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Monthly Lease Fees - MT999
Posted: Jul 05, 2011
For you seasoned MTs, how common is it, as an IC, to be required to pay a monthly fee for the software needed to download audio files?
Thanks for your advice!
monthly fees - nina
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I have never heard of that before (I've been in the business 15 years). I would not work for a company who charged me to work for them. I would stay away if I were you.
I don't pay and would never pay - mt
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I think anyone who tries to require you to pay is shady. I am an IC for two different companies and I have never heard of that ever.
not common but legal and I've seen a few doing it - more and more
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The reality is you're an MTSO. You incur costs to do business. You write it off.
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