My BF and I have our own biz doing computer repair and websites. In November I was done with this one lady’s website. It was everything she wanted it to be, and I was done before schedule and uploaded it to her server to go “live”.
After words, I sent her the payment information. She had known what the price was going to be around from the beginning, so what I was sending her was no surprise. The charges came up to $150 but I gave her a discount for bartering with us and it became $115.
Keep in mind she is a photographer, so I know she had money coming to her sooner or later.
She emailed me telling me that she was short on money that month and was going to be short on her rent and was getting people to help her out. So I gave her some time. Come December I emailed her, she finally got back to me saying she didn’t have access to the internet except when she went to the library. However, I found out in January she had indeed been on the internet a lot because I accidentally stumbled onto her MySpace page and saw all her communications. I did not confront her about this though, it wouldn’t be good for business I figured.
So then in February I sent her an email that if she doesn’t pay x amount with in x amount of time I will start charging interest on it for a late fee. She had not called or emailed me back. I really think she’s trying to avoid me. If she really wanted to talk to me I live across the street. It is not my place to go knock on her door, that would be over barring and bad for business. It’s not much money I am asking for, and we are a small biz so we really do need the money.
I plan on starting the interest soon for the late payment fee, but if she does not comply I’m afraid we’ll have to go to court. I really don’t want to go to court, I don’t like it, it takes a lot of time, and I’m afraid it might cost money.
What should I do?
2007-03-26 07:21:42 · 3 answers · asked by Am 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
"SKYDOGSLIM" yeah I'm afraid I might have to do that ... I was hoping for some other creative none court action I could take that I wasn't thinking of but you might be right ...
2007-03-26 07:32:45 · update #1
"Amie G" I didn't know I could report her to the BBB on the ground of B2B transactions. ThX 4 letting me know. She technically has her own biz doing this but she works freelance, not sure how to go about that but I'll look into it.
2007-03-26 07:34:12 · update #2
Threaten her with legal action and then follow through if she fails to pay. It seems as if she has no intention of paying you. Do the right thing and force the issue.
2007-03-26 07:27:24 · answer #1 · answered by SKYDOGSLIM 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-09-05 16:45:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like that you are going to have to take her to small claims court! If she has a business name contact the better business bureau to report no payment!
2007-03-26 07:27:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋