Social pressure is very effective. Comment on one of his Facebook statuses: "I've been trying to reach you for weeks, but you haven't responded. Could you please call me?"
If he doesn't respond to that, you could get more extreme by posting your own status and tagging him in it: "I've been working for @[friend] for months, and he hasn't paid me or responded to my emails. Anyone have any suggestions?"
Phone calls, in-person visits to his office, and emails to other friends or employees at his company will also be effective. It's very easy to ignore a personal email. It's very hard to ignore something that starts to affect your reputation and peace of mind.
Other than that, you might have some luck selling the debt to a collection agency.
You can, of course, always sue him, but if you don't have a pretty tight contract, it would be more trouble than it's worth.
"If he doesn't respond to that, you could get more extreme by posting your own status and tagging him in it: "I've been working for @[friend] for months, and he hasn't paid me or responded to my emails."
Make possibly defamatory public statements about someone, especially someone you might end up in a legal battle with later, is not a great idea.
And using these kinds of tactics in an attempt to resolve a business dispute could hurt your reputation with potential future business clients.
I have to disagree. Going down this route can make a dispute nasty and personal, and the other party can retaliate, telling everyone else (and indeed himself) that the OP is stalking or harassing him.
The businesslike way to handle payment disputes is with a demand letter send by registered mail, so that there's no dispute about whether it has reached the recipient. No social shaming (which makes people behave irrationally and vindictively), no surprise encounters (likewise), just a simple observation that 'on reviewing my accounts, I see you've fallen behind on payments. Specifically, you owe me X, Y, and Z; please remit the full amount with 7 days or I shall have to act to recover the money by other means etc. etc..' As I said above, the best thing is to get a lawyer to draft the demand letter.
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Social pressure is very effective. Comment on one of his Facebook statuses: "I've been trying to reach you for weeks, but you haven't responded. Could you please call me?"
If he doesn't respond to that, you could get more extreme by posting your own status and tagging him in it: "I've been working for @[friend] for months, and he hasn't paid me or responded to my emails. Anyone have any suggestions?"
Phone calls, in-person visits to his office, and emails to other friends or employees at his company will also be effective. It's very easy to ignore a personal email. It's very hard to ignore something that starts to affect your reputation and peace of mind.
Other than that, you might have some luck selling the debt to a collection agency.
You can, of course, always sue him, but if you don't have a pretty tight contract, it would be more trouble than it's worth.
"If he doesn't respond to that, you could get more extreme by posting your own status and tagging him in it: "I've been working for @[friend] for months, and he hasn't paid me or responded to my emails."
Make possibly defamatory public statements about someone, especially someone you might end up in a legal battle with later, is not a great idea.
And using these kinds of tactics in an attempt to resolve a business dispute could hurt your reputation with potential future business clients.
It is not defamatory because it's provably true. Defamation must be false.
There's always the possibility that the other party did send a check, but it didn't arrive for some reason.
I have to disagree. Going down this route can make a dispute nasty and personal, and the other party can retaliate, telling everyone else (and indeed himself) that the OP is stalking or harassing him.
The businesslike way to handle payment disputes is with a demand letter send by registered mail, so that there's no dispute about whether it has reached the recipient. No social shaming (which makes people behave irrationally and vindictively), no surprise encounters (likewise), just a simple observation that 'on reviewing my accounts, I see you've fallen behind on payments. Specifically, you owe me X, Y, and Z; please remit the full amount with 7 days or I shall have to act to recover the money by other means etc. etc..' As I said above, the best thing is to get a lawyer to draft the demand letter.