John wrote: > How much work is it to upgrade your product for him? Is the code already > written? If you don't have to do any additional coding, I would say take the > money and run. It's better to take $1500.00 than 0.00. If you have to make > mods, depending on how much work it would take, I'd say go for a higher fee. > It sounds like he is over a barrel on the OS upgrade, so you appear to have > some leverage, but the difference is negligible. We had written an > application for a local police dept and they stopped paying the annual > maintenance, but all of the sudden they have a need. We took the high road, > and instead of charging them for previous years (2) sans maintenance, we > just told them to pay for this years, and that runs out in July. I think > it's better to relax the rules in order to keep everyone happy, and with the > economy being in the toilet, I think you have to have some give and take.
The app needs some mods, so it's not the easiest cash I'll ever make. My point of frustration is that I said $2000 and he said $1500. I don't think $500 more is unreasonable, especially for the effort I've got to put in yet. I know he's going to require more of my time, and I don't mind giving that, but I think my offer from $3000 down to $2000 for 24 hours of support is more than fair. The app's not really driving sales nor is there a storefront for it, so it's not like his help in the past 3 years has helped for sales---it hasn't. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ 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.
