[TZubiri]

Just straight to court

" it’s not worth the energy for now"

Not sure what the amount is, but Small Claims is pretty straightforward and energy efficient? You can get like 10K depending on jurisdiction. The whole trial is like 1 hour.

[plam503711]

We operate globally, and this company isn’t even on our continent. On top of that, it’s a semi state-operated entity — so you can probably imagine where any legal effort would end up: somewhere between bureaucratic limbo and /dev/null.

[TZubiri]

Ah I didn't consider that. International case certainly is going to be more complex.

That said, I think that small cases are still worth pursuing on a matter of principle and strategy.

It's better to practice pursuing payment from international clients when it's small amounts you don't care about, so that you are prepared if you have an issue with a huge client and bankruptcy is on the line.