RE: FLASH: Dilemma-Down Payment for work

[JGL]

>it seems like as if I wouldn't see a dime for my efforts until the project

was completed.


More like 30 days after . . .


50% down - 25% on design approval - balance at completion. That is a

STANDARD.


Unless you are a bank and can afford to carry a company . . .


You know it's tough to turn down assignments when you need the money,

exposure etc. . . but -


I have trapped myself before into settling for their (the client) terms and

it always seems to go sideways in some way



It creates a problem for you - the developer by not allowing you to fully

stay focused at the task at hand. Worrying about if you'll get paid for your

efforts etc. They have seen your work - they should know you are capable and

they should commit to standard forms of payment. They might be bluffing!


OTOH - a high profile project means great exposure for you - they are

probably aware of this.


I'd ask them, in so many words, why?


Someone on this list has a sig that quotes something like :


"if you settle for less than what you are worth . . . you'll never get what

you are worth . . ."


Something like that - but it is true!


M2�W


GOOD LUCK!


JGL

dEsignthenet


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Subject: FLASH: Dilemma



I have a bit of a dilemma that I would like to get some advice about.


I have the chance to produce a presentation in Flash for a client who's

looking to get it done by April 24th. Basically it doesn't sound like a

particularly over-the-top hard job per se, but I'm still a bit of a newbie

when it comes to Flash - in particular the programming aspects of it. But I

figured if nothing else I have a friend who knows Flash real well and this

list to act as resources should I run into trouble.


The main problem, however, is that I asked for what I considered a typical

freelancing payment deal - a third down up front, another third at some

milesone point, and the rest upon completion of the project. This was

rejected by the client, and from the best information I have it seems like

as if I wouldn't see a dime for my efforts until the project was completed.

This is a company who has a service that ranks third in the world (it

involves software that bundles e-mail, voice-mail and faxes into one

integrated accessible area, namely Microsoft Outlook), and I've visited

their offices, so they're for real as far as I can tell, and they have their

own system set in place to ensure fairness to both sides of a deal such as

the one I'm debating entering into.


But I have a wife and three kids (and a cat) and I've been laid off since

December and freelancing is a hard business and quite frankly, I don't think

I need to settle for not getting something up front so I can feed these

people and pay some bills.


What opinion does anyone have here?


-Brian Matthews

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/sapringer




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