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#Hourly charge?

    01-Nov-94 08:16:35
Sb: #132537-#Hourly charge?
Fm: DAN SPOMER 72650,3573
To: Don Landis 71673,3612
>>Here's the point: It doesn't matter what you say is the charge per hour because so many hours never get billed. << We can all relate to that! I really do not want to know how many hours I spend at this. Many times a project comes in and I must spend hours learning a new procedure before I can even start. The learning curve here is quite extensive at times. You mentioned a client that you put on the clock everytime he called or you turned on a machine for him. How do you keep track of this? Must be tedious at best. An internal clock in 3DS to log hours opened/accumulated on a project would be a handy feature, I believe ACAD has this feature. << As far as hard goods involved, I always mark up video for resale>> I was refering to marking up a rendering/taping service such as yours. I try to make my money from my own talents, and not marking up the services of others. I suppose most people mark up everything that goes through their hands, but it just doesn't feel right to me. Guess I'll never make it in this business if I ever go full-time 🙂 P.S. Our client was blown away by our last job together! Nice work Don.