A writer named Matthew, hired directly by Jim (Quarra Italia owner), reached out to Karly and Melissa requesting a quote for a new catalog project. Mark has decided to defer providing the quote until the invoice for the first project (the ongoing website redesign) is paid.
Matthew previously wrote an article about Quarra Italia for Bloomberg; Jim liked his work and hired him a couple of months ago to help write a catalog. Matthew appears to work directly with Jim rather than through [1], Quarra's primary contact at Asymmetric — he stated he had not previously worked with Lincoln.
Notably, Matthew was unaware that a website redesign was already in progress when he reached out. This suggests a communication gap between Jim and Lincoln on the client side.
"I'm still kind of waiting to get paid for the first part of the project before I sweat the next one." — Mark Hope
No verbal pricing was given to Matthew. Karly confirmed she told him she does not handle quotes and would follow up.