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Pleas send the new invoice ova so I can get the final Cut of the posters. Could u send one last draft ill send…

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Whats good Nick. So Sorry for the long ass delay. I thought a staff member took care of your account. Im looking now if you still have the designs I would love those. and I have only 2 designs I wanted, the City poster, and the

On Mon May 05, 2008, nickysworld@gmail.com wrote:
did you get the invoive. I had member of my staffs send it t o you. from my Business Accounting Department. i was busy out of town on a exequtive bisiness meeting for my company so i don’t know. So sorry for the incovienient.

1. your new client was a slow-pay or no-pay?

2. your architect or engineer went to Contractor’s Hell University?

3. your inspector whose sister had a grudge against you?

4. your window or cabinet supplier promised delivery in two weeks

and didn’t show for two months?

5. your sub had a gambling problem?

6. your general was a stiff to every sub he ever hired?

Maybe you knew about these people, maybe you were damaged by them, but you took

the lumps, kept your mouth shut, and moved on to the next job, but the unfairness still

ticks you off, and you think about it, and wonder “What if my kid came after me on that job,

what would I do, or want done?”

We in the building trade don’t whine. We do the job and bitch to no one but our wives

or husbands or significant others, and the problem guys don’t go away, they just

keep on doing business the way they’ve always done…..and nobody stops them.

Until now.

thecontractorsside.com is out to strengthen the business of building.

ALL OF IT.

We don’t want to put them out of business, but we do want to arm our people

with information that will prevent problems before they can crop up.

If you are dealing with a liar, no matter how smooth, wouldn’t it be better if

you knew when he was lying, where he was hedging? Of course.

thecontractorsside.com is a person to person website where anyone in the trades

can post a story about what to watch out for. And it’s completely fair. The site will

automatically generate an e mail to the person posted, and that person can come back

and post a reply. (If you want to post anonymously you can, and you don’t have to put in

the e mail of the other person if you don’t want to.)

thecontractorsside.com was launched on April 2, 2007, and we’ve had 70,000 hits

so far, and we’ve had word back from all over the country from people in the trades

who feel great about getting their stories off their chest. We’ve also heard from Europe

and South America, so you see you are not alone.

Log onto thecontractorsside.com and see how you feel about the site. Better yet,

have your significant other take a look.

We hope you see the value and use the site.

Thanks,

Lee W. Dodson

Carpenter, Contractor, Hillside Builder

Owner: thecontractorsside.com

Among all of these points, there is one that really hurts a proffessional, and it is, of course, the number 1 (too critical). Unless you are making your job really bad, sending the client a product far below his spectations, it must be some kind of congratulation by the client, some kind of thankfully conversation, it have not to be a “thanks thanks thanks, great job man!, I will pay you the double”, only a few words or a little sign that he’s thankfull but, at the same time, you must not to be over-confident and continue with that level of intensity and quality. A thanful client make your freelance work easier and increases your job quality.

Great article Leo.

Bye!

The most important thing is to have a clear understanding with your client on what the payment terms are, so there are no surprises.