Non-Negotiable Terms of Service and Rates
Project Research Rates
Undertaken at the rate of $50 / hr. Minimum rate is $500 for 10 hours
research.
Advance payment - $1 500. Document compilation - a further R500
Corporate Projects Undertaken at the rate of $42 / hr. Minimum rate is
$840 for 20 hours research.
Advance Payment:
$420.00 Document compilation - a further $100 Allied Legal research: $40.00
/ hr for as long as it takes. Advance payment - $1000 You will be advised
at the 5 hour / $2000 mark - so as to enable us to gauge continuance or
relief.
Project Feasability Exploration:
Contingency Fee deposit of $2 500 Further payments will be required as
the process progresses, in on-going consultation with client
See Complimentary Intervention Undertaken at the rate of $42 / hr. Minimum
rate is $1 260 for 30 hours research.
Advance payment- $1 300 Complimentary intervention:
Billed by voucher. As and when. On the day. No payment. No commencement.
Document compilation - a further $500 Introduction to Party: 3.5% of MY
estimated contracted value.
Payable in advance.
Paper Trail. Privacy Policy Due to hacking, mail interception and systems
security compromises beyond our control
Following the initial introductory e-mail, your brief should be FAXED
to me. All following communication, ie: your report, will only be faxed
to you, or your designated officer. Other issues will be conducted telephonically.
This ensures that if you do not compromise your own security in this issue,
then the blame lays with your employee - and is thus your burden.
Payments
No credit cards. No cheques.
Direct EFT or bank money wire only. Receipt of such will be acknowledged
by fax only.
No deposit - No Commencement Clause
The second payment will happen like this:
• I will fax you the executive summary
• You will pay the balance
• I will send the full Project Documentation
No compromises. No negotiation. No exceptions.
Misbriefs:
Party in error to bear the cost of breaking out.
Assuring Success:
In order to ensures success and timeous delivery, no discussions to alter
these procedures will be entertained.
Deviations:
We wish to protect our reputations and avoid legal disputes: At the first
sign of any attempt by the cliient to effect deviation from any of the
above regarding privacy, payment, and client misbriefs - we reserve the
right to decline further work, and suspend the project.
Monies paid to us remain ours. And work done for up until the moment of
ceasing the project will be transferred to client in digital format.
We will retain none of the work thereafter. The client will be the sole
holder of all the data, and it will client responsibility to secure and
back-up the data by what ever means client sees fit.
