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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Cooper" data-source="post: 3931215" data-attributes="member: 24255">I've been doing freelance work for several different RPG companies over the last several years, and most of them have been a real pleasure to work for.  However, I've done work for one particular company this year, and they haven't paid me for the last three projects of theirs that I've worked on.  (And no, at this point I don't wish to name the company in question.)  I was originally to have been paid in May.  Then right after GenCon.  Then in November.  I repeatedly send out emails to the company, and they seldon get answered.  When I do get a response, it's with a promise of immediate payment, which at this point has yet to occur.  In fact, this particular company has never paid me for any of the work that I've done for them.  (If you're a company that I've done freelancing work for before and you've ever paid me - even once - then this should reassure you  that no, I'm not talking about you.  The owners of the company in question should know immediately that I'm talking about them when they read this.)Right now, I'm owed $180.00.  Not a huge sum, granted, but I earned it, I'm entitled to it, and I could certainly use it, especially around this time of year.  I know the people running the company in question check these boards, so hopefully this will be a wake-up call to them.A continued lack of payment will probably send me looking for legal recourse, and will certainly prevent me from ever working for them again in the future.  (I'm perilously close to that latter point now.)  I'm not looking for another promise of immediate payment of the money they owe me; I'm looking for the actual money.  I'm not interested in stories about what's taken so long to pay me; I'm looking for them to pay me.  I don't want excuses; I want my money.I think I've been more than patient in this matter, as I've waited over half a year from the time I was originally to have been paid.  Hopefully this public rant will light a fire under their feet.  If not, I may have to do what I can to protect anybody else thinking of working for them and warn them off.  Hopefully it won't come to that.So, does anybody have any advice as to my options should the company in question continue to ignore their financial obligations?</blockquote>

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