May be I shouldn't use McDonald as an example LOL but you should know what I mean
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Sid Bachtiar <[email protected]> wrote: > Poor excuses for not paying! > > Don't make this sound like a problem unique to web development > industry, if McDonald invoices people after they go home with the > burger, it will have the same problem. > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:48:50 Jochen Daum wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I've passed someone on to www.accountsenforcement.co.nz in November and he >>> paid within 3 days from receiving their letter. It did cost $25 + 15% of >>> the invoice. They collected interest - he did have to pay that, but I never >>> asked anyone for that. They also collected debt collection costs, which the >>> ex-client didn't have to pay, but did anyway. In the end I was less than >>> $100 short on a $400 invoice. Simple fire and forget method. >>> >>> Even if I hosted a site, I would consider it. I had someone in 2007 who >>> went bust and had I collected that way, I would have received more than I >>> did. >> >> Some further thoughts (not specifically directed at any of the previous >> posters). >> >> The vast majority of people in the web development industry are complicit in >> this problem by taking on jobs where they KNOW the customer is going to LOSE >> MONEY. >> >> Is it any wonder then (in the customer's mind) the web developer is down the >> bottom of list of priorities to pay? >> >> Of course there is the argument that the customer is king, and the web >> developer is just doing what the customer ordered. >> >> But at the end of the day, even if this can be morally rationalised, a lot of >> the web development industry is still experiencing problems getting paid, and >> eventually (often quite quickly in challenging economic times) the customer >> throws in the towel and moves on. >> >> The best way to ensure getting paid quickly and as a priority, is to provide >> a >> service/product that is KEY to the customer's business and importantly ADDS >> VALUE. >> >> For too long this industry has been about churning out sites, pocketing >> several thousand dollars for 'a site' and recurring hosting fees. >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Blue Horn Ltd - System Development > http://bluehorn.co.nz > -- Blue Horn Ltd - System Development http://bluehorn.co.nz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
