>Forgive me Lawrence, but this is nonsense, as I see. Agreed, that is not the way I would do business as a consultant. However, I can see their logic. Hourly billing for a certain scope of work or not to exceed hours. A one-man shop can figure that he is unlikely to win in a fight over contracts with an ex-client, so why bother with it? There are a number of guys out there who have worked with established clients this way for years. Must be nice to have such good clients. A good, brief, clear and understandable contract is much safer. There are certain situations I will hire people under this arrangement even. For instance, I have had consultants simply come in to review another engineers work or troubleshoot a very specific design problem. This is always with a well-established and trusted consultant whom I have used many times int he past. Deliverables are a verbal report, contract is hourly not to exceed, the consultant didn't design anything so his liability is minimal, I get what I need in a short amount of time with minimum administrative costs. This is not a good arrangement for a development project or anything complex or a new business relationship, IMHO. -- Lawrence Lile Mike Singer Sent by: pic microcontroller discussion list 11/03/2003 01:15 PM Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: Subject: Re: [OT:]The Code,The Client and The PicList Lawrence Lile wrote: > > ... I know other consultants that just work on verbal > contracts. Forgive me Lawrence, but this is nonsense, as I see. If they have worked out verbal contract, what's the problem to write it down on a paper and sign it? Can't they write words? Or are they trying not to leave traces making out something illegal? Maybe you meant sort of: "I'll do all you want for XX US$ per hour"? Mike. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads