But he might refuse to accept a registered letter.
There is however a little legal trick, valid as far as I know in all
Western legal systems, at the end of your letter add a sentence :
" This letter is send as a registered as well as ordinary one "

Brian Kraut wrote:
>
> Be sure to send a certified letter.  It only costs a few bucks and lets
> him know that you are serious.
>
> Dale Botkin wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Jesse Lackey wrote:
> >
> >>Why are you hesitant to name names?  If he is a deadbeat, in other words a
> >>*CROOK*, I personally want to know who he is, to avoid becoming his next
> >>victim.
> >>
> >
> >I have decided to make a couple more attempts to collect before going that
> >far.  I'll call and snailmail the guy to see if there may be some reason
> >he's not responding.  I'd really, really hate to harm someone's reputation
> >if I was wrong.  He could be hospitalized, moving, God only knows what.
> >All I know for sure is that I get no email bounce messages and no
> >response, but that could be caused by any number of things.  I dealt with
> >him for over a year with no problems, so it's hard for me to accept that
> >he would just all of a sudden decide to break our agreement without
> >explanation.  On the other hand, we had discussed the amount and timing of
> >the payment that was due, so it's not like the guy is unaware of the
> >situation -- and he's got my address and phone number.
> >
> >As for future jobs, I do plan to make some changes to how I negotiate the
> >job up front, as well as how scope & feature creep are handled.  In this
> >case I do have a string of emails documenting the agreements we have, but
> >I am really not willing to go through the expense and hassle of suing,
> >especially across state lines.  Since I'm out the labor but not any cash
> >or materials, I'll chalk it up as a tuition payment to Hard Knocks U. if I
> >never get paid.  Just to clarify, I *did* get some retainer up front, so
> >it's not like I got totally shafted, it's just the payment that was
> >promised on completion that never materialized.  I'll get by.  And sooner
> >or later, like I said, something's going to need tweaking, and there is a
> >pretty small pool of available tweakers for this kind of thing!
> >
> >I think in the future I'll start with a written agreement of the project
> >scope and specifications, a retainer payment, and agreed terms of what
> >happens when scope or features change, when payment is needed, progress
> >reports, the works.  It will be a pain in the rear, but so is working a
> >few weeks on a project you're not going to get paid for.
> >
> >Dale
> >
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