Originally Posted by cj_purve

I'm grateful for all of those useless designers, because by the time the client comes to me they are very easily satisfied LOL

Barefootsies, if you are interested in testing some designers publicly I'm sure there's a few of us here who will happily have our service put to the test. I'm happy to accept a contract with a financial penalty for not meeting deadlines, provided all material is provided at an agreed time.

I provide or am provided with contracts for almost all of my mainstream clients, and can do the same for adult although I am rarely asked and most of my clients i've been working with for years so we skip the formalities & I keep their prices down. But you'll generally scare away most fly by night designers with contract talk so its a great idea to make that a step in your future transactions.

I can understand why most of the people who complain on here about designers have trouble, but you seem to be very clear about how you work so I am surprised you can't find a few designers to work with on a long term basis ... I hope you have better luck after this thread ;-)