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Subject:Re: Price Range for User Manual From:Dan BRINEGAR <vr2link -at- VR2LINK -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 25 Jul 1997 01:30:21 -0700
Absolutely, what Buck said....
>Oh, there's one more thing:
>
>When you submit the manual for review, get an exact date for picking up
>the markup. If it's not ready, submit an invoice marked
>
> FINAL INVOICE
>
>CLIENT HAS NOT RESPONDED TO FINAL SUBMISSION.
I deliberately left that pay-me-off-with-final-review clause out of the
contract I gave to Matt as an example: that contract was for a sweetheart
deal with favourite clients....
Anybody realize how hungry you can get in a month?
I'd like to find a way to run a script on my computer that automatically
generates an electronic withdrawal from the client's bank-account 7.5 days
after sending any message with "Final Review" in the subject. <grin>
>Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 12:48:21 -0700
>From: Buck Buchanan <buck -dot- buchanan -at- CITICORP -dot- COM>
>Subject: Re: Price Range for User Manual
>
>>
>> I will never never never bid a project, except by the hour again!
>> ....with estimated 25% up front
>> ....in-process payment every 25 hours
>> ....take the check straight to the client's bank and exchange it for
>> cash while they still have money in the bank.
>>
>
>Oh, there's one more thing:
>
>When you submit the manual for review, get an exact date for picking up
>the markup. If it's not ready, submit an invoice marked
>
> FINAL INVOICE
>
>CLIENT HAS NOT RESPONDED TO FINAL SUBMISSION.
>
>I have waited up to three months for a final markup and been stonewalled
>(responsible person not in and won't return calls), although on previous
>in-process reviews, I received accolades on the way the manual was being
>done.
>
>Then when the final markup was returned, the book required a complete
>rewrite.
>
>NOT ON MY DIME, JOSE! BEEN THERE. DONE THAT.
>--
>Buck Buchanan
>Software Documentation
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