Put these people on ignore so you don’t have to deal with them. (Works for me, anyway. But I’m pretty antisocial so you may not want to take a page from my book.)
Definitely take a page from this guy's book. You can block the person in your phone, filter his emails to spam, and not deal with him again.
I've told people before in no uncertain terms before to go F*ck themselves. They're pissed? Good. I don't want them thinking we have any relationship and to be taking up more of my time.
Over the years though, I've become more amicable.
The most respectful thing to do is to increase your prices to a point that calculates the pain in the a$$ of dealing with that person. I do that in my business. If I like someone --> Good prices. If I hate someone --> a**hole Tax.
The purposes of making money is to make your life better. If you're dealing with toxic clients to get there, then what's the point? In most scenarios you'd be better off with less money and no headaches. Especially in your scenario where it doesn't make sense economically for you to deal with that schmuck.
So in summary, you should either:
1. Raise your prices.
2. Block him in your phone book and stop taking his calls; or
3. Tell him to go F*ck himself.
#1 is the best economically. #3 is the most satisfying if the guy has zero influence over the rest of your business or life.
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