{"id":"sales-freelancer-rate-cut-reply-scope-options","audience":"freelancers","category":"sales-work","technique":"constraints","track":"sales","level":"intermediate","title":"Decline a rate cut and offer two smaller scopes","free":false,"task":"Mara Okafor wants her brand package for $1,000. You won't change your $75 hourly rate. Write a plain-text email under 100 words that says so politely, then gives exactly two lines starting \"Option 1:\" and \"Option 2:\", each showing hours x $75 = total for a smaller scope. Both options must fit under $1,000. Sign off as Jo.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"PROJECT QUOTE - Brand package for Okafor Bakery (client: Mara Okafor)\nRate: $75 per hour. Original scope: 16 hours = $1,200.\nScope breakdown (hours): logo design 6, color and font guide 3, brand guide pages 5, social media templates 2.\nMara's email: \"Love your work! Our budget is $1,000. Could you do the same package for that? A friend said designers usually discount for small businesses.\"\nJo's rules: the hourly rate stays $75. Offer only smaller scopes, not free extras or rush work.\nRevisions: 2 rounds included in the 16 hours.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":100}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Cutting the rate","why":"The AI offers a small-business discount.","fix":"Add: \"The $75 rate stays; offer only smaller scopes.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Options over budget","why":"The AI offers 14 hours = $1,050.","fix":"Add: \"Both options must total under $1,000.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong math or invented hours","why":"The AI uses hours that aren't in the breakdown.","fix":"Add: \"Remove whole items from the scope breakdown and show hours x 75 = total.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Long, formatted email","why":"The AI writes a long email with bold options.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, under 100 words, signed Jo.\"","checks":["plainText","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Keeps the rate","patterns":["\\$?75","rate (stays|stay)","won't change"]},{"label":"Two options","patterns":["option 1","option 2","exactly two"]},{"label":"Shows math","patterns":["hours x","= total","x \\$?75"]},{"label":"Under budget","patterns":["under \\$?1,000","fit"]},{"label":"Plain text and cap","patterns":["plain text","under 100 words"]}],"hint":"Keep the rate, ask for two labeled options with the math, and require them to fit the budget.","rubricLabels":["Politely says the $75 hourly rate stays the same, without guilt or apology for it","Has exactly two lines starting Option 1: and Option 2:, each showing hours x $75 = total, both under $1,000 (for example dropping the brand guide pages: 11 x 75 = $825)","The options use only hours from the scope breakdown, the option totals are arithmetically correct, and the email is signed Jo"]}