Gosh, really? Do ya think?? Gee, thanks, Pat! I don't know *what* I would do without your sage advice...
...And, what, exactly would
you do when the Client
(..against all 'normal' show-booking standards and your request for 50% min. Deposit to-Book, Balance-Due, day of Performance) says: '
30% to-Book, Balance in 30 Days, likely within 15,
take it or leave it...' ...But they have an international reputation for very high-profile jobs working with billion-dollar Clients
(ie: Lexus, Radio Shack, etc...) - so you know you're not dealing with some 'fleabag / con-artist'? What-then?
FYI,
everyone gets the same 'industry-standard' requirements to Book with a Deposit, from NASA, to USPS, to State-level Govs. to National-level Youth Orgs - we have only
ever-given 'Terms' on a Balance TWICE in 17 years - once to a very high-level University
(and even then, we insisted on a Deposit - they wanted us to wait for it all, and we said no-way...) and second, to this Client....
Just because you (a Sho Co) are smart in biz and know / use best-practices for your industry, does not mean that you can
- or will-
never get screwed, if someone simply decides-to, even without just-cause...
So, thanks for the 'advice', but I've got it covered... Oh, and thanks so much for 'taking a huge dump' in this thread... brilliant...
j