12 Popular Lies that Designers Hear from their Clients

Wouldn’t it be a wonderful world if design clients could be 100% truthful about what they really want?

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Here are 12 of the most popular white lies and half-truths designers hear from their clients…

LIE – “Don’t worry about the budget after all your long hours – we will definitely pay.”
TRUTH – “Once we receive the invoice we will freak out about how expensive it is.”

LIE – “We have an awesome new project that you’re going to find really exciting.”
TRUTH – “We need you to design some slides on PowerPoint.”

LIE – “We just started our business - can we work out a payment plan?”
TRUTH – “We actually have no money at all.”

LIE – “It would be great if we could get a design that is new and unique.”
TRUTH – “Please make it look exactly like this other website we found.”

LIE – “Can I give you a call quickly? I just want to ask one or two questions.”
TRUTH – “I have over 20 questions and this call will be about 2 hours.”

LIE – “We found these beautiful images that we want on our website.”
TRUTH – “Here are some horrible pixelated, low-res images I found on Google.”

LIE – “Don’t worry; take all the time you need – this project barely has a deadline.”
TRUTH – “I’ll give you a call tomorrow to see if you’ve finished everything.”

LIE – “We had a look and we’d like you to change a few things based on what our target market is.”
TRUTH – “I showed my parents and they don’t like it.”

LIE – “We just think it’s best if we take the project in a different direction, but we’ll contact you soon.”
TRUTH – “We hate your work and we’ll never contact you again.”

LIE – “Please redesign our entire website, our budget is generous.”
TRUTH – “We can only pay for two of the 45 hours you’ve worked on this project.”

LIE – “We trust you and we’ll love whatever you’ve come up with.”
TRUTH – “After revising the work 25 times, then we’ll love it!”

LIE – “Can we have your cell phone number; we won’t contact you after business hours.”
TRUTH – “We’ll call you on a Saturday night at 11:30pm.”

Do any of these lies sound familiar? Tell us about the lies you hear as a designer!