Pablo and Mark (x2 for him in one thread) are dead on with regard to billing, and not investing in someone else's business. I went to an hourly billing-only a year or so ago. I will try and estimate costs but I will not be pinned down on them. This is tough for clients trying to budget their expenses but the nature of development is such that this is the only way to absolutely protect myself. I bill weekly and don't worry about deposits. If a client gets behind on two invoices then at my discretion work stops until their payments catch up.
You have to have client trust established to get away with the above. You WILL chase people off with it, but the ones you keep know your value and appreciate your work. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janitor, The Robertson Team mysecretbase.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:266505 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
