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"Late fees are critical." In theory you can assess late fees and you might actually collect some. But the truth is if someone is jerking you around on payment
by larrys 14y ago
"Late fees are critical."
In theory you can assess late fees and you might actually collect some.
But the truth is if someone is jerking you around on payment and they offer to pay sans the late fees most vendors will accept that and move on. In fact I've had people who claim to be filing bankruptcy (claim) and offer x cents on the dollar for any amount owed. In the end you make a decision do you want to take the money or go for door number two.
Legally entitled really means very little. What counts is the cost of enforcing the contract and the time it takes and any leverage that you have (like a kill switch as OP had mentioned)
- nordsieck 14y ago"and any leverage that you have (like a kill switch as OP had mentioned)" A kill switch is pretty silly. All you need is "the copyright transfers on full payment for services rendered" in your contract.
- marcomonteiro 14y ago+1 This is my method as well. Until the work is paid for, I own it.
- huhtenberg 14y agoIf they are OK with not paying you, they probably don't give a flying f#ck about the copyright either.
- larrys 14y agoSo true. Possession is 9/10th of the law. Or as Capone put it "You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone."