Anyway, to play the devil's advocate in this situation, I believe the gist was more along the lines of "please involve UX designers early on in the process, and know that we're not just your make-up appliers."
If that involves showering him with money, then sure.
I totally agree with your devils' advocacy. The problem occurs when the people making decisions are not able to differentiate the UI(can be changed anytime) from the UX.
Anyway, to play the devil's advocate in this situation, I believe the gist was more along the lines of "please involve UX designers early on in the process, and know that we're not just your make-up appliers."
If that involves showering him with money, then sure.