Re: Question about a client

You sure you don't have one of my clients? :)

In a similar situation, I just sent an invoice for the pages completed 
pro-rated from the agreed upon total.  He paid the invoice, and the site is 
still not finished to this date.

Norman
At 04:01 PM 5/14/2002, Phillip Perry wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have a client who I have *almost* completed a web site for (2 pages left
>on a small site). The project should have taken a month, max, but has now
>ballooned into a year. Mostly because getting updates from him is like
>pulling teeth and I can't continue until he gets me this information. Before
>I continue I should say...I have no contract in place (let the bashing
>begin! :) ).
>
>Anyway, now after about 4 months or so of not hearing from him, I sent an
>email last night very nicely asking what's going on. I let it go 4 months
>because he's a friend of a friend (big mistake). He says he has been working
>on getting a major investor into his startup but as of yet there is no deal.
>Now I interpret that as *I have no money right now so you need to wait*. My
>question is, with no contract how long exactly do I have to wait? Should I
>ask for partial payment or does no contract prevent me from that? The only
>agreement in place is how many pages and how much which was on the quote I
>gave him.
>
>Let me leave you by saying I now have a 10 page contract for anyone who
>comes through my door, virtual or otherwise which I spent quite a few days
>on with my lawyer (acquired due to this problem).
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Phil

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