone a so-called "expert". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooks Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Perhaps they don't really know what their doing, so it took them ages to work it out? The site looks template based, is it? Sam Remember, What you think I ment may not be what I thought I ment when I said it. Contributions: Auto Backup your Database, Easy way Multi Images with Fancy Pop-ups, Easy way Products in columns with multi buy etc etc Disable any Category or Product, Easy way Secure & Improve your account pages et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksteruk2005 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 somethings to remember is the time the devleoper of the contribution is either what it takes them to install it or a estimate, another thing is that most times are based on a stock install. If you have a heavily modified site then this may take longer. However installing a simple contribution should not take 20 hours at all. If they was writting it from scratch then fair enough. I build and maintain OSC stores and when someone asks me to install something for them I give them a rough idea of how long its going to take ie 1-2 hours. If it takes me longer than my esitmate i will still only charge within what i originally said. I dont help with templates (thats what the seller is for) th search function will often help, when it dont try this in google. site:http://www.oscommerce.com/forums then your search word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIMBLE Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Its the same with everything you need to look around and get quotes Sometimes you're the dog and sometimes the lamp post [/url] My Contributions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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