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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaybird216" data-source="post: 3818496" data-attributes="member: 56160">A friend of mine pointed this thread out to me, so I registered to put in my 2¢ on the matter. I might be shooting myself in the foot by posting, but that's life.Let me preface this by saying that I think it's a generally bad I idea to trash a company on a public forum, even if you're 100% in the right. The reasoning behind this is that some other company might see your post and not hire you, based solely on the fear that you'll bash them too if some "misunderstanding" occurs down the road. That being said, let the nerfed bashing proceed:I did some artwork for "Players Guide to Blackmoor", which was delayed in print, but was eventually released. I never heard from them regarding payment nor received a comp copy, though I did go out and buy it at my FLGS at an "industry discount". The terms of the contract are "120 days after publication or 9 months after artwork acceptance", so I let both lapse before I bugged ZG. The artwork was accepted in June of 2006. I emailed the company 5/30/2007, politely inquiring about the payment. I attached a copy of the contract with my email, and asked them if they'd like me to resubmit my W9 tax form.I received a response from the President of the company, who explained that there had been a pretty good turnover of staff, and that my info may have been lost in the shuffle. We traded a few more emails, and eventually (July 3, 2007) he sent me a paypal payment for the outstanding sum of $80. All communication between us was cordial and polite, it's just unfortunate that I (or the OP's husband) have to come begging for scraps and stay on them until they pay. Luckily for me, I have a good job and just do freelance for fun and a few extra bucks.The catch now is that they still owe me money for art that was accepted in August 2006 for Temple of the Frog. Since that has yet to be released (and it's a paltry sum), I'm not all that worried about it right now. I mentioned something about it in my last email to them, for posterity, and will go begging for my pittance 121 days after the thing is finally released.In summation: It's annoying that I had to chase them down a year later and email repeatedly for peanuts (in my case), but the contact I had with them was polite, professional and in the end, productive. My advice is to stay on them.As with everything else on teh intarweb, your mileage may vary.I'll sign out now, before I start trashing a different independent "old school" publisher who REALLY deserves it.</blockquote>

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