Found a client paying $12k/month to an agency for "ongoing maintenance". The workflow hadn't been touched in 11 months. Took over for $600/month. The agency is furious. THE DISCOVERY Networking event last month. Guy mentions he's spending $12k monthly on automation. Me: "What kind of automations?" Him: "Lead generation workflow" Me: "Must be complex for $12k/month" Him: "Agency says it needs constant optimization" Red flag detected. THE INVESTIGATION Him: "Want to take a look?" Me: "Sure" He gave me read-only access. What I found: Single n8n workflow: - LinkedIn scraper - Email finder - CRM push - Email sequence trigger Total nodes: 8 Complexity: Beginner level Last modified: 11 months ago No changes. No updates. Nothing. THE AGENCY'S "MAINTENANCE" Monthly reports they sent: - "System monitoring: 10 hours" - "Performance optimization: 8 hours" - "Security updates: 6 hours" - "Strategic consulting: 4 hours" Total: 28 hours monthly Rate: $428/hour What they actually did: Absolutely nothing. I checked the logs. Workflow ran perfectly. Zero errors. Zero interventions. Zero updates. THE CONFRONTATION Him: "So what do you think?" Me: "You're being robbed" Him: "What?" Me: "This hasn't been touched in 11 months" Him: "But the monthly reports..." Me: "Fiction" Showed him the modification logs. His face went white. Him: "I've paid $132k this year for... nothing?" Me: "Correct" THE BREAKDOWN Agency's monthly "work": - Monitoring = checking if it's running (2 min) - Optimization = nothing - Security = nothing - Consulting = 15-min monthly call Actual monthly effort: 20 minutes tops Monthly charge: $12,000 Effective rate: $36,000/hour They were printing money. THE TAKEOVER Him: "Can you take this over?" Me: "Yes" Him: "What do you charge?" Me: "$600/month" Him: "That's it?" Me: "For actual monitoring and maintenance, yes" Him: "What about optimization?" Me: "I'll rebuild it faster in Skada, throw in custom improvements, and that's included" THE 9-MINUTE REBUILD

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