Originally Posted by ezgirl

What an interesting thread, it should be morphed into a thread about getting paid. The buyer pays in advance, waits months, sends a hard drive, waits more and finally gets the content five to six months later? She freely admits it often takes her months to provide product. Webmasters write in sympathetic posts and share their experiences waiting months for their product from her. Am I seeing things?

We all got paid in advance in the old days, but it is not that way anymore. Even then I would front the costs and found that got me a lot of loyal clients, who did pay fairly promptly after getting their content. If I ever needed money all I had to do was send an email and I would have a payment on my desk within a day or two. All that changed with the Great Recession, many of my clients went out of business. I still shoot first and get paid later. And, we producers do often have delays getting a shoot done. Girls disappear, have their phones turned off, start their period, cars break down, etc. But we either finally get them in, or replace them, and send the finished product to the client, maybe a week, two or three later, but not any five or six months! Is a five to six month delay common with you folks, as many of the posts would suggest?

I was also perplexed by the fee - $250 for exclusive? Am I in a different universe? If it is that cheap then I guess you can expect to wait.

It sounds like they have worked things out, that is nice, best to both of you.