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Originally posted by LabtroRob
Video stores are actually fairly complicated beasts in some respects as far as a database goes.
You need to track the movie, individual copies of the movie, the renters, changing fees, historical records of the fees, late fees, etc.
Besides, why would you custom build an application that has such a wide market? Every video store needs this.
One of two things will happen here:
1) You'll quote your original price of 500-600 pounds. The guy will be happy, you'll be suffer miserably since you'll find out this will take you quite a bit of work.
2) You'll quote the more appropriate prices of $6000. The guy will go out, and buy a piece of off the shelf software for a couple hundred bucks.
If you were smart, you might investigate what is available commercially, and see if there is a need you can fill.
Since they want a relational database that is also publically accesible, and aligned with their main system, I would think this would have to be a custom project. So I doubt they'll be able to purchase something commercial.