[BNM] Quick poll: Meeting a freelancer... Picking up the tab?

[Chris Billett]

If in doubt, bail out the bathroom window.

On 12 Feb 2009, at 19:37, Simon Early <simon.early at gmail.com> wrote:

> drop hints about the expense of getting there - generally you will  
> travel to
> their place of work, or nearby. kind of "Wow, it costs a small  
> fortune to
> get here on the train these days!" or "Taxi driver? more like  
> limosine for
> the price I paid - I wont be able to eat for a month now!"
>
> Do this at the start of the meeting/lunch as well as asking "for the  
> nearest
> cashpoint, or someone who can cash a cheque" if they havent taken  
> the hint
> and you'll get away with coughing up. Works for Branson, so will  
> work for
> you.
>
>
> Better still, use the classic opener "hey, thanks for inviting me  
> here for
> lunch, I must return the favour next time we meet.Really appreciate  
> it. Can
> I have a doggy bag to take home to my emaciated children? - 'meats a  
> treat'
> as we say in our family, bless them, those that have survived".  
> (have photos
> ready of starving children that look vaguley like you - National  
> Geographic
> always works for me, or Sunday Times supplement. nuff said).
>
> never fails.
> s./
>
> 2009/2/12 Wayne Douglas <wayne at codingvista.com>
>
>> Depends who invited who but if they're the client, you should  
>> generally
>> pay. W
>>
>> On 2/12/09, Catherine Pope <me at catherinepope.co.uk> wrote:
>>> My clients invariably pay for me, although I wouldn't necessarily  
>>> expect
>>> them to do so.  I have refused before when I've known them to be in
>>> financial diffculties or working for a not-for-profit.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I always offer (even when someone took me for a £60 brea 
>>> kfast at
>> a
>>> hotel on Park Lane.  I was immensely relieved when he insisted on
>> paying).
>>> If you're not charging for your time spent at the meeting, I think  
>>> it's
>>> reasonable for them to pay if they've invited you.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Catherine
>>>
>>> 2009/2/12 Michael Rose <MRose at studygroup.com>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Interested in people's views.
>>>>
>>>> When meeting a potential freelancer for the first time is it  
>>>> customary
>>>> for
>>>> the client to pick up the café tab, lunch or dinner bill?
>>>>
>>>> It's been my experience (as a freelancer) that the client has  
>>>> more money
>>>> and usually offers (although I tend to make a movement towards  
>>>> paying my
>>>> share before being told 'no, I'll get this').
>>>>
>>>> What are other people's experiences?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> M.
>>>>
>>>>
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