I had a prospective corporate client who insisted I carry extremely expensive business insurance to contract with them. I'm a single person who does a little here and there on the side for people I know. I was in a unique position of being able to help them, I used to work for them and I understood their business and their systems. My insurance agent was aghast at what he got when I asked him to quote me a rate. I passed.
Sometimes you just have to say no On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Rich Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Or those of you with Contracting experience OK, any of you . Feel free to > chime in > > A prospective client of mine (their lawyers anyway) have asked that I add a > clause to Exhibit A of the Contractors Agreement (Exhibit A, in their > case > is basically the place where I put in my billing terms ) that goes > something > like > > payment is not due until testing has been approved and completed > > I have a lot of issue with this, not only because it holds up payment on > the > entire contract until the end (and I am in no condition to support that) > but > because it also leaves me no leverage if they decide to withhold payment > (for any reason) Id have made my deliveries and its not like I could > remove them (Other than legal). > > Not to mention that Now I/we will have to negotiate and agree on > Acceptance Criteria which so far has been loosely make it work > > (For a bit of context, its a multi month contract Currently labeled as a > Phase 1 (of at least three) And both sides (myself and my contacts > within > the company) are hoping that this turns into a long friendly > relationship > > I was curious if any of you have seen anything like this > > And if any of you have some alternative positions I might offer while I > negotiate around this issue? > > Thanx, > > Rich > > Description: Wizard Clip Art SigRichard Silva > > Silva Software Services United States > > Phone: (310) 387-8364 > > Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] > > ü Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
