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Re: N.D.A.'s



On 5/15/2018 12:28 PM, ABLE1 wrote:
> On 5/15/2018 2:49 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>
>> On 5/15/2018 6:49 AM, RTS wrote:
>>  > Greetings Group,
>>  >
>>  > How many of you have had customers want you to sign a N.D.A.
>> (non-disclosure agreement)?
>>  >
>>  > How did you deal with it or them?
>>  >
>>  > After 42 years in the business I had one ask me yesterday for a
>> N.D.A...
>>  >
>>  > I told them this morning I'd never be back..
>>  >
>>  > If they didn't trust me, no amount of paper would protect them...
>>  >
>>
>>
>> I had one client in the 23 years I was a contractor ask for an NDA.
>> They were developing an improved production line in a competitive
>> industry. I added a limited five year time period, and a morals clause
>> that invalidated the agreement, and told them if every manager present
>> didn't sign and initial the penned in morals clause I was walking out.
>> It was short and fairly reasonable.  I probably did 400K-500K in
>> business for or directly because of that customer after that.
>>
>> As a machinist I get people asking for NDAs and IP agreements all the
>> time.  Most are so restrictive they would theoretically prevent me
>> from working for anybody but them.  I tell them to go pound sand.  I
>> also say any IP and or NDA combined longer than 2 pages in large font
>> will be discarded unread.
>>
>> The additional liability agreements that started appearing from
>> everybody from about the aughts were pretty onerous.  One actually
>> claimed the right to be able to tell me to fire people in my employ.
>> I never signed a single one, and I notified every single one that I
>> would understand if they got somebody else, but if they failed to
>> honor the terms of their contract they would be liable for all losses
>> and damages.   Amazingly I kept all the good customers and lost all
>> the ones who were a huge pain in the ass.  50/50 split right down the
>> middle.  It improved my profitability to lose the problem customers.
>>
>
> Hey Bob, I thought you were in the middle of welding a bandsaw blade??
> When do have time to stop in here??  LOL  Welcome back anytime.
>
> Les
>


I haven't had time to silver braze that blade yet.  Its on my to-do list
for today though.


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