Re: FN-FORUM: Advice on payment agreement.

date posted 19th July 2005 20:19

The client wont pay that, i wouldnt pay someone i'd never met and only
have communication through email and msn msgr $2000 up front. And
anyway, i highly doubt it'll even take 30 days, if i only work on this
project, the extra 30 days allows me to work on other projects while i
do this one. But yes, like i said, i work for peanuts, i just hope im
not considered a monkey. If i ever get UK clients then i'll charge a
proper fee, however this is as good as it gets for me.

Tam Denholm

On 19 Jul 2005 19:44:12 -0000, Andy Macnaughton-Jones [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote=
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> I'd want a lot more than $2000 for 60 days work - I presume that's not
> 60 man days !
> Always take payment up front - you don't go into tesco and tell them
> that you'll give them 50% on chekcout and the rest after you've had your
> fill...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Tam
> Denholm
> Sent: 19 July 2005 19:37
> To: Andy Macnaughton-Jones
> Subject: FN-FORUM: Advice on payment agreement.
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> Hey im in talks with a client to produce a rather large website for him
> and it looks like all systems are go. However ive quoted $2000 USD and
> about 60 days to complete the project for him, his proposed payment
> method is unacceptable as he wanted to pay half apon completion and half
> after a few weeks of the site running to make sure theres no bugs or if
> he wants to change things.
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> I suggested one of two methods, either he pay 25% up front and 75% on
> completion and release of source code with free support if he finds any
> bugs and small changes for 2 weeks after completion, or we section up
> the project into 10 sections worth $200 each. Then i'd create a timeline
> specifying what will be done in each section.
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> Now i know compared to some of you lot out there the price vs time ratio
> seems like so cheap that you wouldnt work for it, but we had this
> discussion before, i work for these rates because i cant get any UK work
> and im just starting in the industy and dont have a very large
> portfolio.
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> Anyway, advise on this project would be nice and if anyone wanted to
> help me with the timeline and stuff i'd be happy to bung a few quid yer
> way.
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> Thanks
> Tam Denholm
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