> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry Lee Brisco
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 4:04 PM
Me:> >... I'm personally uncomfortable with demanding
Me:> >payment up front; it just doesn't feel "business-like."
> I think it is entirely acceptable to require payment up front
> because I am a freelance developer, not a company or
> multi-person business.
I don't understand this point. If you go to a doctor or dentist
(one of the old-fashioned non-HMO kind), would you expect to pay
while you're still in the waiting room? They are just as
"freelance" as you are.
> an internet software development company that has been
> in business for over 3 years [does it].
> Payment up front in this business seems pretty standard.
If by "this business" you mean web/internet development, maybe
the business just isn't old enough to have developed mature
business practices.
I'd rather get $6K for a week's work after I do it than $3K
before I do it, even if occasionally I don't get anything
at all. The only thing I demand of my customers is that they
pay my rate. I suppose that if a customer stiffed me and then
wanted to hire me again a year later, I could demand three times
my rate and payment up front, but it's more likely that I'd just
say "no, thanks."
Bob Munck
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