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Price the extras when a client keeps adding work

"While you're here, could you just…" Get a friendly way to say yes to extra work, put a price on it, and get it agreed in writing.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me deal with a client who keeps adding extra work.

The original job and price: [details]
Extras they've asked for: [list]
Already done for free: [list, if any]
How I'd charge for extras: [e.g. hourly rate, fixed price per item]
How I usually talk to this client: [e.g. friendly, formal]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A friendly message that says yes to the extras, with a price for each, and asks them to confirm before I start.
2. A short variation note: original job, extra work, price, effect on timescale, and a line to approve.
3. What to say in person next time they say "while you're here…".
4. A sentence to add to future quotes so this is clear from the start.

Friendly, not petty, UK English.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. details: a short note you already have. list: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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