Re: FN-FORUM: Website invoice advice needed please!

date posted 25th January 2005 23:34

On 26 Jan 2005, at 00:37, Richard Bennett wrote:

> Then that's probably why you've not been paid yet. Office staff will
> not pay
> anything bigger without the OK from the top, and he probably asks them
> if the
> work is finished yet, they say no, the training hasn't been given yet,
> so he
> says not to pay the bill.

yep - he only went to Sydney at the beginning of this month - so it is
down to more than that. he has deliberately dodged every time i have
asked who it is that is meant to be trained.

unfortunately the whole thing has been a fairly casual affair and a
lesson for me.


> I wouldn't pay for half-finished work either, if that wasn't the
> agreement.

very true. but the work is finished. the website is live - the only
outstanding item is this half day training - which i have no issues
with giving. but my quandary is that i have no confidence that i will
get paid even after doing this.

i called him up and sent a nice email after the New Year with the very
reason of getting outstanding issues resolved in a diplomatic way,
which were both rebuked.

upon finding out that he had gone to Oz for 3 mths i felt that was the
last resort and told his secretary that i was left with no option but
pull the site as the work hadn't been paid for.

the guy is just playing games - and i feel it is my only option now.
frankly i don't give a toss about the money any more - i'm happy to
revert the site to their old one and walk away from the job. but the
letter i received that touching the site would constitute criminal
damage surprised me today.

i will try one more time to resolve this amicably though. some mug am
i?

L.

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