We wish clients would read the report, and they wish we would read the order. I don't see were you have any room to complain. If you didn't read what you agreed to provide and/or didn't negotiate an appropriate fee, the only person at fault is the one you see in the mirror.
Get over yourself CP. These orders (most of them boilerplate from each individual AMC in their own language) all look the same out of the shoot, and sometimes, if not always, the "new" stuff is buried in the middle of some section relating to conditions typically not germain to a local area or the type of assignment that is attached to it. I readily admitted that I missed the "new" condition in the engagement letter/SOW and had to eat crow. I would think it not too difficult to underline/bold/seperate and or date the new conditions that are added. I went back into the files and looked at the changes over time for orders that I have accepted, and the changes become obvious as the pages increase. It's the SOW creep and the subtle changes over time that will jump up and grab you if you are not reading each and every line of each and every new SOW/Engagement letter before you can decide if you want to accept or not. It's getting so that accepting an assignment is like going over the loan papers to do a re-fi or purchase. Sometimes you think you are looking at the same piece of paper or document as the ones you signed 5 minutes ago but their are some elements "inserted" into it that you just glossed over. Human nature I guess, so spare the sanctimonius offer of advice on this one. Thanks for bolding the important parts by the way.
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