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Thanks for the feedback. I am not always good about getting bills out on time, only because I've been treated well by clients. Fool me once, shame on you...

Thanks for the feedback. I am not always good about getting bills out on time, only because I've been treated well by clients. Fool me once, shame on you... This was a very unique situation in the sense that my client's client apparently dropped the project before any payments were over due. At least that's how the information was disclosed to me. My hope is they were honest about this when explaining themselves.

zachrose 12y ago
Yeah. That situation might not be as unique as you think, though. Projects get cancelled all the time, but that's orthogonal to getting paid for things you've done. With any new client, I'm not totally relaxed until I've been paid that first time. To mitigate that stress, I take a deep breath and negotiate for smaller checks, earlier and more frequently. This way even the clients who flake out don't do as much damage.
- datashovel 12y ago
  Good point. I luckily didn't come away completely empty handed. So far I've received probably a little more than 50% billed. Even still, a company's inability to pay that amount owed is pretty "bottom of the barrel" if you ask me. My hunch is they'll be out of business before they're able to finish paying. Which may be a good thing.