I wonder though, when you do a time and materials project, do you give the client a ballpark up front to smooth things over somewhat?
Yup, give them a best and worst case scenerio, and update them as you go. If it is a Trouble shooting job, the more informed they are, the less they worry.
Still, a combo of T&M to find out whats wrong, and then contract what you have left to do, would be my choice is this post.
[This message has been edited by Dnkldorf (edited 09-12-2006).]