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Re: Late, Slow Pay Clients
by Steve Wargo on Sep 6, 2008 at 7:01:34 am

At this point, they know they got ya. If they dump you tomorrow, so what. They"ll just get the next company to jump in and repeat what you've already done.

So, let's see, can they duplicate the footage you shot for, say, $25k?

What reason do they have to pay you $65k?

I had a client do this to me two years ago. He sweet talked my wife into waiting till the job was done so he could write one check. Then, he told her that the money was in Canada and it would take two weeks to make it into our bank but he needed his infomercial to air so the money could start rolling in. We sued him in June and won a $20k judgement. Guess what, the money is still in Canada and it will always be in Canada. Want to see the footage that he didn't pay for and we can't get pulled from the web? www.swingjacket.com.

This was only $20k. And, I have all of the original HDCAM tapes.

Note: If I had a written contract, I could have also sued for attorney fees but because we did it on a verbal deal, no such luck. Verbal contracts are legal and binding but they are weak.

Good luck. I say do a drive-by.







Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It's a dry heat!

Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD .


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