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- Mark|Instil
Hi, i recently have been doing some freelance work for a company, altho i have no signed contract, i have a terms of work and pay and how we will opperate letter. plus all the emails about the work and proof they have recieved the work etc. they have not paid me for the work i have done and its been a 2months since i invoiced them i ring them they answered and say oh it shud of been sent ill get back to u, they dont get back 2 me, and i cant seem to get in touch with the guy. what can i do? cheers
- ********0
Tough, but the fact that it's been two months and there has been no issue with them about the quality of the work you delivered.
Check this out, it might help
http://www.payontime.co.uk/
- Mark|Instil0
yeah they have been very happy with the work i have done for the,, its gettin rediculous now. they paid me for the 1st lot of work i did, but nothing this time.
- DavidFelt0
Gotta sign a contract Mark, you probably have a case with all the correspondence you have but it may be more effort than its worth to try and recoup your money.
Let this be a lesson to you
- ********0
It's ALWAYS worth chasing clients for money. This signed contract thing is irrelevent as they are just as likely not to pay with or without a client.
The fact you got paid a first installment, have all correspondence and they have not disputed any your future invoices or the work you submitted under those invoices, means that you're in the right.
I would look into charging them interest (obviously you should inform them) and then if they don't pay look into debt collection agencies or pehaps even going and getting A CCJ against them, which may seem alot of work, but really isn't that much hassle at all and is also pretty cheap to do.
- UndoUndo0
stay nice but keep the pressure on by reminding them constantly
- Dancer0
Instead of phoning just "pop in" and "see if they had the money available" Saves them posting and all that.
Have you delivered the work?
If all else fails get a well spoken important person to call up saying they represent you as a solicitor and threaten them with legal action.
- UndoUndo0
on and if yr doing coding/web based stuff look at building in switches that give you ultimate control if they decide not to pay.
- shutdown0
If it's web stuff and you have control of the hosting you have the ability to switch it off.
I just done that to a client, they weren't happy but they paid quickly.
feel the power!!!! ;)
- gayartistsguild0
everyone ive done work for ive always gotten a portion when we either first start or at first proof and then when i hand them the disk with the files or what have you i get the final payment.
- traut0
definently have it w/ the correspondences i had a client that didnt want to pay so i just scanned in all the emails / faxes / etc into a nice pdf and emailed it to them w/ a nice note stating if i didnt receive at least 1/2 of final payment i would either start charging interest or having my lawyer friend attack.