Question:

How much US$ are you talking about?  I am interested in distributing my first
program soon.  From all the stuff I read about palmgear.com, I am not going to
let them rip me off.

I am dreaming...if I can sell my program for $5.00/piece, and sell 2
copies/day.  That's $300.00/month!!  That would cover all my phone, cable,
movie, beer, gas, and lunch.  Am I too optimistic?

Zailong
--- Mike Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Mike Davis wrote:
> > > That would be ok by me but they don't even pay two months after. 
> > > Now, they are asking us to discount our payments (ie take less than
> > > due).  They are also saying that they are going to increase their
> > > percentage.
> > 
> >   umm.. where did they ask us to discount our payments? did i miss
> >   something (i did briefly overview the note kenny emailed out). i
> >   personally believe we should not have to wait for a cheque so long
> >   for payments. this raises other issues:
> > 
> >     a) does palmgear HAVE the money to pay us?
> >     b) when will the payment schedule be put back on track.
> >        - waiting 3 months for a check is NOT acceptable
> > 
> >   general rule of "resellers" are that you pay your clients first (ie:
> >   the people who provide their products for sale), then pay taxes,
> >   salaries etc.. 
> > 
> > // az
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://www.ardiri.com/
> 
> This is precisely the problem I see.  They have been promising to 
> catch up for 6 months and don't appear to be any closer.  Further, 
> they are using this months sales to pay for July payments.  So, how 
> do they expect to pay for this months sales.  They are robbing Peter 
> to pay Paul.
> 
> They have NEVER given us a date at which they expect to get caught up.
> 
> This is what I received, in part, today.
> 
> "We are currently working with many of you to accelerate this plan 
> via discounts on all or a portion of payments due. In return we can 
> offset much if not all with marketing support such as banner ads, e-
> mail campaigns, etc. If this is of interest to you please send us 
> your ideas!"
> 
> This sounds like accelerating to catch up by asking some to discount 
> what is owed.
> 
> We continually get reasons why they are having problems but never a 
> date at which they get caught up.  They have just finsihed with June 
> payments and are only now working on July.  So, they are using our 
> October income to pay July.  How can this ever get them caught up?  
> As it stands now, there is NO money to pay for October, if they use 
> it to pay July.  Same for Aug and Sept, that is presumably already 
> spent on May and June.
> 
> Many of us depend on this income to survive.  We support them but 
> they let us go under.  Some developers may think this is ok, since 
> they can withstand this lack of payments but it surely is not good 
> business practice.  
> 
> The way I see it.  There are two amounts of money we are talking 
> about.
> 
> 1) Those that are back payments
> 2) ongoing current income stream.
> 
> #2 should be made on time.  That assures that they have a hope of 
> catching up.  #1 should be made via loans or other arrangements.  #1 
> should NEVER be paid by using #2 income.
> 
> 
> 
> > 
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