Chasing people down for payment is… exhausting.
Just give me my money. I don’t think I’m out of line in asking for it. I did the work. I took the time. I gave you completed product. Give me my money.
I don’t like this nonsense.
Chasing people down for payment is… exhausting.
Just give me my money. I don’t think I’m out of line in asking for it. I did the work. I took the time. I gave you completed product. Give me my money.
I don’t like this nonsense.
That is really awful that you have to chase people. They wouldn’t walk out of a hair salon without paying so why would they withhold payment when you have fulfilled your part of the contract?!?
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This particular person is… well I sent an invoice, waited two weeks, sent a reminder. Then they said ‘Yeah, I’ll get to that in a few days’. Then, they sent me an E-transfer that was password protected and it said ‘I’ll send the password separately’. Then they never sent the password. When I asked them for the password they were like ‘Oh I cannot remember the password I’ll have to cancel that one and send a new one’.
At this point in time they really are just totally screwing with me.
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They really are taking the piss…I’d be livid.
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Hi V ! That’s too bad!I’m so sorry for you ! please be strong !😘
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I REALLY feel your pain, and unfortunately, I believe this is a non-removable feature of any freelance work, time and geography does not matter
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It sucks that people are like this.
Honestly, I would never leave a bill unpaid. The fact that people go out of their way too, I just don’t understand that mentality.
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Send an ultimatum that if payment is not received in full by date X you will be pursuing a small claims lawsuit for theft of services and reporting the lawsuit to the three major credit reporting agencies.
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This person knows me and knows my financial standing as of present – thus they’d know I’d be bullshitting if I said that. At this point they’re just trying to fuck with me… for god knows whatever reason.
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Just don’t let it make you too resentful. I was screwed out of over $1,000 in royalties by my first publisher. Not much I could do. Karma will yield its ugly, yet beautiful head. If all you can do is wait to dance on their grave, take pleasure in shining your tap shoes.
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Oh I remember those days. I was too nice and let people walk away with my money. I was not a very good business man. Maybe it would be different now…but then I was far too lax with people and tried to think the best. That didn’t work.
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I’m trying to be like… professional but also firm. At this point in time I feel like they’re just screwing with me.
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I’ve heard the same complaint from other people who do freelance work – seems to be a common thing unfortunately! Is it an individual or a company?
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It’s the CEO of a company. Hired me to do some work for an upcoming presentation, won’t pay the bill. And because it’s the CEO I have no one above them to casually send my invoice too…
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I am so sorry, Vee 😢
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Thanks. I’m going back and forth with them still. My whole desire to have the money is that it would really help with black friday to buy some presents for Christmas. If it shoes up after black friday that’s going to suck. Though, I’m going to get paid no matter what. I’m not going to let it slide.
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Absolutely. You provided a service, you are entitled to be properly reimbursed for your services. Like how others have said, I can’t imagine “not” paying someone for a service or product they have provided.
I know it’s not pleasant, but you will get paid! And I do hope you can enjoy shopping for holiday gifts.
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You’re having a rough week, aren’t you? Hang in there.
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I’m trying. This has been an ongoing… just about month now. So we’ll see how it turns out.
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some people just show no respect for others
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Absolutely. I think people take advantage of consultants. I really do.
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It’s the worst! Hope they pay you soon!
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Me too. Black Friday is coming…
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I hope you get paid soon. Fingers crossed.
It does happen, and often. I am always waiting for my money. Luckily, I also work fulltime so my Consulting work is extra.
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I paid $800 to a web artist once who did similar back-and-forth via email traffic, which I still have, and never received the items I paid for. Thank God for PayPal now because I won’t do business without it now. I even submitted info to the IRS about this bullshit. Still out my $800 all these years later…
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SIMON BONDAR, don’t do business with him.
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I’m sorry you went through that.
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I gave my bank details to my client for the direct bank transfer and mentioned to get on wallet apps like google pay and all..
I didn’t because you know.. If I lose the phone my money in my bank account is gone then..
They transferd late…
But, later they paid on time..
Getting good clients is a ride and a luck..
Are you a freelancer?
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I would’t call myself a freelancer, no. More like an amateur. lol
This was… kind of my first go at putting myself out there to see if anyone needed work done. People have been telling me to do it all year, and I just thought ‘yeah, I need money for the holidays’. So this is my second client ever. And first client who I’m chasing for payment.
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Sounds like you did some work for the current President of the United states.
Hope you have better luck than his contractors did.
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Lol
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Always ask for an upfront retainer fee.
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That’s a good idea! Thanks.
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Reblogged this on Levii.
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As I transition to consulting, I hope I never encounter this frustration! Thank you for the heads up!
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