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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41523.0&return_msg=41523.2"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.1">1–10</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41523.2">Good or bad supplier question</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41523_2_10_10"> <a name="a41523_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_41523_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: milko<span class="message_time">29 Jun 2015 16:34</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Mizzy <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 29 Jun 2015 17:07"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 10</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.2">41523.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.1">41523.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Sounds like you might want at least a chunk of the money up front. Otherwise, hard to say with so few details I think. Do you want and need the work or will you probably hate it?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41523.2&return_msg=41523.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41523.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41523_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_41523_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Mizzy<span class="message_time">29 Jun 2015 17:17</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: milko <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 29 Jun 2015 19:38"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 10</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.3">41523.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.2#a41523_2" target="_self">41523.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yeah detail light sorry, much more detail and you'll know the company <span class="emoticon e_smile" title=":-)"><span class="e__">:-)</span></span> <br /> Some 1st contact technical demos and POC Crypto work + installs I think a retainer is in order for the Poc and demos, suppose should we up the daily rate at bit for the installs, does that sound sensible ? I've had terrible issue with suppliers not properly qualifying the deployment environment.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41523.3&return_msg=41523.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41523.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41523_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_41523_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: milko<span class="message_time">29 Jun 2015 19:48</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Mizzy <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Jul 2015 14:48"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 10</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.4">41523.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.2#a41523_3" target="_self">41523.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I can't really say, my area's more in the sports arena! Charge what you can get away with seems a good maxim when companies have money + need you badly. As far as installs go if you have a daily rate already then cool, if it takes longer due to their error then you charge more because of that already. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41523.4&return_msg=41523.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41523.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41523_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_41523_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Mizzy<span class="message_time"> 3 Jul 2015 14:48</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: milko <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Jul 2015 20:21"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 10</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.5">41523.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.2#a41523_4" target="_self">41523.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Turns out it might involve 6months secondment overseas nipped that one right in the bud, I'm not spending six months living out of a suitcase in Germany I'm married and want to stay that way ...</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41523.5&return_msg=41523.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41523.5"> <span class="rating">+1/1</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41523_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_41523_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time"> 3 Jul 2015 15:21</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Mizzy <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Jul 2015 19:15"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 10</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.6">41523.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.2#a41523_5" target="_self">41523.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I wonder why they suddenly don't have someone to cover that job!</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41523.6&return_msg=41523.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41523.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41523_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_41523_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Mizzy<span class="message_time"> 3 Jul 2015 19:15</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Jul 2015 19:51"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 10</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.7">41523.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.2#a41523_6" target="_self">41523.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> He put his notice in and was put on gardening leave immediately, but there are others in different territories so I'm left wondering why and whether I am being set up for a job offer with the supplier I don't want </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a 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<div class="message_body"> I am in fact not quite clear on what's going on, I did think they wanted me to Step in until the replacement could get up to speed, but the the boss dropped the 6month thing on me and I don't know any more "shrug" bit strange.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41523.8&return_msg=41523.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41523.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41523_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_41523_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time"> 3 Jul 2015 20:23</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Mizzy <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 4 Jul 2015 13:20"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 10</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.9">41523.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.2#a41523_8" target="_self">41523.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Too big a job for a new untrusted recruit maybe? </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41523.9&return_msg=41523.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41523.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41523_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_41523_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Mizzy<span class="message_time">13 Aug 2015 20:10</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 13 Aug 2015 20:58"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 10</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.10">41523.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41523.2#a41523_9" target="_self">41523.9</a></div> <div class="message_body"> They appear to have sacked everybody in the U.K. For being a bit useless, new engineers start on Monday but have 2months of training in front of them, I'm really really busy resolving the old lots "ahem" challenges. <span class="emoticon e_smile" title=":-)"><span class="e__">:-)</span></span> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41523.10&return_msg=41523.2" class="reply"><span class="image 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