Client wont pay (UK)
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MSL is right....leave it and move on...
'the boss' whom you know, my suggestion is that if you're friends at all, you need to have a bit of a sit-down and find out exactly why he's fucking you over like this...but aside from that, it's time to move on...this is why you have contracts.....
at my company, when we're pitching, i often do some prelim designs, ideas, etc, just to show to help the sales pitch along if it seems like a good idea..i usually go with the sales guy's opinion...does the sale warrant spending a few hours or days coming up with some concepts to 'win them over' type thing....if the sales guy thinks it's a good idea, i usually go for it.....but if we don't win the gig, i don't go knocking on their door to recoup the money/time spent on the concepts....it's just part of the game.....you win some, you lose some.....however, that being said, i've been in your position myself before, where i was 'promised' the gig, did the work, only to find myself at the end with no money because of 'oh...i never said you had the gig' type of bullshit.....it sucks....plain and simple, but there really is no recourse or way of getting that cash once the deed is done...you basically just have to suck it up and learn.....on the bright side (and there is one) a TON of other designers here have been fucked over for a LOT more.....weeks and weeks worth of work....not just a few days..... in that sense you got off lucky.... meet up with the guy you know there and get to the bottom of it (if you feel like that's something you need to do) but otherwise, move on, and NEVER forget this moment.....insure that all other jobs/gigs/work from now on have a signed contract...