julinho - 2:45 pm on Jun 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

One or more of the responders seem like "nightmare vendors" to me

I agree. I am also a buyer, rather than a seller of web design services.

Some designers I've dealt with seem to think that *they* will make a site to fail or to succeed.
Should I put frames on my site, because "all out clients loved it" (and they have a ready template)?. Or should I pay US$500 for a half an hour Flash job, just because their other clients have no idea about Flash, and think it takes a studio to produce it?

To me, high quality *content* is more scarce (and more expensive) than high quality design. And Google, Yahoo and msn seem to agree with me.

Notice, please, that I am not in confrontation with the original poster. I am just trying to expose the other side of the coin (maybe I shouldn't be posting on a Professional Webmaster Issues board?).

[edited by: julinho at 2:48 pm (utc) on June 26, 2006]