Re: FLASH: Dilemma

[pwehner]

My company doesn't do any work for anyone without at least %30 up front.

If they say they won't pay until delivery my experience is that you won't get paid at all.

You are a buisness offering a service they want. You'll have no leverage at all if you accept

payment in full after delivery.


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> > ** Original Subject: RE: FLASH: Dilemma

>

> ** Original Sender: "Brian" <mattonebhip [dot] infi [dot] net>

> > ** Original Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 09:10:54 -0500 (EST)

>

> > ** Original Message follows...

>

> >

> > 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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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     flashforward2000 and The Flash Film Festival

  "The World�s Premier Flash Solutions Conference and Expo"

 March 27-29, Nob Hill Masonic Center, San Francisco, California


-Register before Feb 25 and save $200!!-- www.flashforward2000.com

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