Quoting Brady Hegberg (bradyh at bitstream.net):
> I can state that we got _great_ work from Real Time at my company. 
> Unfortunately our accounts payable dept proceeded to embarrass me by
> giving them the run-around on the bill.  Another thing you have to watch
> out for as a consultant.

Nice catch.

Another very, very important aspect is never do work without a signature on some
type of statement of work or quote.

Putting it on paper gives both you and the client something to refer to if there
is some sort of disagreement.

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