Working for friends/family
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- designvandal
Is great usually!
Its when you do work for your grandmothers, friends daughter things get tricky.
You get dodged emails and phone calls after the invoice becomes a month overdue than if your lucky you get an email questioning the amount of time you (under) charged for research and amendments.
Lesson learned. *Pick clients more carefully
- UndoUndo0
golden rule #1
- doesnotexist0
the hardest lesson to learn.
- grunttt0
sometimes ya gotta tell grandma's buds to suck it!
- Chimp0
Contract, Contract, Contraception
- Redmond0
I say, if you can't do it for free, turn them down.
- seed0
I did some work for a longtime friend of my grandfather and it went bad as he was very difficult to work with. My grandpa purposely stayed oblivious to our working relationship but I still feel uncomfortable when I think about it.
- gramme0
bad clients bring more bad clients.
- designvandal0
Exactly first she questions the bill than says she may have more work for me.
Asssssssssssss if.
Another rule learnt, dont be afraid to turn down work.
- Mimio0
Think about getting a merchant account to accept credit cards for these small rush jobs.