Comments on: It’s Time for Some Business Brainstorming!

By: junebug

junebug — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:14:54 +0000

Yep, it’s true. Court battles are way more work (time and money) than it’s worth. However, you should have all the details outlined in your contract. Usually clients don’t follow through with your agreement because they think there “really” wasn’t one to begin with so make sure it’s on paper.

By: somecallmejosh

somecallmejosh — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:10:43 +0000

@danh200,

Have you checked with a lawyer about how advisable it is to post a comment like that on someone’s website?

By: danh2000

danh2000 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:55:53 +0000

Fair comment Tyssen, but that’s often a lengthy, time-consuming and expensive process that nobody would choose if avoidable.

By: Tyssen

Tyssen — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:13:47 +0000

Shouldn’t payment arrangements be built into your original contract with the client? If they’re in breach of their contract, you bring in the lawyers.

By: danh2000

danh2000 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:48:36 +0000

I’ve been burnt in the past too when clients failed to pay what was owed – when possible now, I build kill switches into my websites which phone home to my server to check if all is well..

You’d be surprised how effective a message like this can be:

“XXX has failed to pay for this website which has been frozen until prompt paymeny is made”

It has helped me to obtain prompt payment from 2 clients who thought they were safe because the code was on their own server.

I’m not stupid enough to think this couldn’t be circumvented easily, but many clients are.