Hi folks,
In the spring I was asked by a client (one who I'd done a little work for before) to design two PSD web layouts which he would then develop into working sites, one for his own business, and one for another local business. Both were existing sites, and I was merely giving them a redesign. I worked on the layouts for a few days, checking along the way if the layouts were to his and the other business owners liking, which, he said, they were. He suggested a colour change for his own site, and other than that was very happy, but did not confirm the work to be finished. The following week, he sent me another email asking me to do a "rush job", which I confirmed I would do. I worked long into the night on this "rush job" and he called me the next day to say he liked it, but the business owner for the "rush job" had been taken ill and was in hospital, so we would have to cease work for the time being.
This is the last contact I have had with him. I've sent numerous emails over the preceding 4-5 months, with no replies forthcoming. I assumed he had cash-flow problems, and was largely relaxed over the situation as he was a small business owner and I was sympathetic to his "plight". I had held back from sending an invoice as I didn't want to assume the work was finished (I now realise this was pretty naive - I am a first year freelancer after all!). Anyway, I decided that after countless emails that I would send him an invoice. In doing so, I double checked the URL of one of the sites (not his) and clicked on it and a new website, not designed by me, had appeared. The other site is still not live.
I'm going to send the invoice and see what happens (probably more silence). Does anyone have any advice? I feel half anger and half pretty dumb.
Cheers,
Tom:icon_Wall:
In the spring I was asked by a client (one who I'd done a little work for before) to design two PSD web layouts which he would then develop into working sites, one for his own business, and one for another local business. Both were existing sites, and I was merely giving them a redesign. I worked on the layouts for a few days, checking along the way if the layouts were to his and the other business owners liking, which, he said, they were. He suggested a colour change for his own site, and other than that was very happy, but did not confirm the work to be finished. The following week, he sent me another email asking me to do a "rush job", which I confirmed I would do. I worked long into the night on this "rush job" and he called me the next day to say he liked it, but the business owner for the "rush job" had been taken ill and was in hospital, so we would have to cease work for the time being.
This is the last contact I have had with him. I've sent numerous emails over the preceding 4-5 months, with no replies forthcoming. I assumed he had cash-flow problems, and was largely relaxed over the situation as he was a small business owner and I was sympathetic to his "plight". I had held back from sending an invoice as I didn't want to assume the work was finished (I now realise this was pretty naive - I am a first year freelancer after all!). Anyway, I decided that after countless emails that I would send him an invoice. In doing so, I double checked the URL of one of the sites (not his) and clicked on it and a new website, not designed by me, had appeared. The other site is still not live.
I'm going to send the invoice and see what happens (probably more silence). Does anyone have any advice? I feel half anger and half pretty dumb.
Cheers,
Tom:icon_Wall: