Have you ever thought about what that makes for your image?
I would encourage you to stay polite and willing to accept their delay
as long
as it is possible for you. You can deny to work with this client in the
future anyways
but do not threaten somebody with court or anything before there is no
other way around.
Have always in mind that there can be a reason you could not even
imagine behind that
delay. You are dealing with people - just try to image this guy really
has problems and
dont want you to know about that, or anybody else. When you take him to
the court you
might get your money but a very very bad image in the head of that guy,too.
The other way round - if he finally pays you and he saw that you are
flexible he might
recommend you the next time. Have the good parts about people in mind,
dont make
assumtions.
My cents...
Pete Hotchkiss schrieb:
Eamons point about the computer misuse act is not strictly true - you
own the site unless a contract exists explicitly licensing full
ownership of everything up payment completion.
My advise however is to leave the site up and get Thomas Higgins on the
case. He's BRILLIANT and has a ni on 100% record for recovering debts.
He's completely ruthless and gets results
http://www.thomas-higgins.co.uk/
Trust me - use these guys and you'll have you money before the month is
out
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Piers
Cowburn
Sent: 08 December 2008 11:51
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] My rights - site not paid for.
I've been in this situation before and done the same as Paul, it ended
up going to a small claims court and the client didn't even turn up for
the hearing. I got paid and the costs were covered by the client.
Piers
On 8 Dec 2008, at 11:38, Paul Steven wrote:
Hi Stephen
I had a similar situation about a year ago and in this case I had no
contract but just emails from the client agreeing on the cost for the
work.
Anyway I simply made a claim via
https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/csmco2/index.jsp and I won my case. It
was really simple and will cost you nothing as you get all your costs
paid for by the customer if you win.
I would be reluctant to take the site down as doing so will then mean
the customer has nothing to pay for. By leaving the site up and
running, you have fulfilled your obligations.
Anyway good luck!!
Paul
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Stephen Matthews
Sent: 08 December 2008 11:03
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] My rights - site not paid for.
What are my rights ( in the UK ) for taking down a site which has not
been paid for?
The owner of the company is happy with his site, but is not coughing
up.
I still have FTP access.
He says the site took too long, and makes lots of excuses for not
paying - which do not tally.
He changed the site drastically at least three times - I think it took
too long too, due to this.
He is updating the news section and other sections whenever he has new
material.
I would be interested in your thoughts.
This person won an award for being a top business man this year - is
this what you have to do to be a top business man - screw people?
I am not the kind of person to take this action really, but I may
consider it.
Thanks
S
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