[subhobroto]

Might not work in all cases.

I have excellent clients who could not afford to pay for a consultation because they themselves were waiting on the client they were farming out jobs from.

They still work with me because they know I understand their cashflow issues.

[notyourday]

That's a self-created problem. It is possible to remain in business while self-creating problem. It is, however, not recommended.

We once were jerked around by a reasonably well known customer. Their accounting people decided they did not need to perform under the payment terms the customer signed off on. First time they did it, I sent an email to the EVP that signed the order. We got an apology and a payment. The next month the same thing happened again - we redirected all their traffic to "We are unable to process your request - please contact your account coordinator to restore access" message and did not remove it until the wire hit our account ( 5pm-8:02am ). We received a letter with apologies from the customer's CEO, customer was saved and they never missed a payment again. I heard, via the grapevine, that three people at the customer's AP group were shown the door as the result of our message.

[Drdrdrq]

I admire you for taking a stand, and even more for being able to climb into a position where you could pull this off. Kudos.

[restalis]

This really irks me. Are you my customer or are you some kind of onerous business partner so that I have to share the consequences of your business decisions? Sorry, get a bank loan and pay me, then solve the rest of your problems with your client and the bank (i.e. without me).