Tag Archive: cheap is as cheap does

You can't compete with cheap. So don't try.

Right now I’m reading “Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture” by Ellen Ruppel Shell. I’m only into the second chapter, but she’s got me hooked. Fantastic side note: If you click on the title, the Amazon page shows the price as… discounted. Pure, unbleached irony right there. The book is mostly about retail and…

How much should my design cost?

A lot. Great custom design should cost a lot. There’s a hilarious scene in Defending Your Life were Albert Brooks is picking up his new BMW. The salesman points out a shiny silver car and says, “Isn’t she a beauty?” They admire it for a moment and then he points to a smaller, lower-level BMW…