 Good Collection Agency for Freelancers?
jacquesm: That sucks. One strategy that I have with people that don't pay - and this used to happen in the past, it has not happened to me in a long time - is to simply call them every bloody day.Once at 9 am, once at 2 pm and once at 4:30. To ask if they've already paid the bill.Be very polite, make sure you get the right department.Pretty soon they'll figure out they can't disconnect their phone, and that you won't go away.Suggest payments in terms, take $300 today, arrange for a pickup in their offices and bring a buddy with you.But make sure you stay 'clean', don't do anything stupid because that would give them leverage to get rid of you instead.good luck!And next time make sure you get labour+materials up front, and your profits on delivery (and make sure they have nothing if they don't pay). That's good business sense anyway when you're a freelancer.Some customers it is much better not to have, the paying ones you want to keep the trouble makers you want to get rid of.