Client problem
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- NegativeSpace
Inspired by the wwyd thread, I am having a problem with a client.
A year ago I charged this lady 1500 CAD for identity + website. She agreed but she needed it up by September.
It went online no problems, she was a refferal from a close friend of my parents, so i thought there would be no problems.
To make a long story short, she didnt pay me the first 1/4!!! until 7 months later. She kept telling me she was hard for money. She also lives in the same city as me, and she would always post date her cheques and stall me with lame postage excuses like "the letter came back to me" Finally by July I got half. Then i realised how ridiculus this was, she had 98% of the work, it had been fully funtional for her all this time, and then I have 50% of the money. So after being incredibly flexible and sympathetic to her financial situation i sent out an invoice for the other half and it took her 3 weeks to reply. I told her how I had tried to be as flexible as possible but just like her I had expenses to pay, ( I start University in a week). So she gave me the why are you telling me you need this money now, you should have told me this earlier ( I didnt get to send the next invoice off until 1st wek of August) because I can't afford to pay you right now, I would have been able to send you two cheques for 375 before.
I am getting quite tired of this, and if she had the money before, she obviously hasn't made paying me a priority. So she obviously has some budgeting issues if shes not setting any aside to pay me, she has known for a year. So i told her that it was beyond my problem, and if she couldn't come up with the money in a reasonable amount of time I would begin to pursue other remebies for collection of the remaining balance (ie: small claims, collection agent etc)
What would you guys have done in my position? I feel like i have been to nice and flexible with this lady and decided now was a good time to be more firm.
- rasko40
charge the bitch interest and send her a horses head.
- blackspade0
hate to say it, but its kinda you own fault
should have requested half before you started
and the other half on completion
then once she hadnt paid for the second half after your invoice, i would have taken the site offline
friend or no friend
- jevad0
tell your parents to 'have a word'
- blackspade0
you need to have a invoice system set up_ before u start jobs
lay it all out for your client before u start a job, so there are no illusions as to what u expect from them
- codogg0
Pull the site, pending final Payment. and put up a nasty page that reads...."this client didnt pay their bill."
- NegativeSpace0
Thanks guys. Well i know what you are saying about it being my fault. this was one of my first serious jobs for someone. being reffered bya close friend of the families who ahs got me 2 or 3 jobs i was quite confident at the time.
Now i have an invoicing system and legal contract setup that i sue, so i am all set up now.
I was just curious as to what others thought.
The last email I sent, she did not reply two in 3 days, so I think i may pull the site very very soon.
- -sputnik-0
i wait 30 days from the day i send the bill to pull the site.
amazing how fast the response is when they can't see it anymore.
- lilbabyarm0
always get half before you start work.
then develop on a develpment location. until you get the final check. We've invented a hyper snesitive button that activates your site when it detects the exact pressure of a complete payment check. Please be aware that the button is so incredibly sensitive it can detect post dated materials as well as the differnence between a signature and no signature.
- QBDSN0
Pull the plug on her site and replace it with child porn. Send the whore to jail.