[Hammer]

LOL, whatever man. There are only so many general layouts for a blog and after that everyone is copying whoever the first person to do that layout was. The design of a blog has very little to do with the underlying template, but we do everything from templates to full turnkey blogs with all plugins and ads in place. If the client wants a layout that has never been done before, we will do one from scratch, otherwise we'd be idiots not to start with a basic existing template.

As for css, I don't know what your problems is, but we obviously used css on that blog. The fact that html was used for certain elements is neither here nor there, it was a sample of our design work, not to prove to you that we can handle css.

But based on your prices, like I said, you can't afford us, so it's all a moot point. I never claim that our design prices have anything to do with the time involved in modifying or creating a template from scratch, our prices are based on the quality of our designs.

Next time a designer shows you a sample of their work, you really don't need to critique it. Either contact them for a quote or ignore the post.