all of my clients are not paying on time
Will you have leverage for better contract terms (up-front deposits, bonds, escrow, etc.) next year?
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
dcp - Dec 22, 2023 2:52:45 pm PST #27571 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
NoiseDesign - Dec 22, 2023 3:06:26 pm PST #27572 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
Will you have leverage for better contract terms (up-front deposits, bonds, escrow, etc.) next year?
Yes, all of these clients have been moved to the Payment in full before work begins category. Pretty much all of these were bigger projects where they have paid at least 50% of the project already, they are just lagging on milestone or closeout payments.
dcp - Dec 22, 2023 3:18:05 pm PST #27573 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Sorry for the headache.
My grandmother worked for a contracting firm in the D.C. suburbs. (I'm ashamed to admit I don't remember the name of it.) She had a company swag T-shirt with a Frito Bandito logo inside a double circle with the motto: Beltway Bandit Protective Association -- "If you can't make the payments, you don't get the contract."
Consuela - Dec 22, 2023 5:08:39 pm PST #27574 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
That must be intolerable, ND. I'm so sorry that your (presumably well-funded) clients are such assholes.
I got a bunch of books for the kids, and a bunch of socks as stocking-stuffers (which is a bit meta, I guess). Now my back is really acting up and I'm back on the couch, not looking forward to doing more baking.
NoiseDesign - Dec 22, 2023 5:17:22 pm PST #27575 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
presumably well-funded
One of them is a Vegas sports book, so yeah, well funded.
Laura - Dec 23, 2023 7:41:36 am PST #27576 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Ugh. My very bad miserable cold is indeed Covid. Tested positive this morning. Worst part is that I can't read without it hurting my head. If I am going to be sick I want to stay in bed and read. It seems only right.
Steph L. - Dec 23, 2023 7:44:12 am PST #27577 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Ugh indeed, Laura! That sucks.
JenP - Dec 23, 2023 8:56:09 am PST #27578 of 30000
Boo, Laura, I'm sorry. May it pass quickly.
I'm about to head out shopping. Wish me inspiration, please. I'm going to wear.my plaid Santa hat -- it seems to take the edge off for anyone who might be feeling... edgy. Gives poor randos like me out in it a little cheer sometimes.
Still not sure when Christmas w/ the fam will be for us, but I suppose I still need to act like it'll happen soon.
lisah - Dec 23, 2023 9:09:34 am PST #27579 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Ugh I’m so sorry, Laura. We’re in Chicago for one night only and spending some time reporting Bob’s lost credit card. Womp womp. It’s the card all the bills go through so will take some work to redirect everything to the new card when he gets it. But at least it wasn’t stolen! Which I want to spell “stollen” because we’re about to head to the christkringlemart!
DavidS - Dec 23, 2023 9:14:11 am PST #27580 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm sorry, Laura! JZ also had trouble reading during Covid which was insult to injury.
'm about to head out shopping. Wish me inspiration, please. I'm going to wear.my plaid Santa hat -- it seems to take the edge off for anyone who might be feeling... edgy. Gives poor randos like me out in it a little cheer sometimes.
I'm already cheered thinking about you wearing a plaid santa hat!
I stopped for a slice of pizza on Haight Street last night and some burly dude in a Santa hat tapped me on the shoulder. It was Emmett out shopping with his friends.