Tell her your rates up front

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"I think you should know that I'm not cheap," you warn her, and she adjusts herself nervously in the chair. "My rates are a reflection of the quality of my work."
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'We can do discretion,' you say, 'but we don't do it cheap.'
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"How much?" she asks. You write down a figure on a slip of paper and pass it across your desk in her direction. She unfolds it with her delicate fingers, examines the number, and sighs. "I think my husband would notice that sort of money missing from our accounts. I could only pay you half of that up front, the other half after the job is done." She put the paper back on the desk, eyeballing you from those heavy-lidded eyes and she drew on the cigarette.
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'How much?' the blonde asks through heavy-lidded eyes.
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'Twenty bucks a day plus expenses. You get your expenses drawn up in a nice little receipt at the end of the week and we get fifty for a retainer before we start the job.'
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The blonde seems thoughtful. 'I'm paying for you to do the job quietly just as much as for the information,' she says. 'I'll give you twenty for your immediate expenses and the rest upon completion. If you do the job well, that is.'
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Revision as of 23:56, 14 September 2015

'We can do discretion,' you say, 'but we don't do it cheap.'

'How much?' the blonde asks through heavy-lidded eyes.

'Twenty bucks a day plus expenses. You get your expenses drawn up in a nice little receipt at the end of the week and we get fifty for a retainer before we start the job.'

The blonde seems thoughtful. 'I'm paying for you to do the job quietly just as much as for the information,' she says. 'I'll give you twenty for your immediate expenses and the rest upon completion. If you do the job well, that is.'

Do you:


Demand the rate be paid

Work out a deal

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