Re: How do freelance technical writers deal with the thorny issueofpayment?

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

My "common practice" is to say "no thanks" to this payment
schedule, unless the client wants to accept my monthly invoices
and and pay late fees for payments made more than 30 and
60 days after date of invoice.  Yes, I charge late fees.  Just
like your credit cards, electric company and all your other
vendors.  After 90 days...did you know it costs as little as
$60 to get a "failure to pay" entry into a company's Dunn
and Bradstreet business credit file?

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dori Green" <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>

> Beware of the too-common corporate practice of offering a nice contract, getting you to sign, and then letting you find out from 
> their accounting department that they pay all "vendors" quarterly only, no exceptions.  Unless you have a fat retirement account 
> you don't mind accessing for a self-advance to cover this, it can be a serious problem.

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