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		<title>I&#146;m about to pay a website designer, need protection</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[
I`m clearly going to kill off ]]></title>
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I`m clearly going to kill off the advertising budget now.Who needs ads with friends like these? 
nhgnikole]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[You mentioned a pool of 50 appli]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[You mentioned a pool of 50 applicants. Did you by any coincidence use a service like Guru.com or eLance? That just seems like a ton of people to go through to choose a good vendor.If it`s not too late, I know someone with the intials N-G-H who does]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2007 1:42:43 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[You should also have a comprehen]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[You should also have a comprehensive website development agreement that protects your rights in the event the work is  not done properly, on-time, etc.&nbsp; I typically make sure my clients have real-time access to the work-in-progress as well, so you can[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2007 1:42:43 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[ 
Why did you choose this compa]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ 
Why did you choose this company to work with anyway?
 
I picked this one out of a pool of 50 applicants and their past work was exactly what we wanted and yes it will be a very nice site.&nbsp; Laying out]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I would have to agree, it seems ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I would have to agree, it seems Nikole&nbsp;is very intelligent and good at what she does.&nbsp;You can learn a lot from reading&nbsp;posts in a forum such as this. Yes, distance is irrelevant.&nbsp; You need to trust someone, and be able to communicate]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2007 1:42:43 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Not only check reference they pr]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Not only check reference they provide. Call folks listed in their portfolio and ask them about the experience they had. Also have deadlines for work and payment upon shceduled deliverables. Will they be doing all the work or will they outsource some of ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2007 1:42:43 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[No, PayPal is NOT ok. They will ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[No, PayPal is NOT ok. They will NOT get your money back if there is a problem and the other person`s account is empty.If you use your credit card, or your credit card through PayPal ... you can easily charge back.The fact that you would thi]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2007 1:42:43 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[If they accept PayPal, you shoul]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[If they accept PayPal, you should be OK. PayPal has strict policy. If you have some create your site, they are the Copyright owner. You should have this person sign over the rights to your company.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2007 1:42:43 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[What kind of a deal is this that]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[What kind of a deal is this that you need `protection`? Afraid of getting screwed?Anyway, distance is irrelevant. e could e next door and be a schmo. Check the references, don`t just `have them`. Check with the local BBB.If you use a credit]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[We are about to pay a designer 6]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[We are about to pay a designer 6k, broken up into 3rd`s.&nbsp; The problem is the designer is on the other side of the country and my `non-tech` and frugal parnter is leery.&nbsp; I do have references that I haven`t checked yet and the designer accepts ]]></description>
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