You may be correct that the term low baller is technically on the other side of the transaction, but I chose to use it in this instance and even defined the term at the top of the post.

Yes, the business has changed, and you can do things on a smaller budget than before, but it doesn’t take away the irrefutable fact that there are a lot of people out there that are picking up Dreamweaver or Joomla or WordPress and within a week marketing themselves as “industry leading professional web designer”, not to mention web host, domain registrar and ISP.

They eventually fizzle out and go bankrupt, but while theyre around, they’re like a plague… always another to replace them.

I think it’s all about educating clients, and thats that I’m trying to do on the most part. I’d be more happy to know that someone went to Hello Computer, Redshift or Wireframe over me because I believe them to be industry leaders and their choice was more likely result motivated, not the fact that it was 1 fifth of the price.

I think you are wrong and have no right to complain, lowballing can be when somebody is trying to buy for cheap, when somebody sells for cheaper you call him competition. Web designing is not what it used to be 5-10 years ago, so you need to adapt to the market and revise your pricing . If somebody is cheaper doesnt mean work will be less in quality, dont take too much pride in your work, you are not the onlyone that can do it and not onlyone that want to make easy money.