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Topic: Can I charge a Kill Fee?
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| mcamarda | Posted – 5/22/2007 12:55:38 PM | show profile | email poster I got booked at an Ad Agency for 2 days and on the first day I went in and after one hour they decided that thay had no work and no computer for me to work on. Sent me home. How much am I entitled to bill and is it the kiss of death to hand them a kill fee? |
| Metro Writer | Posted – 5/22/2007 1:01:08 PM | show profile You should get paid for reporting to work. It's not a kill fee because they didn't reject the work you did. If they had no computer for you to use, that's their error and they should eat it. |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 5/22/2007 2:26:10 PM | show profile It sounds like the problem is that you don't have any established guidelines or written agreement. It would be reasonable, for instance, to tell people in advance that if they book you for the day, they have to pay for the day even if they decide to send you home because once they book your time you can't sell it to someone else. However, it's not easy to enforce this after the fact because they haven't agreed to it. They may take the attitude that the two days were not guaranteed and so they only owe you for the time you were there. How much you are "entitled" to is in the eye of the beholder and open to negotiation. In the future, you should have this set in advance. |
| moon713 | Posted – 6/28/2007 4:37:24 PM | show profile I've been booked at mags that suddenly didn't need me, but they'd had policies in place that require them to pay me for four hours because they'd booked my time. Other clients I have maintain the same policy. Perhaps you could just bill them for the four hours, which seems to be the magic number; I think that approach would get you something rather than nothing and would not be the kiss of death. |
| bonnie7 | Posted – 6/28/2007 4:40:20 PM | show profile Kill fee I've had that happen before and charged a half day rate. Now I have it on my contract before I go in that if the gig gets canceled with less than 2 business days notice they owe me a half day. |
| Mr Media | Posted – 7/9/2007 10:09:59 AM | show profile Yes you can I remember two years ago I was supposed to have an article published in a national magazine. And the editor she simply had a bad attitude she agreed to publish my article I signed the contract yet she wouldn't publish the piece. I e-mailed the editor she ignored me. So I photocopied a copy of the signed contract and wrote a letter to the editor in chief. In less then a week I got paid in full. If you are having problems with one editor I suggest going over that person to the top person or a higher person in the company. It always gets the job done for me. |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 7/9/2007 12:27:56 PM | show profile This is an entirely different situation. In your case, you are merely enforcing the terms of the contract and conditions the editor has agreed to in writing. In the case of the original poster, there is no contract in place to enforce that cover the situation. --Yes you can I remember two years ago I was supposed to have an article published in a national magazine. And the editor she simply had a bad attitude she agreed to publish my article I signed the contract yet she wouldn't publish the piece. I e-mailed the editor she ignored me. So I photocopied a copy of the signed contract and wrote a letter to the editor in chief. In less then a week I got paid in full. If you are having problems with one editor I suggest going over that person to the top person or a higher person in the company. It always gets the job done for me.-- |
| Mr Media | Posted – 8/17/2007 3:15:47 PM | show profile I still say go to the person that's on top in charge. If you're having problems with one person its always better to go above that person either making a phone call, going directly to the place, or e-mail the higher ranked person. The higher ranked person tends to have more authority and gets things done. |
