exactly, that is why you need to prepare to do this, but sometimes it
is your only course. This is why I host 90% of my own work. I don't
make that much money from the hosting, but it gives me 100% leverage.
--
Robert Garcia
President - BigHead Technology
VP Application Development - eventpix.com
13653 West Park Dr
Magalia, Ca 95954
ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040
[email protected] - [email protected]
http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/
On Jan 14, 2009, at 2:27 PM, Stefan Gonick wrote:
That last line about the code being yours until they pay for it is
critical.
Without that written agreement, it is illegal to do that. I looked
into it
and was advised that it is against the law to hurt their business in
that
way and that my only recourse was to file a lawsuit to get paid.
Stefan
At 05:15 PM 1/14/2009, you wrote:
The very best way to deal with this, is in the code. If I am not
sure about a client, or if a large project where the client is
hosting somewhere other than my servers, I use code. Hide a method
with a EXPIRE function. If the date is later than a certain date,
the app stops working. When they pay up, you remove that code. If
they don't pay, or cut off access to their servers, the code will
stop working. I have actually had to enforce this 2x with some very
large customers, and it works. Unless they have some guru that can
go through the code and find it. You should also write into the
agreement ahead of time, that the code is YOURS until they pay for
it, so this trick is perfectly legitimate.
--
Robert Garcia
President - BigHead Technology
VP Application Development - eventpix.com
13653 West Park Dr
Magalia, Ca 95954
ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040
[email protected] - [email protected]
http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/
On Jan 14, 2009, at 12:55 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Hi All,
One of my clients has not paid me for work done in September. I
was wondering if anyone had advice as to
how I can persuade them to pay up for the work I've done.
They claim that hard financial times are the reason but now no
longer answer emails or phone calls. They are actually still
advertising for web developers (contract and FTE) so they
obviously do actually have the money.
thanks
Norman Wheatley
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