Re: [cobalt-users] ETRN

["Andy Jacobs" <andy.jacobs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Andy Jacobs wrote:
> >
> > > was doing some work on the web site????  The client is using this as
an
> > > excuse; they have always been bad payers.  I have a quote with them
for
> > > about #1000 at the moment but I'm seriously considering getting my
money
> up
> > > to date and then telling them I don't want to work with them any more.
> >
> > Sadly, there are some folks who will Always find an Excuse not to pay on
> > time, or not to pay at all.  If you total up the time you waste with
them,
> > and use your billable rate as a bench mark...you might find it's cheaper
> > to have them go somewhere else.
>
> Well, the rocket's just gone up on that one.  Payment by midday tomorrow
or
> the site gets suspended.  This will cost them (conservatively) 10 times
what
> they owe me if the site is down JUST for the weekend.
>
> <manic laughter> THE POWER! <manic laughter>

Woo hoo!  Guess who's picking up a cheque tomorrow?

This is the first time I've ever played this game to get money.  Usually I
would have gone (more) overdrawn/put more on my plastic/not eaten for weeks
while I waited for them to grace me with a cheque.  The guy just phoned me
and he was spitting feathers.  I just said "Look, this isn't affecting the
bottom line of some multi-national, this is affecting *me personally*".
Voila!

Andy