Oh, you’re not going to use it? No worries then

This was, sadly, before I started using contracts and worked on a less structured level with friends.

A friend contacted me with a request.

Client: Hey, I need a new logo, are you available?

Me: Hey, remember when I did your last logo to your specifications and you declined to pay for it because you didn’t wind up using it?

Client: What’s the problem? We didn’t use it!

Me: Look. If you want a new logo, I’ll do it, but the catch is that you pay for it.

Client: Fine.

Me: Even if you don’t use it.

Client: Yes, yes, fine!

I do the new logo, to his specifications, and he doesn’t wind up using it.

Me: All right, whatever, that’ll be $$$ please.

Client: Why should I pay for a logo I’m not going to use?