Thanks Tess, that all makes perfect sense to me and I would agree with you.

My main concern about being competitive lies in the horrendous exchange rate situation between the dollar and euro ... it makes shopping in the US cheap (for us) but getting paid in dollars not so lucrative! I would want to charge the same rate I do for all my clients but with the exchange rate it may turn out to be a little 'rich' for my client. Who knows how it will turn out! It remains to be seen really although as I said before I am at the end game in terms of negotiations so fingers crossed.

Thanks for the advice, very much appreciated.

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