yeah that is probably true, but most lawyers will write up a letter threatening to sue for not very much money, and if you are particularly annoyed it may be satisfying to throw some good money after bad. ANd it might work. Depends on your assessment of the situation. If you think they are hardcore deadbeats who did this on purpose, don't bother.
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Adam Churvis < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm betting these guys do this sort of thing all time, moving from > developer > to developer, because $800 is below the "come-and-get-me" point. $800 > isn't > worth anyone's time to try and recover -- and I mean anyone. > > A court decision won't mean a thing (realistically it's just one schmuck's > opinion printed on a piece of paper you get to wave around), and if they're > smart they'll just not show up in court, let you have your Summary > Judgment, > and then sit back and laugh at you while you scurry around getting ignored > by every collection agency in town because it isn't even worth the time to > write up the initial paperwork. > > Just chalk it up to the best $800 lesson you'll ever learn. > > And remember: contracts are also nothing more than a bunch of pieces of > paper with a bunch of words printed on them. The only importance they have > is a point of reference in a superior court battle (small claims probably > won't even read it), which isn't worth it until you're talking high five > figures or more on a straightforward claim, or much higher for anything > complicated. > > Sad, but true. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: T. Michael Pardon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 3:02 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Clients that don't pay > > > > Well, I've never had a problem with this person before so I delivered > > the code to them before receiving payment. They then handed the code > > over to their client and I'm sure it's in use now. The total was > > around $800, so not alot but I'd sure like to have it. There really > > isn't any documentation besides the email threads between my client and > > myself, which I have saved all of them. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260514 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
