How to deal with unpaid invoices?

[Guest-5ty5s4]

On large projects, a great trick I have seen on (very, very) late/past due invoices is this...

Book another project with the same customer (the more urgent, the better).

Complete the project on time.

When they are ready to receive the final result hold the finished product until they pay you all of the money they owe you from before.

Works every time.

(a less aggressive alternative is to just say you can't do any more business with them until they settle their past due debts. But less aggressive = less effective)

But yeah, if they are already in violation of the past contract terms - as in, they never paid you (!!!) - you have negotiating power.

 

[Equilibrium]

I will chase debts off the planet.
I won't even care if it's a loss at the end.
Why? In the long term no one wants to screw me over.

Often I have people picking up devices.
They get the device with a pin, which is in a safe, which they get by paying the invoice.
No pay? no device.

Other services are paid electronically up front.
I don't talk with people who don't fill out my qoutes form for one reaosn.
before you can talk, you have to accept a small line (in your face) that asks if you agree or deny payment.
Click deny we don't talk I don't care. Click agree and I can and will use that in court.

Payment before services.
And my rep as not letting someone get away with it is worth more to me than the bill.