[_] Advice on a client gone nasty..
mike karthauser
mikek at brightstorm.co.uk
Thu May 1 07:23:48 BST 2008
hi On 1 May 2008, at 03:00, Jeff Parsons wrote: > I'd get the lawyer to draft the letter to him informing him of your > intent to recover your costs. You'll also be able to gauge the > situation better from his response. If he's trying to pull a fast one > and back out the deal unethetically then he'll want to call it a day > at the 20% deposit and move on. a way to solve some of this in the future is to call it 20% down payment instead of deposit. INAL but deposit tends to imply refundable deposit whereas downpayment clearly isn't. does help with this but might help in the future. We do 50% upfront which makes the client think more seriously about the work. HTH -- Mike Karthauser Managing Director - Brightstorm Ltd Email: mikek at brightstorm.co.uk Web: http://www.brightstorm.co.uk Tel: 07939 252144 (mobile) Fax: 0870 1320560 Address: 1 Brewery Court, North Street, Bristol, BS3 1JS