most lawyers have a set fee for a letter muttering about contract commitments. It would probably also remind them that the loser in a legal dispute pays the court costs. Often quite effective.
On 12/17/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is ok or CF-Jobs Talk. > First off, forget the idea of a negative PR campaign. It hurts you in the > long run and limits you in this specific case. It's good that you didn't > mention the company name here as the lists are HEAVILY indexed by search > engines. You don't want your name linked directly to the company along with > any threats. > There are lawyers who specialize in these types of cases and you might want > to check some out. If your case is strong then they will probably work on a > percentage if it's high enough. If not, even the threat of a lawyer > (official stationary and all) might have an effect. Having a contract is a > plus in your corner. > > Michael Dinowitz > President: House of Fusion (http://www.houseoffusion.com) > Publisher: Fusion Authority (http://www.fusionauthority.com) > Adobe Community Expert / Advanced ColdFusion Developer > > > > > Hello, > > > > I am not sure whatever this is the list to post this to but I have the > > following problem with a client that I didn't have before: > > - I worked for a company for about a week > > - I signed a contract that I will get paid for every hour that the company > > can bill their clients for > > - I finished few assignment and billed the client > > - after three months and few emails I thretend with small claims curt to > > which I got a reply that I was insulting them by asking to be paid. They > > offered to pay half of the invoice. > > > > What should I do now? I am 3000 miles away so I cannot sue them without > > going back. Should I threaten to place this whole thing online - i.e. > > whole > > email exchange and do negative PR campaign - my home page is ranked higher > > on Google then their so anyone looking them up would see how "honest" they > > are and hopefuly realize that if they treat subcontractrs without > > integrity > > they may be same to their clients as well, > > > > TK > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-OT/message.cfm/messageid:164 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-OT/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.29
