I have been told you are expensive

But you haven’t told me about your project yet!
You still don’t know what I’m going to ask for my services!

But look, leave it. Don’t contact me.

I’m completely serious.

It’s not a sales pitch, don’t hire me, because if you’re going to value my work and my experience as if it were coal by weight, you don’t have the right mindset to make the most of this cinnamon stick.