Gift certificates have a way of not showing up on 1099s. <g> If it's a nice restaurant might be worth considering.
>So I presented a potental client a proposal for an Access app she wants done. She is an executive with a restaurant chain, and needs a simple replacement for Excel. I figured I could do it all part-time in 1 week, and I quoted $900.
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>She wrote back "Any wiggle room on the $900? Any chance of partial payment in gift certificates? Sometimes vendors will do business with us in a semi barter fashion. If this is not your style, no problem, just let me know."
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>My first thought was "Gift certficates for free food don't pay the bills". I wouldn't mind doing the project, and I feel like the price is fair.
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>How would you answer this?
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