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Poll: Have you ever delivered a project to the wrong client?
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Triston Goodwin
Triston Goodwin  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 06:53
Spanish to English
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Just this past Saturday Aug 5, 2015

I have an agency client that sends me a lot of work, each identified by a long string of numbers. I finished one project on Friday, received a new one Friday evening, and sent the first set of files instead of the new one. I guess I goofed up the numbers :/
 
Christel Zipfel
Christel Zipfel  Identity Verified
Local time: 14:53
Italian to German
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No Aug 5, 2015

But once, like others, I sent the wrong invoice to customer B). Embarassing, but to a certain extent, because customer B) had found my rates very expensive and at least those for customer A) were the same
 
Helen Hagon
Helen Hagon  Identity Verified
Local time: 13:53
Russian to English
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No Aug 5, 2015

I haven't done it so far (touch wood), but the thought terrifies me as it would be so easy to do.
 
M. Anna Kańduła
M. Anna Kańduła  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:53
English to Polish
No Aug 5, 2015

I always open the files after attaching them to make sure they are what they are supposed to be, and I send them replying to the client's email, so no mistakes happen. I hope those precautions are enough for them to never happen
 
Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
Muriel Vasconcellos (X)  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 05:53
Spanish to English
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No Aug 6, 2015

M. Anna Kańduła wrote:
I always open the files after attaching them to make sure they are what they are supposed to be, and I send them replying to the client's email.


Same here. At least that's not one of the mistakes I've made over the years
 
OlivierParrot
OlivierParrot  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 14:53
Member (2012)
Japanese to French
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Ye gods Aug 6, 2015

I never even thought about it. Now you got me worrying!

Julia Tsybysheva, MCIL wrote:
... but on one occasion I managed to send an invoice to the wrong agency and, surprisingly, they paid it a few months later

Dream client, please add me to your database
 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 11:53
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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No, but Aug 6, 2015

OlivierParrot wrote:

I never even thought about it. Now you got me worrying!

Julia Tsybysheva, MCIL wrote:
... but on one occasion I managed to send an invoice to the wrong agency and, surprisingly, they paid it a few months later

Dream client, please add me to your database


Please include me in this client's database too!
 
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