I have a large "big name" client in one of the luxury-goods industries, which I've been servicing for the past 4 years. They are currently overdue on two invoices, and soon to be three -- totaling $4k. Recently, my client became acquainted with another development firm through one of their dealers, and decided to have the new development firm contact me about proposing updates to the site "I developed", "I host", and "I manage". I feel it's very unprofessional on the client's part to have someone not affiliated with them contact me out of the blue asking for access to the site/database. The client is over 60 days due on programming services, hasn't paid their hosting bill in 3 months and says "Great job on recent updates, but I'm not the only one with overdue invoices", which doesn't make me feel any better (this company sold $82 million dollars last year). To this day, they claim they want more work out of me if I will just talk with the other development firm and give them the database + source code so "they" can write up a proposal to modify the site. The whole thing smells of bad business practices.
Have either of you been in a similar situation, particularly where you had some leverage in the deal (hosted their site; client doesn't have access), and client is overdue on two, soon to be three invoices? Dakota ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288085 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
