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It is reall very sad when you work for people and you don't get paid

promptly .Nice post.

posted by afzal50 on January 9, 2007 at 5:57 PM | link to this | reply

That's awesome, Julia..

Its difficult because I know that people fall on hard times and the like (as with the first woman that I mentioned) but I also have to think of it as a business transaction not a personal one and insist that they pay!

posted by RachelAnna on January 9, 2007 at 4:28 PM | link to this | reply

rachel--

I've been lucky (if you can really call it that), in the last 13 years as a freelancer I've only gotten stiffed twice. I almost never work without a contract, but even then, you would be forced to take the matter to court to get your money. And what a pain that would be. Sometimes I think clients need and want the product, but they fail to really, *truly* see its value.

posted by Julia. on January 9, 2007 at 3:07 PM | link to this | reply

I agree Ariala...

I have contracts with a couple of people, but not all.

It's difficult to get a lot of these people to sign contracts, even legit people.  You almost have to accept the risk as a freelancer, or you can't make any money.  Frustrating!

 

posted by RachelAnna on January 9, 2007 at 1:28 PM | link to this | reply

posted by star4sky5 on January 9, 2007 at 1:22 PM | link to this | reply

That is frustrating...that's why they talk about writing up contracts, etc.

But I find I still don't do that, and even if I did, there's still no guarantee

posted by Ariala on January 9, 2007 at 1:21 PM | link to this | reply