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Doubts about service agreement - would you sign this?
Thread poster: Austra Muizniece
Harry Bornemann
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Commandments and Commerce Nov 25, 2005

Abdellatif Bouhid wrote:
Even the Ten Commandments aren't that long or that enslaving.

Agree, but you won't get paid for fulfilling the Ten Commandments..
 
Angus Woo
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Exactly what I had in mind. Nov 26, 2005

Benno Groeneveld wrote:

for a payment to THEM. Why else would they have all those outrageous charges payable by you on the flimsiest of grounds?

[Edited at 2005-11-25 13:34]

This is a very very bad beginning and probably won't have a happy ending.

If they send you a contract like that, then just imagine what it's going to like when you ask them to send you the money.

For your own good, think twice. Don't fall for it. There is another side of this "good rate". Be careful! In my eyes, the cons clearly outweigh the pros.
 
Sven Petersson
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A Constructive Suggestion Nov 26, 2005

Please see http://www.proz.com/topic/39474 for a constructive suggestion!
 
Jörgen Slet
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Only if they pay you your weight in gold Nov 26, 2005

I have recently tried to take the approach that rates should match the contract, the tougher the contract and job requirements, the higher the rates. But this agreement looks too dangerous for any kind of rates.
 
Marion Schimmelpfennig
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If I don't like a certain paragraph I cross it out Nov 27, 2005

I agree with all that has been said and don't suggest you sign this contract.

But I have had some cases where I wanted to work for a certain client although one or more paragraphs were out of the question for me. In those cases, I simply crossed out these paragraphs and told them my reason for it. They accepted.
 
Mark Xiang
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Lack of Professionalism! Nov 27, 2005

I am curious about how those clauses come out of their brains.

Mark
 
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