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The invoice are paid 30 days after the work is done. The one invoice is now 40 days after the 30 days. The other 2 are 4 days after the 30 days. They are a new-ish client, started working for them in February. They did pay me for 2 previous jobs. They seem to be a small company, but it's hard to tell.

I have emailed and called several times. Each time they say they are going to pay. Nothing happens. [/quote]
I had this problem with a client and took them to small claims court. (The bill was for $5400, and the limit was $5k. It was close enough.) It was easy (and I'm not a lawyer.) Paid a filing fee of $18, hung around the courtroom, for an hour until my case was called, showed the judge the signed contract and evidence of the completed work, and he ordered the deadbeat to pay.[/quote]

What was the deadbeat's excuse?[/quote]
You'll laugh. He actually told the judge that the reason he hadn't paid was because the guy who signs the checks was out of the country, but he will be back in Monday and could pay me then.

But I suppose the judge has heard it all before, and he asked me if I would like to continue the case to the following week in case the guy didn't pay up. I took the judge's hint, and we had a continuation date set for the next Thursday (or whenever). Sure enough, Monday rolls around and the deadbeat calls to tell me the guy who signs checks didn't come back after all. I told him to save his excuses, and he could meet me on the courthouse steps on Thursday morning with the check, or we both go into the courtroom and he can give the judge another excuse.

He had the check.[/quote]

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