Comments on: The Last-Ditch Letter That Might Help You Get Paid

By: Maria Herrera

Maria Herrera — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:39:08 +0000

A great letter indeed!

By: Merrick

Merrick — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:24:34 +0000

This… This..? This is your last ditch effort? What about legal action? Someone who steals a product and doesn’t pay won’t be guilted by a letter. I’m sorry just how I feel.

By: Setting Your Rates & Getting Paid | The Writing Base

Setting Your Rates & Getting Paid | The Writing Base — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:19:49 +0000

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By: Rowland Jones

Rowland Jones — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:55:00 +0000

Closure: yes but sometimes revenge is even better. I worked for a university for three years on a part-time contract, and twice I’d come back to a promised timetable that simply wasn’t there! Then despite having done the job for three years, when it was advertised as a full-time post they said there were no suitable candidates. I bit my lip and carried on for another three months, during which time they gave my best paid class to another member of staff and asked me to help sort out a new curriculum with him for no pay! A week before Xmas a production company offered me full-time job: I waited until the Xmas party to let it drop into conversation that I wouldn’t be back in the New Year. Head of Department galvanised and speechless! YES!! Childish? Yes! Satisfying? Definitely!!! =:-)

By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:14:38 +0000

Good stuff. I like the fact you shared something from the school of what works. J.D. Meier´s last blog post...Why Your Talents are Enduring and Unique

By: John Hoff - WpBlogHost

John Hoff - WpBlogHost — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:55:44 +0000

Excellent letter, James. I would definitely use it. Luckily however, I have not had a problem thus far. Now I wonder if this note could be altered for the people who you spend lots of time with before you start work and then one day they just stop replying to emails and disappear. hehe Copy and pasted. Thanks. John Hoff - WpBlogHost´s last blog post...Welcome To WpBlogHost and My Blogâ€™s New Home

By: Susan Greene

Susan Greene — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:08:04 +0000

Unfortunately, clients who stiff you tend to be serial cheaters. If you dig a little, you usually find out that you’re not the first person they’ve cheated. They simply don’t allow themselves to dwell on the hurt they’re causing. Makes you wonder about their upbringing, doesn’t it?

By: Cath Lawson

Cath Lawson — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:13:33 +0000

Hi James – I haven’t used a letter like that – but it is outstanding. And there’s nothing wrong with playing on these people’s guilt – they should feel bloody guilty.

I once sent a copy of an invoice to someone who had taken way too long to pay and in handwriting I put, “Please pay, I have no money.”

The payment came by return.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:53:16 +0000

What a well thought out response. For weddings, we do get a retainer ("booking fee") at the time of booking, and the remaining balance by the wedding date. As an (unintended) assurance, we also usually do a pre-wedding "engagement session", so the clients already see what they look like through our lenses. Corporate jobs are different though, with (possible) down payment, and then invoicing and waiting 30-45 days (sometimes). Dave´s last blog post...Katharinaâ€™s Pregnancy Portraits

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:00:13 +0000

Nah, I’m tougher than that, I used to work in sales enjoy your vino…

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