Dale,

I've seen some other responses and I would like to add something
that the company I work for has to do occasionally: bring in
a collection agency.  You will have to turn over a large part
of the money they shake loose from the deadbeats (50% is the
amount I hear tossed around when the money types are talking),
but it might be worth the try if you are just about to give up
on getting anything.  Collections people are paid to be persistant
and they know how to go after credit ratings.  The company that
didn't pay you might change their minds after a big black mark
shows up on the credit report and suppliers start insisting on
payment up front instead of giving 30 days to pay.

Karl

Quoting Dale Botkin <dale@BOTKIN.ORG>:

> Well, it finally happened.  What started out as a promising paying
> code-for-hire job went bad, the customer has stopped responding to
> emails
> and has apparently decided not to pay for the work done as agreed.
> Since
> we're several states apart and the amount isn't enough to get lawyers
> involved, I guess he gets away with it for the time being.  I'm really
> disappointed; it's not like my kids are going to go without shoes this
> winter, but there are a few hundred hours of my time I would have
> spent
> doing other things if I'd known I wasn't going to get paid for them.
> I
> even offered to be flexible on the amount if he was in financial
> straits,
> but there has been no response to my last four or five emails since
> December.
>

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