[thelist] Business/Payment Question........

[Erik Mattheis]

>that client will walk when someone comes along who can
>offer the immediate service they want...

Hell, if a client "walks" because you're down on them for not paying, 
so be it ... warn the next victim if you can.

My contract says I own the work until final payment has been made and 
my hosting contracts states when I can take down the site due to 
non-payment ... I've acted on those clauses twice - still have one 
client and the other one paid up and is now hosted on a free service 
... fine with me.

This is something I've seen before in independent designers ... it's 
a trap to think clients are so precious that you can't stand up for 
yourself ... your clients are likely more business savvy than you so 
you have to remind yourself that a client that doesn't pay is in 
almost all cases no better than a blank slot in your client list.

Leave the working for nothing thing to musicians.

I'm now in a sucky situation where I am owed money for a project that 
was still in the "proof of concept" stage ... the only action I can 
take is telling them I'll delete the files on my hard drive and 
charge again for recreating them if they don't pay up ... and that's 
exactly what I'll do if the response to my third "I haven't received 
your check yet" email doesn't result in a situation that satisfies me.
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- Erik Mattheis

(612) 377 2272
http://goZz.com/

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