Danijel Merkaš wrote:
I took 5 new clients because most of my regulars were on vacation. They rode me for 30 days eighteen hours a day until I delivered the translations. The second I delivered, all communication ended. They have no comment whatsoever. They showed no interest in invoices, terms of payment, nothing. I checked the Blue Board, they have perfect scores 5/5 and they chose me because their regular translators were on vacation. They never intended to pay. It is one thing to wait 40 days when they answer your emails and give you feedback, but when they wont confirm if they received the translations, that is a whole different thing.
One of the agencies I worked this summer just told me today they will not pay me because the client ended all communication with them, so they decided to end all communication with me. I don't understand that attitude, they sent me a PO and now they are not responsible because they didn't get paid.
Imagine how it would look if I gave 5 negative feedbacks on Blue Board in one day to agencies with perfect scores. No one would ever work with me. My suggestion would be Pro-z should ask for a down-payment from agencies and serve as an intermediary in disputes.
Consider filing a EU small claim? Sheila usually gives a link but I suppose you can find it online.
Don't give up, you are fully in your rights. Agencies haven't spoken to you since the job delivery - then it means they didn't have any complaints about the quality.
Insist on what is due to you.
I had several similar issues in the past, several agencies haven't paid me since ages ago but the amounts are not significant. Even so, I made a "shame wall" on my website and specified the name of the agency, the dtae ofthe deliery and the amount due to me.
A bigger issue was with an agency in Barcelona; I massacred them with my emails and asked friends to call them; they did pay in the end.
Ah, remembered now another one from Spain, from Bilbao - I wonder if I can report them on glassdoor. Many yeras have passed and the guy still ows me over 1000 euros, let him burn in hell! (Hope, sincere wishes are not against the rules?)