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Recipient entity to remit funds to: THREAT SPECTRUM INC.
Google Pay: mike.shannahan@threatspectrum.com Preferred method
Venmo: @ThreatSpectrum Costs us $0.10 + 1.9%
Zelle: training@threatspectrum.com or 3236336704 Costs us 2.5% on the first $600, capped at $15 fee.
PayPal: paypal.me/ThreatSpectrum Costs us $0.30 + 2.9%
Cash: U.S. Dollar
Check: Clients with an existing history and ongoing appointments may pay by check; I do not have bounced check insurance.
Bank wire: Account provided on request for repeat clients, and if payee includes intermediary bank fees.
Physical Credit Card: On site at the classroom, you may be able to pay- if I have a working card reader- by Square Pay; cards accepted by Square are here; Apple Pay as well. Prepayment is generally required to reserve a seat and because it takes away from class time to be processing payment. Card info is only taken in-person with ID due to high incidence of overseas scams.
Crypto Currency:
Ethereum (ETH) direct payment to threatspectrum.eth once tax and bookkeeping regulations mature, privacy is integrated into ETH2, and gas costs drop to pennies.
threatspectrum.crypto is coming soon, permitting a variety of currency payments to this single address.
Ammunition: I won't trust your reloads, but factory-new ammo may be bartered under a "Mad Max" scenario. Now, I know what you're thinking, "Mike, if it's that bad, there's no way I'm gonna trade away my precious factory ammo! Sheesh, I'd rather offer my gorgeous, 22 year old daughter in trade for your services as a sage of post-Apocalyptic wisdom, survival skills, and protection!" That may be so, but I assure you, after the lights have been out awhile and I've marauded the area like shirtless Putin, pillaging as I please, chances are your daughter is already sheltering in my house, a.k.a. Citadel of the Sovereign State of MikeBekiBekiStan.
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Rates
Rates
Because all of my hours in the day are equally valuable to me, I generally charge the same rates, with minor adjustments for each service type to factor market prices and costs to deliver the services.
The market rate for cryptocurrency consulting is difficult to determine because there really are quite few consultants in this space, as any significant expertise in this new industry lands one as CEO of a multimillion dollar blockchain startup. Many charge $250/hr., up to $400, some at $100. My available time saturated with clients at $150/hr., so in June 2021 rates increased to $200/hr., discounted to $180/hr. when prepaid in blocks of at least ten hours. While you may be binging on YouTubers and weekly zoom calls with trading coaches, I am not competing with them; I provide some remote consulting, but mainly in-person visits to assess your specific security situation and make recommendations discretely rather than over the internet.
Physical security and disaster preparedness are key components of security for digital assets clientele, but I am currenty keeping rates at $150/hr., or $125/hr. for 10 hour blocks, for clients not also involved in digital assets, because this segment is not making millions of dollars speculating and thus has proven to be more cost sensitive. Prepayment of minimum 3 hours to start.
Martial arts private lessons are $125/hr., or $100/hr. if booked in 10 hour blocks. This is fair as it's less than what I pay others for private lessons in weight training or physical therapy, and seems to be the market rate for martial arts lessons around the S.F. Penninsula.
Bodyguarding and armed security guard rates depend on the risk profile of the client, if I am armed- I will insist upon it, when legal-, the location, and if I need to recruit additional support personnel.
Threat Spectrum headquarters is temporarily in the hills of Berkeley, California. I charge a $75/hour travel rate to get to you, but not to return to my office. I tend to waive this fee for long term clients I am seeing for a half or full day at a time, or those within a 20 minute drive. I will travel just about anywhere if reasonable accomodations are made for travel expense and my time; I hear Kim Jong Un has a cool island, and thus I may waive this fee in similar cases, especially if there are some K-Pop babes entertaining Dennis and I!