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This worked for me once a long time (10+ years) ago. Collect emails as evident and stop working. Send them a email and tell them I send all the emails corres
by tkinom 12y ago
This worked for me once a long time (10+ years) ago. Collect emails as evident and stop working. Send them a email and tell them I send all the emails correspondent to a collection agency.
The last email got me the full $4k invoice paid in full in one week after weeks of delay.
In the future, setup project in milestone phases, next phases won't start until payment received. AND written in the statement of Works/Contract that you will only provide the source code and / or assign the copyright over until the payment is received in FULL.
- atlantic 12y agoI second this approach. Had a similar problem with a client in the UK two years ago. They dragged their feet for a few months, then gradually stopped answering emails and taking my phone calls altogether. I wrote a very angry email saying I intended to sell the debt to a collection agency, to ensure they paid in full, even if I never saw any of the money myself. They replied on the very same day, we negotiated, and I recovered about half the money I was owed by the end of the week. On the other hand, forget shaming them publicly - you open yourself up to accusations of libel - or empty threats of legal action - you simply don't have the resources. The same goes for sabotaging or erasing your code. But debt collection is a very real option.