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FTP upload fee
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Patrick put it succinctly.
My addition is: if it wasn’t mentioned in the agreement, likely you’d have to eat it, or bill them for it but then “discount” the bill “…because we hadn’t really talked about this sudden emergency, and we want to be there for you anytime you need the help, so we put the cost of that aside in order to solve your immediate need. But if this is going to become a part of all the future transactions, of course we have to factor that into the costs, because it is tying up my machines to perform the FTP”.
Everybody understands that tying up a machine for one specific client’s process is part of business, and there will be an expectation of a cost. I would not bill the same rate as an edit, but maybe half-rate, especially if you sit up all night baby-sitting it to make sure it completes.
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[Mark Suszko] “Patrick put it succinctly. “
Jeeze Mark, you know, I have feelings too…
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Sorry, left your credit out, let me re-phrase it:
Patrick put David’s words more succinctly.
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Patrick,
There’s one thing I can tell you about Mark… He certainly knows succinct when he sees it.
He can’t do it, but he does know what it looks like.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.comPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums. Formerly host of the Apple Final Cut Basics, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Billable yes, but in what fashion? If your client is strictly time and materials, looking for bare-bones pricing, then they need to be made aware and you bill them a fair price (that’s been covered). But what’s the “cost” really? We have about 5 Rugged drives floating around at any given time. To stick a drive on the system and copy files is a simple background task, this is going to happen. Easiest way is to have the client buy the drive that you specify (500Gig Rugged at Best Buy is $130), copy the files, hand them the drive and let them FedEx it for $120 early AM delivery. Keep yourself out of the dollars as much as you can. Your fee is then around $50-75. If they want you to handle it all, then add in the other #s and bill them $350-400.
Steve
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*ouch!*
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I really hate the idea of repeatedly shlepping drives. But then I come from a time when drives were as fragile and expensive as Fabrege’ eggs. Still, I would put buying “taxi drives” on the client, otherwise, you have to find a place to stick that added expense into your billing.
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To clarify. shipping a drive was not an option as the phone call came
Friday afternoon, missing that day’s fedex deadline thus making the
earliest possible delivery time Monday morning, which was too late.What I was looking for was a fair, “market rate” for FTPing material.
It seems that such a rate doesn’t exist and we all negotiate price
based on the job, and the client.Thanks again for all the input.
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You could see what DGFastChannel charges for it.
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