>Hi Will,
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>Actually, my fingers don't get tired anymore, since I ramble online like this all the time (laughing). I don't get out much lately, so my primary form of expression seems to be posting on message boards...:)
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>Well, I tried invoicing this guy and explained why I felt that I should at least be partially compensated for lost hours. I told him that he was under no legal obligation to pay the invoice, but that it would be the ethical thing to do. When I did that, he emailed me with a nasty note in disbelief that I had the nerve to charge him for a proposal. I explained to him that I was not charging him for the proposal, but for the time it took to create the contract and the lost hours I had scheduled for developing his application.
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>He ended his letter by telling me that he bases his ethics on the premise of treating people according to how he expects to be treated. The funny thing is that I looked on his web site, and he has a cancellation policy which keeps 100 percent of a client's money if they cancel within 10 days of the start date (laughing). I only asked for $250.00 as compensation for the cancellation. Talk about a double standard!
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>Dave

Post his name and company up here... make sure he never gets another UT contractor suckered.