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Kaji
7y

Customer wants a place to list his products he sells through other sites. He doesn’t have much money, but he’s a referral from a reliable customer, so we arrange a payment plan. We agree on the details, including a place to post his wares.

Then he tells me he wants to post a few thousand items at a time. I decide to throw in a loading system I built for a previous project.

Then he can’t figure out how to add images. Add a way for him to upload them all as a single zip; no good.

Long story short, let myself get conned into developing a full-on Amazon import system that auto-detects several categories automatically AND imports the images. For no additional cost because I felt bad asking for more and we were working through a language barrier.

Third installment payment never comes.

Lesson learned.

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  • 0
    * Third of Twelve
  • 2
    This is why you don’t deliver until payment is done in full and always 50% upfront regardless of their financial issues.
    If they want it they’ll pay unless they already have it.
  • 1
    If you agreed on a payment plan then legally he has to pay you.

    Never complete a project without payment upfront or a contract, otherwise the customer is able to back out and you've wasted a lot of time.
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