Kristyne McDaniel wrote: > Madigan, > >> If it's less than 6 years ago, you can still put him into collections. > > That one was actually more than 6 years ago. I've managed to not repeat that > mistake in quite some time. > > Honestly, I just don't like to do short-term support. I don't seem to be > able to handle it well. By the time you figure out what they are asking for > the problem is solved in 5 minutes and they only want to pay for the 5 > minutes. I like larger contracts rather than a bunch of small ones. Things > like 2 hours of work with a 4 hour commute burn most of an entire day for > not much money. > > Perhaps I could handle it better by jacking up the short term rate because > it is always such a huge hassle compared to longer contracts. > > My last position was that I would require 20 hours of fees as an initial > deposit. That doesn't work at all for the 4 hour jobs, though. If I'm going > to take any more of those at all I need to think up a reasonable policy so I > don't sweat it. > > These types of requests are rare enough that I have not worked up a standard > policy I feel good about.
Perhaps others like yourself here like TRoche would advise you on what works best for them. Plenty of ISVs here to lend such advice. For me, I keep the standard rate more/less, and offer PERHAPS a discount on larger projects....bidding by the project instead of by the hour. _______________________________________________ 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.
