Re: Why do we collect the full balance before the wedding?
ashton lamont wrote: I take my final payment, roughly one third of the package cost after the wedding. I have a $1,500.00 retainer/booking fee, the remaining balance is spit in half with 2nd payment due 30 days out and the final payment after they actually see their images in their online gallery.
Mark, with the greatest respect that is pretty much the same as getting paid up front They are paying $1500 on booking, being one third of the final bill. Then $1500 a month before the wedding. Not inconsequential amounts. So if they stiff you, then you already have $3000 in the bank. OK you\'ve done the shooting and you\'ve done the basic processing, but you have not designed the album or incurred any wholesale album costs.
In other words you\'re just like the rest of us
Pete
Not really, at least from the client\'s perspective. They know that they still have 1/3 in their hand and on the two latest packages it is more than a 1/3. Thus, they do not have to part with everything before I show up. Additionally, I offer a full 100% refund if they are not happy with their images. That means that the $1,500.00 retainer and the 2nd payment would be refunded.
Oct 06, 2014 at 03:39 PM
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Not really, at least from the client\'s perspective. They know that they still have 1/3 in their hand and on the two latest packages it is more than a 1/3. Thus, they do not have to part with everything before I show up. Additionally, I offer a full 100% refund if they are not happy with their images. That means that the $1,500.00 retainer and the 2nd payment would be refunded.