client dodging payment. a love story.
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- raybolger20
someone posted a cool link here once which stated the "rules" a client should go by when working with you. it was right on the $$
- normal0
One of my first posts on the PVN was related to a client who wasn't paying and was being dodgy.
I posted the name of the client because they were total dicks so it didn't matter, but the update is that they're heading south, quickly. Karma is a bitch.
- brandelec0
cap his ass
or hire getti to cap his ass
nick
(oct 20 04, 13:47)or hire getti to tap his ass
- nick0
cap his ass
or hire getti to cap his ass
- shellie0
i would post who it is... but im not going to get into the slader game so he can fuck with me. i'm going to let himself dig into a bigger hole rather than putting myself in an even worse situation.
- jevad0
damn...everybodys in teh shits today
- imnotnate0
Shellie.
The same client owes me money on 2 separate projects. Has never paid me a dime, and I busted my ass twice helpin' him out on last minute rush jobs.
(I heard it through the grapevine who it is you're talking about, and I know of a handful of other freelancers who are experiencing similar problems with the same guy/company.)
I think you or I should post who it is on here to warn other wary digital travellers.
- r00tarded0
why not find a collections agency that specializes in small companies and smaller invoices? Some will do it for $10/contract or a percentage of it. I'd doing that with a deadbeat client this month.
- ad10
i'm in london shellie.
you're way past the nice calls now nad it's good that you've been cool cos now is time to get heavy.
nice polite straight to the point letter:
dear ....
the invoice dated xxx for xxx still remains outstanding.//having made numerous appeals to you to settle this matter i now ask that you settle the outstsnding amount of xxx in full within the next seven days. failing that i will pass this matter over to my leagal representitves with the instructions to recover the full amount outstanding plus costs and interest acrued.
yours
shelliethis rarely fails unless they genuinely don't have $$$ its the costs and interest that gets them and to which you are (here in london) legally entitled.
here you can issue a summons - through the samll courts - costs £50 but if they don't pay their credit is fucked
good luck girl
- enobrev0
by friday? sheeit.
savin up for all the drinking il be doing on my bday in 2 weeks.
- shellie0
wish you were in SF for my birthday killa. oh the good times that will be had. puhlease? you wont be able to make it by friday willya? heh
- enobrev0
i knew you were a sweetheart shells, but wow... that's just plain adorable.
'cockhole'... must remember 'cockhole'.
- shellie0
oh fuck that cockhole, mark. tell him you'll do it for 500,000 dollars and a stripper in a birthday cake delivered to your doorstep.
- nosaj0
Had to serve a client papers a couple of years ago to get paid. It's sucks to have to do but some people will just walk all over you if you let them. Some bridges gotta burn.
- enobrev0
Went there a little more than a year ago. Dude eventually paid little by little, including a barage of insults and bullshit with every payment.
After the last payment I took about 15 minutes and flipped through the email / im / phone notes history and came up with some gems.
I then called him and laid an even hour of thorough ear ripping, with a 'mothafucker' after every 3 or so sentences, quoting him, insulting him, and giving evidence of just how much of a prick he was. He was silent for about 5 minutes, then got off the phone. He called back 10 minutes later and apologized.
I billed him for that hour...
Anyways.. he called me last week begging me to do work for him again.
Funny world.
- function820
hmm, i'd keep hounding, you could also try adding discounts and surcharges to your invoices to try to deter this in the future, but i guess if hes not going to pay to begin with, that wont help
ie. 15days, 5% off, 30 days, full charge, 60 days 5% surcharge
- MACAS00
Damn, and I tought Virgin Islands women were rough. Pay up mehboy!
:)
- shellie0
Its a very small amount. it was like a day work after I finished a much larger contract. It just makes me so crazy angry that he thinks he can get away with fucking me for the tail end of what we agreed on.
"I paid you on time every time before" doesnt do it for me. I want the rest... or you'll hear it from me for a bit... if anything to make myself feel better.
- function820
is it a large sum? and are you sure that times are really tight?
if its a small amount of money, sometimes its not worth your effort, especially when taking them to court would cost more than the contract pays
shady business people tend to win because they find a way to ignore you, in the end it usually bites them in the ass, but it sucks for designers, because we end up loosing out
- shellie0
If times are tight... I'd gladly take a dollar a week if thats all he can afford. Its the principle... PAY FOR SERVICES RENDERED.
Has anyone taken it beyond this point? Did it end up being worth the trouble? I wonder if I should have my final horah and scream at him one more time for shits and giggles and cut my losses.