Careful, Bill. You may have made it harder for you to up your OWN prices. That the client was asking YOU seems to show that they thought your opinion worthwhile. Maybe you missed an opportunity to catch back up on the plethora of expenses that have risen for you while charges haven't..?

However you couch your increase, if it works, it works.
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