WTF So I just dick'd my butt

APRIL said:
Four years into running a business and now, for the first time, I have a client who doesn't want to pay their bill. This is someone I've been working with since almost the beginning, but they are having money troubles so they can't pay their $1825.00 bill. That's a lot of stray cat food he's pulling off my table.

Anyways, not sure what to do just yet. Offered to setup a payment plan (it's not a large amount, wtf dude). If he declines... perhaps collections, but doubt that's worth it... hmpf.

@Josh what's your preferred method of strong arming people to pay their bill?
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I'm sure @Maureen knows some people that can make your deadbeat customer an offer they can't refuse.
 
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Domon said:
You can also attempt to "transfer" the debt load back to them. Arrange to take a credit card payment, and then you get paid, and the CC company will have the problem.
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He prefers to bank transfer to me even tho my invoices have the option to pay by credit. :(
 
Valve1138 said:
Small claims court?
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Often not worth it.

Dad has had the same problem in the past. "This will take roughly 10 hours to complete, maybe $100-200 in materials, and I work at $X/hour. Here's an estimate. I will update you if I find anything more than that. Please sign here acknowledging receipt of the estimate."

Couple weeks later "That's outrageous! I'm not paying that for this!"

"Ok, I'm holding onto your great grandmother's newly restored armoire then. I'll sell it at auction in 120 days if I don't get payment."

Never got what he put into it when he had to do that. Often had to call the local Sheriff's Deputy out when someone showed up demanding their shit back. Still good friends with a few of them.
 
Josh said:
Was this a project? For future billing, try to do 3 payments: 1 to start project, 1 on middle, 1 on delivery.
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Nope, it was just on-going work as he needed it on an hourly basis. I bill once a month for this kind of stuff and since he was an established client who used to pay his bills, I didn't mind doing it this way.

But ya, that's exactly what I do for projects. Build out the project on my dev server and then when it's complete, they pay me the last third and then I move it to the host of their choice.
 
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