02-14-2011, 10:58 AM
Never pay 100% for anything up front, even a large company can screw you even if it's not intentional. Get things in writing such as, how long will the project take, and pay by credit card if possible since they normally will give you a refund if you don't receive the goods as promised. That's one reason I like to deal with the brick and mortar people. Fact-to-face and you trade bucks directly for the product when it's ready. I also don't like to "reserve" anything, not knowing if the business I'm dealing with will be around when the product becomes available. We lost a local train store here just a few months ago, and I'm guessing, but I'll bet there were people that had paid in advance for products that they never got when this guy went out of business.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD