What would you do?- Jud
Then you both took the high road. I noted above what I would have done, or at least hope I would have done.
jud
Overthinking Indeed - Adam hahah
O.K. then, I agree with Snoop.
AS3
What would you do?- Jud
I'm focused on getting paid, not on who paid. Am I missing something? I'm often paid by parties other than who I contracted with: real estate agents, banks, title companies, trusts, LLCs, etc etc etc. Never have I questioned it on my way to the bank.
If anyone other than Paul wants to pay me for this advice, I'll gladly accept.
Kris
I don't think anyone said anything about invoicing a 3rd party, Ralph in this case. The issue is about accepting payment froma 3rd party.
With your Pizza analogy, it would work more like this: My neighbor's family and I are planning to have dinner together. My neighbor calls in a pizza order. A few minutes later, my neighbor and I determine that I can pick the pizzas up on my way home from work, so neighbor calls pizza place and tells them that Evan will be picking them up and paying for them. If you're the pizza shop owner, whaddyagonnado?
Evan
My point (albeit possibly poorly written) is that I look for payment from the original person that contracted me, unless other payment arrangements are made. For me, this would have not gone this far.
Paul
the big picture:
I'm not going to weigh-in on whether that was a good decision, business-wise,
but Paul you always seem to adhere to your conscience and your gut feeling of right and wrong, and that has served you pretty well so far.
Henny Youngman on "Ethics"
A father is explaining ethics to his son, who is about to go into the garment business.
"Suppose a woman comes in and orders a hundred dollars worth of material. You wrap it up, and you give it to her. She pays you with a $100 bill.
But as she goes out the door you realize she's given you two $100 bills.
Now, here's where the ethics come in: should you or should you not tell your partner?"