Post by i***@mindspring.comPost by WesDThis is the first time in 20 years the economy has been this bad. But
still 1 of 500 is a darn good track record.
It wasn't a matter of economics. I did the work and he simply said
that he didn't like it and refused to pay.
Oh and I think you said $3000 or $5000 or such ?
I work for remote clients routinely, and I won't even START a
small project like that without a payment agreement, which includes at
least 30 - 50 % up front.
Rare exception - if a client comes highly recommended and has
an emergency, I MIGHT start work today on the basis of taking their
word that the initial check is 'in the mail today'.
Even in that case, the money will be in my bank account before
they so much as see a prototype. And they will not get a fully
functional final build until the final bill is paid and in my bank.
Until then, they get only 'crippled' versions that will expire ( and
this is clearly understood at the outset, no suprises in either
direction ).
Of course, some customers you just don't need. I had one a
while ago - I had done a project for his large company maybe 12 years
previously, for maybe $ 50,000 total. It is still in their product
catalog today. I never had a bug report or complaint after final
delivery, including during the 1 year warranty period.
After ~ 12 years or so post-warranty, a new manager decided he
wanted some background colors changed ( he didn't like what his
predecessor had chosen ), and he want the security module re-written.
Said module in fact was not mine - they had hired another contractor
to write it back then, and all I did was hook the DLL with an API
call.
And, he wanted this all for free 'under warranty', and 'ASAP'
as in NOW. From a project that was delivered 12 years ago.
I explained to him the realities, and gave him a price for his
mods, and writing him a security module to replace the one they had
purchased from someone else back then, if he wanted.
Never heard from him again. Oh, well.
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