"TrustNo1" shows that you can also get burned by people being slow. You may have even forgotten that you had them as a client when they come back and demmand you honor the terms in your contract:
I have had 2 cases now where I have been waiting for a client to give me content for their site before it could go live for over a year. Simple solution: add this to your contract:
"Forfeiture of Contract
If the client has not provided material necessary to complete the project to the developer within 1 year of the date this contract is signed, this action may be considered Cancellation. Forfeiture of Contract will be handled following the Cancellation guidelines listed in this document."won't be a problem again.
This is a common clause in many contracts. When we went to get our house painted, all but one contractor gave us 30 days (and the one that didn't, said the terms were unlimited - of course his fee was twice the price of all the others).
