WTF is Wrong with Rich People?

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3. Yep!

In the 90's I worked with two other artists painting interior and exterior murals for the rich of PA and NYC. We had the same experience getting paid. They would try to argue for a reduction in the bill if they found a single hair from a paintbrush in the work. They would pay one third up front and you had to chase them for the rest.

Finally, we began to charge them up for the inconvenience of having to fight for payment. We called it the AHSC- the asshole sur-charge and applied it to our estimates. IN our business, we found that they would generally not pay about $2000.000 on the final bill, just enough to keep a contractor from going to small claims to collect. My husband has a design build landscape firm at the time and had the exact same problem.

It's a game for them. They take pride in getting over on contractors and the little guy. Says a lot doesn't it?