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Payment/nonpayment for Services - Frustrated

Posted: Apr 27, 2011

I have a signed contact with a company as of 3/15/2011 according to the contact payment for services is to be made within 5 business day of receipt of the invoices. I have done work for them, I have submitted my invoices to them for payment. My first invoice was dated 3/17/2011, payment was posted to my Paypal account and then canceled the day it was to be released. I continued to do work for her giving the benefit of the doubt but here is is almost a month later and I can't get her to pay me for the services and when I email her she is very evasive about it. What should I do, what is my next step???? How do I enforce the contract?

Not paid - LEE

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Let us know who it is. This is scary. Nobody wants to get stuck working for nothing.

Payment/nonpayment for services - frustrated

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My 10 Fingers Transcription

Looks like this is business as usual for her. - MT

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Do a google search and this site has several posts. I'm sorry for you. I would cease and desist doing anything else, and hold any dictation you may have and then email her and let her know when and where civil proceedings against her and her company will commence if payment is not received by xx date. I wish you the best.

I did that to get paid, that is you are not getting this - until I get paid

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and it was for a "friend" no less! The tactic worked very well and I got paid 100% with a money order. I refused a check - what if she stopped payment on it?

non pymt - anon

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Tell her you are going to the IRS, cause she is probably avoiding them as well, the insurance fraud division of the state where this occurred, the state attorney general. That is what I did with DIT and FINALLY got my payment in full....Good luck, you'd be surprised how quick they jump when you mention IRS and insurance fraud. They are billing insurance for reports done and are not paying you for doind them..

payment/nonpayment - Maryanne

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I was submitting my bill along with the work to the office, thinking it was being passed to the manager or physician. I called with the second month's billing to the office manager and she gave me a cash flow excuse. On the third month, I bypassed her and labeled my bill as Dr. ???, personal and confidential. He immediately apologized and paid my bill. This also alerted him to the fact that his office manager was embezzling money. After that, his new manager was instructed to pay my bill immediately as he knew if I didn't receive payment within a reasonable amount of time I would notify him. He only got burned for $200K+ instead of who knows what. You might try bill the doctor directly as personal and confidential and a note to him asking if he would have his staff take care of your bill. Good luck.

"only" $200K ?? - or did you mean $2000?

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Because otherwise, how does someone embezzle $200,000 from a doctor and not get busted way before?

Also, the OP works for a service, not a doctor. She can't bill the client (doctor) directly.

Stop work immediately and sue her for - what she already owes

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Don't pussyfoot around. Give her one warning that she either pays or you take her to court. Give her a deadline of 15 days or less, then stick to it.

Next stop, Small Claims Court. - nm - MT Wordz

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who is the company - angel456

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who is the company you are working for?

nonpayment - anon

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Same thing happened to me at DIT. Can't believe they can keep doing this.

If you didn't get paid for your first invoice - me

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why would you keep doing the work? That is just plain stupid.

your opinion - anon

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thats pretty harsh, calling someone stupid. I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion. You must have never made a "stupid" decision.

nonpayment - dee

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That is just plain mean and I would like to think that most of us are the type of caring and thoughtful people that do give employers the benefit of the doubt. Your statement was very "stupid" because you don't know the whole story. People like us, want to think the best of people in hopes they will do the right thing. We learn by mistakes, so you must be stupid to have never made mistakes like that.

This was not an employer/employee relationship - me

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Dee YOU don't know what you're talking about. Re-read her post. This was not her "employer". You obviously don't know the difference between an employee and an IC. As an IC you are in business and your client is the MTSO. Your contract states you perform the work within a certain period of time, submit your invoice, and get paid in a certain period of time and if that does not happen even one time why would you keep accepting work? It makes no sense. Hopes don't pay the bills.

No, I have never had a problem not getting paid because I make it perfectly clear what I expect. I am SMART. I work both for myself and as an IC. If it is someone I have never worked for I get a deposit/retainer. After we develop a business relationship and I feel I can trust them I invoice after the work is completed but am paid on my terms.

If I am an IC I do my homework on the company beforehand and I make sure the payment terms are terms that I want to live with and if not I will pass on the job.

The reason I can be so selective about who I work for is I am very good at what I do.

Yes it may sound mean but it is the cold hard truth. People will use you for as long as you let them. If you work for someone for 30 days and they are not paying you and you still work for them you deserve what you get.

If you are going to work as an IC you have to have some business savvy or you will get scammed like she did.

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