Ted Roche wrote: > On 10/24/07, Michael J. Babcock, MCP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I did send him this a bit later this morning: > > Pick. Up. the. Phone.
I've called this guy in the past on numerous occasions...this hasn't been an electronic-only kind of relationship. I just felt that he was stringing it along, and as I'm not counting on money from this guy, I wasn't too worried about bending over backwards to the point of being uncomfortable for this guy. > > If you two can't work this out civilly, you'll be in court in no time > when you hit your first snag on the job. He's asking me about the financing penalties I have in the contract (which basically says that you pay 1.5% monthly for monies not paid by the due dates). That sent worries into me. > > I have never regretted the clients I declined to work with anywhere > near as much as the marginal clients I did choose to work with. If you > two aren't buddy-buddy now, expect it to get much worse. Exactly where I'm coming from....if I don't get a good feeling from them, I'd prefer to let someone else take their chances, er, uh, I mean "take care" of them. > > After prolonged negotiations with a client over a period of weeks, > with shifting requirements and too many on-site meetings, > miscommunications, misunderstandings and requests for quotes, I told > them I wasn't interested in doing business with them. No more > headaches. Been there, done that, got the out-of-court settlement for the dooschbag who thought he'd stiff me for $3800. > > Will you regret it when you are starving? Not as much as you'll regret > it when you are starving BECAUSE of them! Exactly...hence my basically saying "this is the way it is going to be" instead of "what else/more can I do for you?" since this has gone on for about a year now. My ex-GM (who has a 1-year contract with me) thinks I'm too harsh and wants to tap-dance for this guy.....that could be perhaps he gets a 25% commission on the sale. I've told him that he needs to reel this in as well as train him, as per our contract agreement, for him to get the commission. No way in hell do I want this seemingly problematic client dealing with me directly while my ex-GM gets the commission without the work required. Thank God for contracts. Don't work without them!!! -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
