$360 charged to embed 2 youtube video clips on web page with CMS system - Realistic?

[DaddySmurf]

Hi All,

I have just had a bill from our webmaster / SEO provider for 3 hours work to embed two youtube video clips on to one page of our site (http://www.compoundsecurity.co.uk/raidervision-visual-verification-module-use-rdas-and-vx-gprs-wireless-security-systems)

Now i am not an HTML programmer, but i have the ability to insert HTML code in to our eBay pages to embed videos where i want them on a page and it takes less than a minute.

Would love to get feedback from several people on how long this should have taken. Is it really anywhere near 3 hours work. Everything else on the page was already there.

If it means anything, the site is done in Apach

Cheers

[gazzerman1]

hmmm

$1000 / 8 hrs = $125 per hr

Should have taken 30 mins tops and that's really too much time.

So thats $62.50, and if they must charge you an hour minimum its $125 MAX

At those rates they are claiming Almost 3 hrs work.

[DaddySmurf]

Hi Gary,

Thank you for your response. They charge £650 or $1000 per day.

Si

[gazzerman1]

How much do they charge per hour?

If they change only by the hour and not by the minute and this is an hourly charge then their terms do not suit your needs.

However if this is more than one hours work, then you must question the competence of their staff. Just because they are bad at their job does not mean you should have to suffer the costs.

Either way it is outrageous. I am sure you will find someone great here to be your new go to person.

[ThompsonPaul]

That's really disappointing, DS.

You know what I'd be tempted to so? Use a screencasting program to capture yourself adding 2 more videos to the page. Ideally, include an onscreen clock on the page to track exactly how long it took and show it to him.

Alternately, ask him to provide an example of the steps it took that required 3 hours to perform. Three hours is simply INSANE.

Sorry you're stuck with this mess.

Paul

[DaddySmurf]

Chers Paul,

Their MD /president is adamant that it is fair. Worked out at £240 or $360

What happened to a fair price for hard work in the online world.... Or anywhere else for that matter.

I appreciate your time Paul.

Regards

Si

[ThompsonPaul]

Yup - afraid you've been taken advantage of (or the developer somehow invoiced the wrong project?) Embedding YouTube videos is essentially just like adding photos. A few minutes copy-paste at most.

Paul

[DaddySmurf]

Thank you Chris.

As  i thought. I just did it myself and it took 2 mins.

Cheers

[GPainter]

No more than 15-30 minutes, no extra divs or anything have been added so its just been added to the product description.

Literally a copy and paste, if you are looking for a new developer i'm happy to cost up any past changes you've had for comparison.