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by tptacek 6076 days ago
If they were so inclined, they could simply give him an 11k loan until the situation resolved itself. What's your point, though?
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The two resolutions -- verifying him as a suitable corporate officer, versus floating him a personal 11k loan -- are so widely different, I can't even begin to fathom what your point is?
At this point I have nothing to say that jacquesm and vessenes haven't already said, so I'll spare you the long-winded response and just say this doesn't look like Apple's problem.
Since Apple isn't at fault for the original mixup, they have no responsibility to help resolve their outstanding debt in a reasonably timely manner? It has been months.
So what I'm getting from this conversation is that you don't own a business, or if you do, you don't invoice. Months is a blink of an eye in receivables/payables terms. Here's a startup lesson for you: if you deal with big companies, factor in enough buffer to survive 6-9 months before getting paid, even when you do things by the book.
The larger the company the longer it will take to get paid. The worst is the government.
I manage a business, and we do invoice. Like any other business, our customers pay late. What I don't have is individuals who owe us money stonewalling our requests for communication/resolution on a late invoice.
When a Net-30 client takes 6 months to pay you on your 3rd project, they are being worse than Apple: they know how to pay you, they have people assigned to paying you, the process has already worked in the past, and they're simply not paying you.

Here Apple is dealing with someone who basically invented a fictitious company in a different country (! ! !) and is now trying to collect on payables. What do you expect to have happen? I actually believe vessenes --- he may just never get paid. I wish him the best.