Timeline for Handling a client that doesn't pay after services are delivered
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| Nov 24, 2015 at 11:55 | answer | added | Carlo Borja | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 12, 2015 at 9:49 | history | edited | Amelia | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 12, 2015 at 3:12 | history | edited | Learning PHP OOP | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 12, 2015 at 2:08 | answer | added | Robert Schmid | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 10, 2015 at 23:12 | comment | added | Learning PHP OOP | Thank you so much .. i will try my level best and would let you guys know about it. | |
| Oct 10, 2015 at 22:30 | comment | added | Mugé | Contract or not, you have it in writing. The person asking you to do things for the company will need to be authorized to do so. Either way, it doesn't seem that they will make it easy for you to get paid, but you must try to get what you were promised. Good luck! | |
| Oct 10, 2015 at 21:42 | comment | added | Learning PHP OOP | I appreciate all your comments on this but i am stuck , i don't see a solution of getting myself paid. i can't afford my daughter's doctor fees, its getting so complicated. do you think if i submit my case to the court of arizona, is there any chance they would take this seriously? what are the chances? i have written emails from the employees who was always asking me to make the changes and promised to pay the payroll one he is back from his tour but he never released the funds. but i don't have a written contract from him.. please advise | |
| Oct 10, 2015 at 11:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackFreelance/status/652801005239844864 | ||
| Oct 9, 2015 at 23:52 | comment | added | Mugé | @go-meek I hoped you understood the mathematics and work force standards in our calculations. First 2 weeks require work before pay. The other 2 weeks is not to have interest gain but administrative timings from the funds getting transfered from company to me and the wheels turning of the money being shipped to India. HR and wire reasons. Interesting that you could not see the workings behind. Anyway, my word has been passed on. Good day! | |
| Oct 9, 2015 at 17:44 | answer | added | zipzit | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 9, 2015 at 14:00 | comment | added | go-junta | @mugé Yes, learn from it and move on. Laws are laws no matter the attitude or motivation a freelancer may have. That's interesting you mention you got paid fully upfront yet you didn't pay fully upfront your own provider...! Clients often do the same as you, probably for the same reasons: lack of trust in new oversea providers because they know they'll never see their dollars if something goes wrong, and they have the power to do so in some case. As you did.. I suppose the company who paid you upfront knew you already and/or was Canadian/American/UK/Australian/Commonwealth-like too. | |
| Oct 9, 2015 at 12:43 | comment | added | Mugé | @go-meek is that what you will suggest to all freelancers, to just learn from it? I know what I am talking about, because I was the middle person outsourcing to a company that did not want their reputation challenged for hiring IT personnel from India. I made sure that I was paid 1 month in advance before the IT tech worked for the company. He did his work and he got paid 2 weeks after. So yes, my suggestion is to research (consult!) first. Research first and then go from there. This is a growing industry and cannot be just ignored for gain or fail experience. | |
| Oct 9, 2015 at 9:30 | comment | added | go-junta | @mugé It's doable but don't give false hope using the law and don't mix in-country cases and international cases; you can't compare your situation with the OP's situation, some countries have treaties and accords with each others, some don't. Hiring a lawyer specialized in international law VS going to the small claims is totally different. $4000 would barely cover what it would cost to sue your neighbor for installing a fence on your property...! The best the OP can do with the law is bluffing and hoping the company doesn't know he can't really sue them. | |
| Oct 9, 2015 at 9:12 | comment | added | Mugé | And sometimes, you just drink a glass of water over your loss, but it is worth to give it some fight beforehand :). | |
| Oct 9, 2015 at 9:03 | comment | added | Mugé | @HarryCover. Outsourcing is a huge market. The jurisdiction is the country or state that does the hiring. Believe me when I say that as long as I was firm to get my money, it is do-able. Recently, this happened also to a friend of mine who did a substantial interpretation from Canada to a UK company who keep deferring her pay for months. She let it go. This is a multi-centered company. They must have found a good way to grow. I would be on their case and also example to others. Few days ago, I won my case against a telecom company. I didn't pay a cent. I just used the right place to go. | |
| Oct 9, 2015 at 8:46 | comment | added | user4521 | @mugé: this situation is uneasy, because the service provider operates in Pakistan. So what is the applicable law and what is the competent jurisdiction ? I don't believe that the reputation of an American company could be scratched in any way by the complaints of an obscure Pakistani claiming an unpaid invoice. (Don't misunderstand me, I am not saying that the claim of Learning PHP OOP is unfounded, on the opposite; I am saying that nobody will care.) | |
| Oct 9, 2015 at 8:36 | comment | added | Mugé | @HarryCover I will disagree with your statement that there is 'little' that can be done in North America,. We value our reputation if we want to keep our business rolling. Your letter suggestion is important, because we usually get asked 'what did you do' to inform the other party? Emails are valid proof today as are electronic signatures. | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 23:13 | comment | added | user4521 | Unfortunately, there's little that you can do to coerce them. Try and e-mail them again, asking for your due. If no answer comes, phone. If they hang up, send a registered mail. Stay polite but firm. You worked, you deserve your salary. | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 22:59 | comment | added | Learning PHP OOP | then what can i do here? what is the solution ? | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 16:03 | answer | added | Xavier J | timeline score: 5 | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 15:31 | comment | added | user4521 | Launching a web campaign against them will certainly not have any other effect than make you spend time and energy. What's more, it can put you in a bad position to claim your due by legal means. Don't do that. | |
| Oct 8, 2015 at 10:48 | history | edited | Learning PHP OOP | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 8, 2015 at 10:38 | answer | added | Mugé | timeline score: 2 | |
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