Posted by ocg on August 17, 2000 at 16:25:08:
In Reply to: Re: Transcription JOB posted by cylvia on August 16, 2000 at 23:36:15:
: Also, the deposit idea is not a bad idea. A lot of times I simply invoice the person. Once I had a feeling that the person would not pay and had them sign a terms of agreement statement. One of the smartest things I could have done. Then once I had a client who subcontracted work out to me, told me she had the money in hand, then didn't pay me. That's when I thought about using ABSSI's collection agency because I had two customers at once that together owed me about $500+. I was very angry but did not lose my cool. Instead, I wrote them very friendly reminders that they had not paid me and got results.
After getting stiffed for over $1,400--by a paralegal--I learned my lesson. Hired an out-of-area collections agency, and guess what? After about three months of tracking this guy down (he lived about a half hour from me), in the end, he denied owing me anything! I could not believe that!!
ocg