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[Martin]

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aardvark wrote on 2/5/01 1:01 pm

>if you're building stuff for free, then great, get the free tools, stock 
>up on 'em, and have fun, i've got no problem with that... but if you're 
>going to bill clients for your work, why shouldn't you pay for your 
>tools?  i bill my clients, so i use tools that i've bought...  it just 
>seems both lazy and cheap to charge for work but refuse to pay for 
>the tools...

Also, if you need a special tool for a client's job, who does it get
billed to? You're billing time and materials, usually.

And if it's one that you'll use for several clients and can't allocate
to just one, then you'll amortise it over all those jobs.

Ultimately, clients pay. That's why you have them.

Cheers
Martin

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