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Having dealt with home contractors over the last several years I have learned two very important facts.
1. don't ever give anyone any money up front, invariably they find more profitable projects and you are put at the bottom of thei list.
2. Pay one third one the first raw photos are delivered and I can verify some of the work is being done.
3. Pay one third when you get some semblance of what the final project will look like.
5. Pay the remainder of the balance upon completion of the project...no sooner...most photographers balk at this, but when I explain my reasons, we generally work out a deal.
I got sick of con men and lame promises and have no intention of forking hard earned money until I begin to see results....it is system that has worked quite well and the work gets done promply, without any complaints by either side...they all got paid as agreed and I retained a certain level of trust and confidence my work is done in a timely matter. If the photographer doesn't like the arrangement, no hard feelings, there are lots of pic men that will.
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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. -George Patton
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