There was a site a few years back (might have been posted here, can't remember) where the guy took down the application he had built on a fairly heavily-visited site and replaced it with "this guy is a deadbeat" type of message. Not sure if that would be considered career suicide, but it took balls and must have felt nice to do...
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 2:31 AM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lesson one: Always get it in writing. > Lesson two: Check references before doing work for a new client > > But since you did neither, your best option now is to send a demand > letter by certified mail with pay by deadline. If they don't make the > deadline, you have legal grounds to proceed. Often simply the threat > of legal action will prompt payment. > > If all else fails, a letter to the end user of your work might prompt > action if they are a legitimate business. > > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 5:40 AM, T. Michael Pardon > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey everybody! I'm not sure how to proceed with a client that won't pay > or return phone calls. Unfortunately, I was lulled into a false sense of > security with this client and didn't have any written agreement. The > project was two phases and I received payment for the first delivery. > However, I completed the second delivery and now I cannot get ahold of the > client (she represented another party) and it's been 3 months now. Any > ideas of what I can do, or am I just screwed? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:260547 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
