Drop the clients. You may incorrectly think that cheapskates are worth retaining for whatever reason.
They aren’t.
Not only that, they are detrimental to the community as a whole, scamming people of their personal time in order to accomplish what they should actually be paying market price for.
When they say they can get it done cheaper tell them: good luck.
And when they come back tell them: I won’t work with you anymore, you aren’t the type of client our industry needs. What’s that? You are? My price is $300 an hour if you are.
but thats double before? Correct, because I have to deal with you.