New Garage Shop with newbiie question
Well it requires a lot of trust on both sides. But I have never been burned, people are generally honest. I have had more problems with local customers, have about $10K in receivables out over 180 days between two customers, but it's all labor so no real out of pocket.
You do have a name, phone number, and a ship to address, and some emails back & forth does create a contractual relationship under the UCC, so you are protected to a degree there also. Also you have a rather large international audience here to report to if things go south, but that works both ways.
Normally less than $1000 in material I just trust. Much more than that a deposit to cover material at least might be in order, depends on your risk tolerance. I did one $20K job from here, no problems, 50% down, balance on delivery.
