[consulting] being a listed consultant

[Gerhard Killesreiter]

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Dominic Ryan schrieb:
> There are some really bad Paypal stories here, I had no idea it was that 
> bad. I always thought transaction could only be contested if the payment 
> was made with a delivery address? Have any of you used moneybookers.com 
> ? I've used that a couple of times to pay for development work, and 
> seems pretty good.

I've stopped using any of these services and insist on using wire
transfer. Mainly because paypal charges an arm and a leg.

> As for payment, as someone who has paid for 
> development work several times I always think it is perfectly reasonable 
> to ask for a percentage up front.

This will you protect you from new clients not paying, but how about
existing ones? It has happened twice to me now that after a while of
good cooperation and regular payments these payments stopped and I was
left with unpaid bills. While in one case I am confident that I'll
eventually get the money, I am less confident in another case.

Seeing that both ex-clients are on the other side of the Atlantic, I
don't really see the option of legal action.

The problem which makes it even worse is that in that second case I got
a personal friend of mine to complete parts of the project and he didn't
get paid either.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
	Gerhard
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