[Dylan16807]

>Congratulations, now you're a jerk.

What? Why am I a jerk for getting paid well? Or do you suggest that huge pile of money won't change my mind? If I still say no I think that means the quoting instructions were followed incorrectly.

> Quoting $x works out the best for everyone in all possible cases

Quoting $x is much more likely to result in resentment because it's the bare minimum to get me to agree. If I charge triple that or more I'm much less likely to be disappointed later.

And it's no big loss to me if I don't get paid to make this feature. That was my default state of being. So I aim high.

[jakejake]

I assume he means that one is a jerk if they quote high with absolutely no intention of doing it at any price. If the bluff is called then you have to go back on your word.

[hayksaakian]

The main idea behind my thread was that everyone has a price.

Hell if you give me 10 million USD to build a random feature on an open source project, I would subcontract to someone happy to do it for 9 million.