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Sure. Some clients still refuse to pay.

This happened a few times at a previous employer's. It usually wasn't worth it to take them to court, and since we also hosted their website, after a certain time, we'd simply take down their website and e-mail accounts.

About half of the non-paying clients suddenly found room in their budget to pay us for our work and hosting fees. Funny how that works, but unfortunately, that doesn't work for design firms. :/



There is a Danish support company which figured out that if all else fails a public foundraising event will shame most companies into paying your fee.

It supposedly works on IBM.


What's a public foundraising event and how does it get people to pay?

I don't really understand what you mean, sounds interesting though.


You pretty much have a fundraiser even like a politician would.

Obviously the company is in need of money, seeing as it can't pay its bills....




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