Amoroso Design

I really wanted to love Amoroso Design, since she came recommended. However, after a disappointing first meeting, I got her first bill and was shocked. I knew her hourly rate was extremely high, and accepted her rate figuring she was highly efficient and knowledgeable. However, that was definitely not the case. She billed me for an excessive number of hours of work with little to show, and even charged me $ 20 for copies (that was in addition to the ½ hour of her assistants time she billed me so her assistant could go to the copy shop to make the copies). I canceled the engagement as soon as I saw the excessive charges, but was still stuck paying several thousands of dollars for a list of to-​do items and a few simple drawings (none of which I used). If her hourly rate were ½ what she charges, it might be acceptable, but for someone to charge that rate, I expected significantly more professional work.