FWIW: 
I have been a management consultant for 30 years and I have always 
either been on a retainer or billed clients _only_ for completed work, 
and my invoices have always included the following unconditional 
guarantee: 

"You must be satisfied that you have received 
a value in service greater than our fee or 
we gladly accept any adjustment you deem appropriate." 

I have never been burned and there have been occasions 
when clients have paid more than I billed them. 


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On Thursday 14 April 2005 16:28, you wrote:
> Bart Garst wrote:
> >On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 16:07, JD Austin wrote:
> >>I asked this guy for a good faith partial payment of what he owes to
> >>test if he will pay at all:
> >
> >... snipped ...
> >
> >>This guy has nerve :)
> >>
> >>JD
> >
> >I imagine he'd say the same about you. I think that was pretty
> >unprofessional of you to post your private business correspondence to a
> >public group.
> >
> >Bart
>
> You have a good point Bart, though I did remove all identifying
> information except that one side is me.
> I would in no way disclose who this guy is or anything identifying him
> to a list like this or to any public forum other than a court of law.
> Unless you knew this guy personally there's no way anyone would know who
> I am irked about.
>
> I was just curious how others on the list would react to a client saying
> "I'll pay half of what I owe you now if you do another 15 hours of work".
>
> JD
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