Re: [HACKERS] Contract Programmer Advice.
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 20:56, Lamar Owen wrote: Being that this group of hackers is one I trust, and that this is a pretty common scenario for contract programming, I thought I'd ask this group a question. I hope you don't mind. I want to thank everyone for their responses. We will see where things go from here. -- Lamar Owen WGCR Internet Radio 1 Peter 4:11 ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send unregister YourEmailAddressHere to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
[HACKERS] Contract Programmer Advice.
Being that this group of hackers is one I trust, and that this is a pretty common scenario for contract programming, I thought I'd ask this group a question. I hope you don't mind. I did some contract programming work for a to-be-nameless company a while back, and I'm having difficulty collecting. The amount of the debt is around $1,400 US, so it's not something I am willing to just let go. However, I've been patient for nearly two years: and, despite repeated promises to the contrary, I have yet to see this money. They did pay me for the first $1,000 or so, but have that $1,400 left to pay (I did a total of about $2,400 for them). It was a subcontracting arrangement; they were contracting out to a client, and I was subcontracted. According to the client, the bill was paid in full. This company doesn't dispute any of my invoices and says they are going to pay me. But they have not yet done so. This company is still in business, and seems to be doing quite well. Don't even ask their name; I'm not out to smear anyone. Although I am tempted to publicly announce who they are, it is against my nature. But my patience is wearing thin; and I'm willing to try just about anything. Short of libel or slander, of course. Whether they are honest or not doesn't mean I have carte blanche to be dishonest. I just want my money _soon_. This company has had no complaints about my performance or the quality of my work in this; in fact, in the communications I've had with them, they were always pleased with my work (or at least that's what they said). And, of course, I kept copies of all correspondence. In fact, I would do work for them again if I could be more sure of collecting the money. Maybe I'm just too patient; I don't know. Since I do trust this group, if any of you have had experience dealing with credit collection bureaus and the like, can you please e-mail me privately with your experience? -- Lamar Owen WGCR Internet Radio 1 Peter 4:11 ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
Re: [HACKERS] Contract Programmer Advice.
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:56:56PM -0500, Lamar Owen wrote: This company doesn't dispute any of my invoices and says they are going to pay me. But they have not yet done so. This company is still in business, and I wouldn't know about your country, whichever that may be, but in the Netherlands it only takes two unpaid creditors to request bankruptcy for a company with a judge. Bankruptcy is declared when a company no longer pays its dues (note that ability doesn't come into this), and two outstanding debts are the minimum required to establish that. If all else fails, that kind of procedure gives a very strong incentive to pay up. Your country may have a similar arrangement. Jeroen ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
Re: [HACKERS] Contract Programmer Advice.
In Canada we have small claims court. up to 10,1000$ and it only costs you 50$ to file a claim. They have to file a defense or settle within 30 days. Usally if they owe you the money it forces them to do something, either settle or *really* drag it out, but it gets the process moving. Jeroen T. Vermeulen wrote: On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:56:56PM -0500, Lamar Owen wrote: This company doesn't dispute any of my invoices and says they are going to pay me. But they have not yet done so. This company is still in business, and I wouldn't know about your country, whichever that may be, but in the Netherlands it only takes two unpaid creditors to request bankruptcy for a company with a judge. Bankruptcy is declared when a company no longer pays its dues (note that ability doesn't come into this), and two outstanding debts are the minimum required to establish that. If all else fails, that kind of procedure gives a very strong incentive to pay up. Your country may have a similar arrangement. Jeroen ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
