Hi Mel

I see. An invidious postion to be in. I sympathise for I was once refused payment for a couple months' work for a client. Glad you've got payment - I never even got half. As I said, it's something I'd consider doing in the future, once this had already happened to me, as in your case. I knew it was too late for your current position.

Terry

>Hi Terry,
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>>If this had happened to me, in the future I'd put a time-bomb in the code that can only be deactivated by a code you send him, once you get payment.<
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>Actually, in this situation that would not have worked. The client basically said if I didn't accept a reduced fee, I could just keep the project and forgot the whole thing (in other words, he was going to find someone else to do it all over again and not use the work I had done). At that point I knew I was dealing with something a little on the unreasonable side. Also, even if he didn't use my work I had given him an interface design he was very very happy with so that the next "guy" could base his work on that. So I decided to take 1/2 and move on. Fortunately, I have finally received that payment.
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>Mel Cummings