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UPDATE: I’m about to blow a gasket
Back on Feb. 26th, I posted a thread about an emergency turn-around gig that had gone unpaid after 6-weeks. That one became even more interesting after I found out from the head accountant that my invoice had never been submitted for payment by the so-called producer. The situation then got even more interesting when said producer failed to return my phone calls and failed to respond to my emails over the following two weeks and still has offered no explanation or repair.
Then yesterday, precisely eight weeks after the date I was supposed to be paid, when the check still was not in the mail as the accountant had promised, I decided it was finally time to throw down the gauntlet. I mean, I’m as patient as anyone, but now I really was getting a bit ticked-off. So, here’s what I did…
As someone once suggested, right here on this very forum, I sent an email to Dr. big boss’s wife. It just so happens that, in my entire career, I have never agreed to do a wedding video, and only once have I ever agreed to do a bat mitzvah video. And, guess who the point person was on that one bat mitzvah video??? And, guess who howled with laughter at all the right times and cried buckets at all the right times? And guess who became my instant advocate yesterday?
Needless to say, within 30-minutes of sending my email to Mrs. Dr. big boss, I was contacted by Dr. big boss himself. Bada boom, bada bing… Situation rectified…
So, the moral of the story is, doing the very occasional bat mitzvah video does have certain benefits. And, it never hurts to make friends with the big boss’s wife.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
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[David Roth Weiss] “As someone once suggested, right here on this very forum, I sent an email to Dr. big boss’s wife. It just so happens that, in my entire career, I have never agreed to do a wedding video, and only once have I ever agreed to do a bat mitzvah video. And, guess who the point person was on that one bat mitzvah video??? And, guess who howled with laughter at all the right times and cried buckets at all the right times? And guess who became my instant advocate yesterday? Needless to say, within 30-minutes of sending my email to Mrs. Dr. big boss, I was contacted by Dr. big boss himself. Bada boom, bada bing… Situation rectified…”
That “someone” was the COW’s inimitable Tim Wilson, and the aforesaid technique is from Chapter 7 of his “Full Contact Business Sport” handbook, coming soon to a bookshelf near you. The chapter is entitled: “Hitting Deadbeats Below the Belt — while allowing their wives to join in the fun.”
Trust me, the book won’t be cheap. But with advice that works like this, it won’t have to be…
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
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[Ron Lindeboom] “That “someone” was the COW’s inimitable Tim Wilson, and the aforesaid technique is from Chapter 7 of his “Full Contact Business Sport” handbook, coming soon to a bookshelf near you. The chapter is entitled: “Hitting Deadbeats Below the Belt — while allowing their wives to join in the fun.” “
Thank you Mr. Tim. I certainly owe you for that one. What an effective technique. And damn, retribution just feels so good. As a wise man once wrote, “Revenge is a dish best served cold.”
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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So… will you ever do business with him again?
Mark
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Wow, that’s a great ‘happily ever after’ story!
Kai
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[Mark Raudonis] “So… will you ever do business with him again?”
That’s a good question Mark.
My gut tells me that even though I’ve always been there for them for nearly twelve years, and they know it, I’ll probably never hear from them again. However, if I do, it’ll probably be cash on the barrel from now on.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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I just hope you took the gasket out to dinner first.
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While this is a great story, it doesn’t solve my “problem”. I sit here reviewing my accounts receivable, and my cash flow, and I am feeling ill this morning. You can’t call the “wife”, when it’s a big corporation that owes you the money, that you trusted for years.
And there is other variations to the story, where there is no “wife” to call. All of this is made worse when it’s a client that you have had for years, who has been historically a good payer.
bob Zelin
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[grinner hester] “I just hope you took the gasket out to dinner first.”
I hope the gasket took you out to dinner first! Sorry, off color, I know!
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[Bob Zelin] “While this is a great story, it doesn’t solve my “problem”. I sit here reviewing my accounts receivable, and my cash flow, and I am feeling ill this morning. “
Well Bob, rather than telling you how great things are here and suggesting that the recession is just a figment of your imagination, let me just suggest to you that, if misery truly does love company, and if there’s any consolation in knowing you’re not alone, you are not alone. And, I can assure you, there was no wife to run to for help when my biggest corporate clients informed me recently that they are ceasing all media-related projects for the foreseeable future do to the current economic conditions.
Now, if Tim could just write a book explaining how to survive without income…
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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[David Roth Weiss] “Now, if Tim could just write a book explaining how to survive without income…”
Tim is good but I am not sure that he’s *that* good.
Boomer
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