RE: [Asterisk-Users] My consulting story

2006-04-14 Thread Douglas Garstang
Well... did you tell him your services where not free and come to a financial arrangement before you started? -Original Message-From: Voce Lavoce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 3:14 PMTo: asterisk-users@lists.digium.comSubject: [Asterisk-Users] My cons

Re: [Asterisk-Users] My consulting story

2006-04-14 Thread Voce Lavoce
Hi Douglas,sure I gave him my hour rate and he agreed.He also promised me to pay  a week ago.See youOn 4/14/06, Douglas Garstang < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well... did you tell him your services where not free and come to a financial arrangement before you started? -Original Message-

RE: [Asterisk-Users] My consulting story

2006-04-14 Thread Technical Support
That's the nature of consulting - you have to balance demonstrating competency with solving the problem before being paid.  We've had many similar experiences, and we now require prepayment for 2 hrs service before we do any work (or even talk to the client for more than a few minutes).  (De

Re: [Asterisk-Users] My consulting story

2006-04-14 Thread Michael Welter
When I review all the proposals I have submitted, I realize that I hardly ever sell to a prospect that has an IT staff, especially a staff of one guy who knows absolutely everything. Now my proposals to such prospects are nothing more than a brief description of functionality and the pricing--

Re: [Asterisk-Users] My consulting story

2006-04-14 Thread Jay Milk
Technical Support wrote: That's the nature of consulting - you have to balance demonstrating competency with solving the problem before being paid. We've had many similar experiences, and we now require prepayment for 2 hrs service before we do any work (or even talk to the client for more tha

Re: [Asterisk-Users] My consulting story

2006-04-14 Thread Steve Totaro
Voce Lavoce wrote: Hi everybody, I would like to be awareabout what happened to me. Two weeks ago, on a Sunday morning a French guy called me. Ask me to fix some problems with his asterisk. After fixing his problem, he asked more and more, after 10 hours of work I ask him to pay me for t

Re: [Asterisk-Users] My consulting story

2006-04-14 Thread Steve Totaro
Dont line item. Dont mention Asterisk or the like. Wording like "VoIP PBX" and list features. Compare to 3com V3000 for features and pricing. They will be similar for a four line system. Then compare the pricing for upgrades such as a T1 card and extra chassis, now you are talking about a