When the client doesn't pay
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- liveforever0
"When the client doesn't pay"........................ you send the boys round
- mistermik0
i generally get an address and a name..
- desmo0
time to break some legs
- MakeBelieve0
Always get contact number and address. Also make sure you do not release artwork (or site) before payment. They can always change their ftp/cp access easily.
- boobs0
So, your problem is you're trying to find them? If the business was fairly legitimate, they should have been registered with the locality where they did business. So you might want to check with them. Businesses have to pay taxes, and pay Social Security on employees, so the tax authorities would have contact info for them.
If they were incorporated, like an LLC, they would have been more thoroughly registered with the state, and you should be able to chase them down through them.
- moth0
Where did you deliver the print to? You've got an address surely? Or the printers do...
- hedgehog0
I emailed them the print. And I'll get the address off of the check when I go to the bank today...
but good idea about the registered business info. I am not sure whether they were an LLC or a Corp. or what
but yes, I guess I'll won't give out any final prints in the future until full payment is received. I know that many companies do not pay for 30 days however. When I did a job for a university it took them almost two months to pay.
- moth0
There was no address on their printed literature?
That's just strange.
- moth0
"it took them almost two months to pay"
That sound's pretty standard to me. Any account worth their salt usually sit on paying people until the court order arrives..
- boobs0
It's hard to stay on top of all the administrative things you need to do to protect yourself when you're on your own as a freelancer!
Maybe make up a form to be filled out by the client before work is started and the deposit is paid?
- hedgehog0
it wasn't printed literature. the job was for some graphical headers for their .asp net application and a logo
- benfal990
the classic way :