Comments on: Haggling: a way to kill a startup

By: jacqui

jacqui — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:53:47 +0000

I got shafted once very nicely by a customer who got me to make a sample t shirt (for free) which he was going to show his band and then get back to me with an order of 100 shirts. Of course the next time I saw him he was selling t shirts with my design on made by someone else.

By: mj

mj — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:27:14 +0000

I’d argue that employees have protection from abuse in a way that businesses don’t from each other?

I, too, have lost money from trusting but with time I’ve become a better judge of character and I’m not inclined to trust these folk again.

By: andrewgdotcom

andrewgdotcom — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:36:10 +0000

John,

The same could be said of the employer/employee relationship.

By: John

John — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:38:55 +0000

I’ve lost money in situations like that by being too trusting. Every situation is different of course, but in my experience if they had the money to pay you in three months, they probably had the money to pay you right now.