Client: So the reason you stopped updating the website is because I didn’t pay you your three months of outstanding maintenance invoices?
Me: I could have also suspended your account, but I kept it running out of courtesy for your business.
Client: But there’s been no work done to the…
Me: You haven’t paid me in awhile, do you think you can write me a check today?
Client: No, I’ve run out of money.
Me: But last week you told me I could invoice you weekly.
Client: Yes, and you can. What’s your point?
Me: It’s been a few weeks. I’m working every day for you and keeping careful track of my hours and submitting an invoice at the end of every week, under the assumption I’ll get paid for my work.
Client: I said you could invoice me, I never said I could pay you.
Please send this to us by postal method. We do not communicate electromagnetically
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