Client wont pay.
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- jamble0
If you have a contract, then enforce it.
I've had two clients in the last year who have been very very slow to pay me although they've never said they wouldn't/couldn't pay, they did take months.
In the end, one client who was in Canada (I'm in UK) I had to threaten with taking them to court and I also emailed her to say that I would be taking the site down and replacing it with a clear notice that it was down because they had not paid their bills. I was going to get the money back through small claims court (£1200 or so) and that any legal expense would also be added as per my contract.
The other client was local and I ended up turning up on the doorstep one day and asking for a cheque.
I thought seriously about posting on my blog about their non payment too but I was going to do it in the form of an article I'd make up about "freelancers not getting paid like normal suppliers" or something like that and then naming specific examples but I think that would lead to more trouble than it's worth.
Even if it's only $300, it's your money, you've done the work and met your part of the agreement.
I'd suggest sending them a final demand for payment by email and perhaps also a letter delivered by recorded delivery (it looks more formal) to the company saying if you're paid within 5 working days of receipt, you'll be taking them to court to retrieve your money.
Just because it's a smaller amount of money I see no reason to write it off to experience.
Good luck!