Hi Denis,

Good thoughtful thoughts on your part. I really don't care for the legal route. However, I definately will be more careful in the future.

Just glad I finally got the 1/2 payment.

Mel Cummings

>40 hours you say. Not that bad to learn a lesson that will serve you for the rest of your life. Perhaps you should let it go if you feel that this customer won't pay you ever.

Do you really want to go the legal route to settle this?

Like somebody else said perhaps you're not the first one that got this treatment from this client. The worst is that perhaps this guy likes to go in court with agreement over the phone or by e-mail

I can practically hear him say when questioned about it. "That's not what I meant... He did'nt really understand... "

So it's up to you to evaluate how hard you really want to fight for those 40 hours.

The lesson learned over this. By the way the same lesson I learned some time ago <g>

In the future Put EVERYTHING in writing. Have a solid contract made by a lawyer.<