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Originally Posted by Dinghus
I will not deal with a customer who refuses to put some money up front. ... Never turn over completed work until paid.
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From a client perspective this is just the wrong approach. No one buys a product without at least taking it for a test drive (except perhaps when you purchase food at MacDonald's, but we all know what that food is like and can expect to receive the same garbage for our money at any of their dispensers). Never pay any money until you are satisfied with the work. That is common sense and what every customer wants. I cannot state this strongly enough. NEVER pay for something until you are completely satisfied with the final product done exactly to your specifications. Any freelancer who does not accept those terms is afraid of their own work, not that the client won't pay. The onus is on the programmer to trust the client, not the other way around. It is not a two way street. As freelancers we are dealing with customers and as such they have the power, and rightly so.