I can't speak for their company, but for our company, us cutting a PO indicates we want something from you. Then you send it to us and bill us, and we pay. I'd go ahead and bill them. At the very least it could be viewed as a gentle reminder. Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 22:25:46 -0400, Aaron G. wrote: > I just picked up my first real sideline project to occupy all my spare > time and generate some extra cash. I will be automating two machines > used in the injection molding business. (No PICs involved -- just a > couple of cheap PLCs controlling a handful of I/O points.) > > My question involves billing. We agreed on 10% up front, 20% at design > complete, 30% at build complete, and the final 40% 30 days later. What > is the standard way that I should handle this? Do I need to go ahead and > send them a bill for the first 10%, or does cutting a PO automatically > get the first check on it's way to me? _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist