Dale, I would expect that a "few hundred hours" of your time would be sufficient to get lawyers involved, at least at the initial stage of having them send a scare letter. I wish you the best of luck in getting your $$$. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Botkin" To: Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 9:42 PM Subject: [PIC]: Contracting job gone wrong > 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. > > I debated for a few weeks whether or not to post this to the list. I > don't want to be seen as using the list or my so-called position as list > admin to push a personal agenda. Sooner or later, though, the guy is > going to need some changes or fixes made to the code, and I suspect he's > going to turn to another PICList member to do it. I'd really like to > spare the next guy the same fate, and yes, it would irritate me to know > someone else was getting paid to do what I should have already been paid > to do. > > I'm not going to name names or go too deep into details, but if you get an > email from someone looking to have some work done on some CCS C source > code (that still may or may not have my name attached), you might want to > drop me a note privately to see if it's the same guy. IANAL, but as far > as I can tell since I didn't get paid as agreed, he's got no right to the > code. > > Dale > --- > Time wounds all heels. > -- Me > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body