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If you have a contract, you're already well ahead of the game. Most contracts will include all of this sort of stuff for you, and all you have to do with non-pa
by anthonyb 14y ago
If you have a contract, you're already well ahead of the game. Most contracts will include all of this sort of stuff for you, and all you have to do with non-payers is wave a threatening legal letter at them.
If there's no contract, the best that you can do is a cash leash (when they go over $x overdue, work stops) and set it low enough that you can cut them loose without losing your house.
My take on dealing with "Squirrel" clients here: http://teh.oarsum.com/posts/you_are_all_squirrels.html http://teh.oarsum.com/posts/you_are_all_squirrels.html
- rmc 14y agoObligatory: Just because it's not written down doesn't mean you have a contract. Oral, implied contracts are still legally contracts. If it's written down and signed, it's much easier to know what everyone has agreed to, so that is much better.
- anthonyb 14y agoThat's right, but it would increase your cost of litigation substantially, since you'll have a much longer court case trying to prove that. It's not something that you really want to rely on. edit: Just an addendum - most of the deadbeat weasel clients know that verbal contracts don't carry a lot of weight, so the threat of being able to sue is really the important part. (Ideally you refuse the deadbeats upfront, but it's hard to tell sometimes)