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Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed

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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote in news:meetings-20111128190807
@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de:

> Novice <novice@example..com> writes:
>>For instance, if the customer requests to meet in person at
>>his office, do I simply charge that rate for the time it
>>takes me to get to his office and pay for the gas out of
>>that?
> 
>   My personal decision: The first personal meeting with a new
>   customer is always »free of charge and without obligation«.
> 
>   Otherwise, personally, I would say that meetings in my home
>   town are free, when they comprehend less than, say, 5 % of
>   the time of the paid work and less than 2 hours per month.
> 
>   Also, meetings to initiate or negotiate the contract should
>   not be charged, but meetings to work out details of
>   requirement specifications of a project can be charged.
> 
>   I already have been paid for meetings by different customers,
>   so, where I live, this is not uncommon or strange.
> 
>   I would charge for expenses, when they become significant,
>   which, in my case means, when I have to leave my home town
>   and its direct vincinity. However, local craftsmen here charge
>   a rather high lump-sum for their drive, even if it's small.
> 
>   But all of the above only reflects my personal view and
>   my limited personal experience.
> 


Thanks Stefan, that sounds very close to what I want to do myself. The main 
thing is that these are things that typically get worked out between the 
customer and the contractor, not something that that everyone does the same 
way every time. The customer is not going to feel I am unprofessional if I 
raise these issues and negotiate them. Right?


-- 
Novice

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General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-11-28 15:41 +0000
  Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-28 11:37 -0500
    Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-11-28 17:04 +0000
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        Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-11-28 19:48 +0000
          Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed markspace <-@.> - 2011-11-28 12:14 -0800
            Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Rhino <no.offline.contact.please@example.com> - 2011-11-28 21:28 +0000
              Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed markspace <-@.> - 2011-11-28 14:14 -0800
                Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-11-29 05:24 +0000
                Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-11-29 20:44 +0000
  Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-11-28 17:53 +0000
    Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-11-28 19:52 +0000
    Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-11-29 07:20 -0400
      Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-11-29 16:06 +0000
        Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-29 12:04 -0800
          Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-11-30 00:12 +0000
            Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-29 22:02 -0800
              Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-11-30 20:28 +0000
  Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-28 10:03 -0800
    Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-28 10:44 -0800
      Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-11-28 20:13 +0000
        Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-28 12:59 -0800
      Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-29 14:04 -0800
        Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-29 15:07 -0800
    Re: General Consulting Advice Urgently Needed Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-11-28 19:56 +0000

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