Jim Dettman
jimdettman at verizon.net
Mon Sep 5 10:56:55 CDT 2011
I take a slightly different attitude; you wasted my time and if that's what you want to do fine, you get a bill either way<g>. When you bill by the hour, it's amazing how little time gets wasted. Jim. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 03:22 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] freelancing job sites (OT Reply) Since I charge user license fees (in place of Maintenance fees) I don't fire clients. I change the parameters of how I'll work with them, but I don't threaten to leave. For example, at one meeting a DBA 'took over' the meeting, hadn't read the material I had sent out to begin with, and wasted an hour of 6 people's time. Not to mention two hours driving for me. I sent my contacts an email stating that I would not work with or meet with that person again, and they never asked me to. Dan -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 1:55 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] freelancing job sites (OT Reply) A critical skill in the freelancing world is learning how to fire customers. The moment they become a PITA is the time to fire them. This includes outrageous demands (can't you just make it do this too, for free?) to late payments to aggravating meetings. Call me a curmudgeon but I don't have enough time left on this planet to deal with such crap. The first moment I see a bad sign, I fire the client. A. -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com