Re: FN-FORUM Difficult clients

date posted 24th January 2001 22:20

At 19:53 24/01/01 , Ray McGinty wrote:

>If you decide to work for this person:
>
>Give him a written quote, outlining your terms and conditions on the
>back. Most important are the terms relating to payment and the fact that
>the work remains your property in its entirety until paid for in full.
[... ]

>A reasonable client will usually be happy with these terms. In fact they
>will respect you for your professional approach.
>
>If he's not a reasonable client, you will be finding out sooner, rather
>than later.

This is some of the best freelancing advice I have read. It would be worth
printing
out and hanging on the wall :-)

I would also suggest you consider who owns the IPR for the work that you do.
I make it a standard clause of my quotes that I retain the IPR for any client
work unless specifically agreed (and quoted) otherwise.