And the 3rd one didn't show up either!! But the 4th and 5th did and I hired them. They both come tomorrow for training. So I have 3 new people. And my son Brendon is working for me too. Wish me sanity.
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Laura - Nov 03, 2015 10:01:50 am PST #1206 of 1416
Our wings are not tired.
meara - Nov 03, 2015 10:13:40 am PST #1207 of 1416
Good grief Laura! That's so weird.
EpicTangent - Nov 03, 2015 3:49:03 pm PST #1208 of 1416
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NoiseDesign - Feb 18, 2016 2:30:10 pm PST #1209 of 1416
Our wings are not tired
Grumble. I'm dealing with one of my least favorite things with clients and that's payment terms. I'm in the middle of a project where we were originally doing just labor and design so the terms were set at Net 45 with monthly milestone payments. Not a problem and easy to manage.
Now we've added equipment into the mix and are getting upset that I'm not willing to do equipment on anything other than a Net 0. We're talking well over $50,000 of equipment at a time, and they want to do it on Net 45. It's so frustrating. That's essentially asking for my company to extend them credit for 45 days. Not going to happen.
beekaytee - Feb 18, 2016 3:36:57 pm PST #1210 of 1416
Compassionately intolerant
I see why they would ask, but NOPE.
What makes sense for people who do not want to pay money is almost never good for the ones owed the money. Yikes.
Vortex - Feb 18, 2016 4:12:43 pm PST #1211 of 1416
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Services are Net 45, tangible goods are Net 0. That's basic.
NoiseDesign - Feb 18, 2016 5:33:27 pm PST #1212 of 1416
Our wings are not tired
That's pretty much my take, they were just being cranky about it. I get to define what my terms are for tangible goods.
Laura - Feb 18, 2016 5:36:47 pm PST #1213 of 1416
Our wings are not tired.
We are the same way. We can talk terms for labor, but not when we are laying out cash for equipment. We ain't the bank.
NoiseDesign - Feb 18, 2016 5:42:14 pm PST #1214 of 1416
Our wings are not tired
Thank you gang, this is the validation I needed. My client is sort of making it personal and saying, if we need to work with cash flow problems then lets address that and that he's done $1,000,000+ purchases on Net 60 in the past. My attitude is that's fine, but that's not me, and I get to define terms on tangible good. If he wants to deal with a company that will do Net 60 on that much equipment then he can go seek them out and see how expensive their bid is on the rest of the project, since I know their overhead will be much much higher than mine.
Sometimes I feel like I'm apologizing for being a small company, and I just shouldn't have to do that.
beekaytee - Feb 18, 2016 5:55:55 pm PST #1215 of 1416
Compassionately intolerant
You really shouldn't.
I get quibbling stuff sometimes too. It's a pain in the ass, but I look at it from the perspective of 'nice try' and move on.
I wish people weren't the way they are, but eh. My thought is that it must suck to be them and I won't poke holes in my soul because they aren't better people.
And what you said about freeing people up to try their shenanigans elsewhere...I endorse that 100%. In my experience, that clears the way for better clients!