[ahmad19526]

I would ask them give you 25-50% up front then the remaining after they have accepted the finished work. I don't know the nature of your work but maybe you can give give them 50% half way through the schedule and they give you the pay for that work, then you give them the remainder when it's done and they pay you back.

I definitely wouldn't trust them with all my work/result and then hope they'll get around to pay me.

[tommaxwell]

Good suggestion, I may try this. Forgot to mention that I'm doing front-end engineering work as a freelancer. Not confident enough in my Ruby skills yet to offer those services. :)