So a few days I got my first client on Elance. Now, I know some of you are going to say that I should have expected this to happen, but it was just supplementary while I go to meetups and try to find clients that way.<p>Basically, I submitted a proposal and the client responded proposing a lower hourly rate as I had no feedback and had stated that getting a good rating was more important to me. I saw this as reasonable, and promptly accepted. However, the scope and expectations of the client quickly changed.<p>The client originally asked for someone that could make it a few clean, simple pages in CSS and HTML for his project (he has another freelancer doing the backend). But today after sending him the screenshot of a first draft (which I thought was pretty close to a final version), he replied by saying things like "I realize this is a very rough draft, but the final version will look as good as <insert big company site in same industry), or better, right? This change of scope, along with the low rate, is simply unreasonable, even for me as a new freelancer.<p>I'm really unsure of what I should do. I could build what this client is asking for, but definitely not in the timeframe or rate that was agreed on. Should I kill the project before things get worse? Should I try and explain this to her/him and try to find a resolution? If so, how should I go about doing it (we only communicate through email, the client prefers that)