You are right on Robert. That is exactly what I was thinking as I read these posts, especially the one from Jessica. She is fortunate she had on-the-spot leverage, not to mention an up to the minute grasp of his situation. The rest of us receive work from a company, say, that has paid in the past, and we do exactly as you described and two months later, it is evident we have a problem.
Case in point is Trust Title. They sent me a project last year that amounted to about 2K which they ultimately paid. Then nothing for months. Then they sent a bundle of work again for about 1K. Would most abstractors have turned that away? On what basis? I have not received payment for that work and cannot reach anyone there. I am by no means lax, nor gullible, nor stupid, I did a batch of work for a company that had previously paid, billed them for it at the end of the month and will probably never see payment.
BTW, I am owed a mere $70 by Abstractors A Go-Go and after reading all of the emails above, feel quite fortunate. I am very sorry for everyone else whose loses are substantial and attribute no blame to them. And it is true, that when a company owes you, you often think that to be firm and cut them off will result in them not having an incentive to pay you. So it becomes a Catch-22.
Thanks again Robert for your sensitive, logical and understanding take on this issue.
J
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