Quote Originally Posted by ctrlfreq View Post
Search google for "website templates". You're sure to find something that, while not custom, will be near what you're looking for, and usually for somewhere below $200. The reason why any decent graphics guys want the $5k commitment is because they know that design is an iterative process, and that they will end up putting a lot more time and effort into making you happy with the end result than they will creating the concepts in the first place.


Good luck with your project.

Thanks Donnie Darko, haha.

Quote Originally Posted by ctrlfreq View Post
In most cases, the poor stay poor because they keep doing the things that made them poor in the first place (ie. dumping cash on non-essentials while ignoring the important things like planning).
What I meant in my statement was money makes money. I'm talking about the people who did not start out with cash to spend, and have very little. I am not saying I am anywhere near that class, but the similarities between a person in that situation and I fall under the category of financial help, i.e. credit. The fact of the matter is, life throws surprises, and not everyone can have a general guideline that will work for their life. I agree with what you said, just explaining the flip side.