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0 pointsramblerman1y ago0 comments

I thought you were about to have an epiphany but the only takeaway is that you just never met the right client.

It's possible, not sure how many clients you have had. But over the long run it should be less and less likely that it's always the darn client.

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apercu1y ago

I don't know, I've had tons and tons of clients over the 20 years I have consulted. Off the top of my head, 80% have been fine, 10% run in to issues now and then, but there's a hardcore 10% that will stretch you and stretch you because they can (I'm talking about paying NET 60/90 when the contractual agreement is NET 30).

If you withhold services, you usually lose that client. To be honest, that's not always a bad outcome, because a bad or slow paying client is usually the noisiest, most demanding and most unreasonable one as well.

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