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What do you guys do when a client doesn't want to pay for your work?
Thread poster: Martina Balzano
Martina Balzano
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I got paid! Oct 18, 2019

After two weeks of (almost) daily reminders.
 
Bernhard Sulzer
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I'm glad you got paid Oct 18, 2019

Martina Štefková wrote:

After two weeks of (almost) daily reminders.


Congratulations Martina. You were lucky. It could have been worse. I recommend being very careful especially with agencies you have never worked for.
Best wishes,
B
 
Adam Warren
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1st-job payment problem = out! Oct 18, 2019

To clarify, if a new client fails to make timely payment, my policy is not to accept further work from that source. The same applies if a client makes unjustified difficulties or complaints at the very outset. Don't pour good money after bad.

[Edited at 2019-10-18 20:17 GMT]

Sheila Wilson
 
DZiW (X)
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Communication rulez Oct 19, 2019

While a recommendation to double-check prospects and avoid late payers makes sense, without considering national and big foreign/religious events (e.g. Christmas Day on December 25, January 6, January 7, January 19, or June 15; let alone Xmas holidays), one can easily become notorious for "Wolf-wolf!", going belly up.

Besides the internet issues and routine, sometimes a real good-intention client--who is not [yet] aware of so many artificial translation biz peculiarities... See more
While a recommendation to double-check prospects and avoid late payers makes sense, without considering national and big foreign/religious events (e.g. Christmas Day on December 25, January 6, January 7, January 19, or June 15; let alone Xmas holidays), one can easily become notorious for "Wolf-wolf!", going belly up.

Besides the internet issues and routine, sometimes a real good-intention client--who is not [yet] aware of so many artificial translation biz peculiarities--sincerely wants his job done, but may have a distorted distorted idea or just lack particular numbers and specifications: you can make it clear and co-op successfully--or label each other nicely. For instance, once a friend of mine mentioned, after xMT/CAT hypes, her prospect was convinced that translation and proofreading of a specialized 20,000-word text even in DjVu file format should take no longer than 24h at $0.03/word max... ▲ Collapse
 
Tom in London
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Blue Board Oct 19, 2019

Martina Štefková wrote:

After two weeks of (almost) daily reminders.


Now give them a Blue Board entry. And don't be kind.
 
Matthias Brombach
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Off topic (of course) Oct 19, 2019

Tom in London wrote:

Now give them a Blue Board entry. And don't be kind.


Welcome back, Tom. Glad to read from you again ...

Iris Schmerda
 
Tom in London
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Thanks Oct 20, 2019

Matthias Brombach wrote:

Tom in London wrote:

Now give them a Blue Board entry. And don't be kind.


Welcome back, Tom. Glad to read from you again ...


Thanks Matthias for your kind remark - but I won't be back much.
 
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