Muhammad Y wrote:
Today my dear client message me "I actually just got a new business credit card, is it okay if I end this contract and refund the money to escrow, and then resend you the contract using the new credit card?"
ONLY if you are first paid for the portion of the work you have done so far. For example, if you have done 40% of the money, ask for 40% of the money to be released. This will not charge the client's credit card, as the client was already charged when they created the contract.
Otherwise the client can theoretically just walk away and you've worked 10 days for free, and a 5 star feedback on a contract with nothing paid will not be visible and doesn't count at all.
The only other option I'd accept would be for the client to make the offer for the new contract, fully funded, first and then you accept it, and the you end the old contract. That will send the escrow funds back to the client.
