[papaver]

just let it go and move on... don't let the negative energy eat you up, it's just not worth it.

i was screwed out of over 6 months of pay north of $50k. i wasn't keep tabs on the payments and i wasn't keeping detailed records of my work. both things i no longer let slide in any way. i spoke to many people and lawyers, but decided to move on and let it go.

in the end how much money and time and energy do you want to spend on another lousy human being or entity? it only hurts you emotionally and takes up valuable time to focus on more productive things. ten years later it's a blip in my life that forced me to learn and be better about picking clients and billing, etc. don't let the 10% ruin your work with the other 90%.

[olddustytrail]

I'm sorry you lost your money but that's really bad advice. The proper solution was given below: send a letter (real, snailmail) demanding payment within 14 days or the debt will be passed to a debt collection agency.

If there's no response just do that. If you have a good paper trail you can get half your money from them and then forget about it. Plus you have the happy knowledge that the collection agency don't take no for an answer and will literally turn up at their office with a warrant and start taking equipment out to cover the debt.

Edit: I just noticed you said you didn't have a good paper trail. Well, an expensive lesson but I'm sure it's one well learned! :)