RE: FLASH: OT Opinion poll

[David Jacobs]

If this is a friend, why do you need to use threats to get assistance from

her?!


David Jacobs

Web Developer

Skywalker Communications

http://www.skywalker.com

http://www.itverge.com


Phone: 636.272.8025 x167


> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Brian [SMTP:btmmindmagic [dot] com]

> Sent:	Tuesday, April 18, 2000 10:23 AM

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject:	FLASH: Opinion poll

> 

> Opinion poll, here.

> 

> A while back I did a Flash opener page for a friend/client (FSH) for a

> future website she plans on opening.

> The rest of her website was going to be developed by another client of

> mine

> (LN) who has just opened a website touting healthy living ideals and

> products. For these people I have been developing icons to represent

> different kinds of news stories they'll be featuring on their site.

> I have been paid by the FSH gal for the Flash work I did.

> I invoiced LN about a month ago now, and have yet to see a check.

> I did get a request last week from one of their people for a W-9, so I

> thought this might mean a check was coming, but alas, not yet.

> Also last week I got a call from the gal I'm working with at LN about the

> Flash opener I did for the FSH gal, since I guess that project is looking

> to

> get underway.

> But since I have not (yet) been paid by the LN people, I'm considering -

> let

> me just come right out and say it - holding the source .FLA file for the

> FSH

> opener hostage in an attempt to get the FSH gal (who is a friend of the

> people over at LN) to "influence" some movement on the part of the LN

> people

> and their check-signers.

> 

> This doesn't sound like a nice thing to do, and I certainly have a lot of

> problems with doing such a thing to a friend of mine, but I also have a

> lot

> of problems with not getting paid for my work, not to mention some laxness

> on the part of their people about getting back to me.

> 

> There you have it, in as much of a nutshell as I can give you.

> 

> What would you do?

> 

> -Brian Matthews

> 


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