Geoff,
If you don't mind, I am going to copy and paste what you wrote. I love it.
this is gold
i had the same situation a while back. someone wouldnt pay some money that they owed me so i started giving them this treatment. a lot of people around me frowned on the idea and started talking about karma blablabla.......
i said your damn right karma........they didnt pay......now i'm gonna gouge them until they do. easy as that.
Call his company and speak to the receptionist type and say that he was very helpful and you would like to send a complimentary type email informing his superiors' of how helpful he was. Once you get the names of the higher ups, call him and say that if payments do not start on Monday, you will get "so and so" involved. It helps if the so and so is like a VP or higher and he really does not know him other than a professional/working relationship.
ha ha...oh yeah, NOW he wants to call you and make payment arrangements...what a dick...stick to your guns. It's not like you cornered him in a bathroom and stuck his head in a toilet. If it was a grand or less, I would tell ya to blow it off, but 3k aint chump change to anyone.
The other thing is: if I owed, say my bookie, 3k and I called him and said, "Look man, Im a little short Im taking my wife on a little vacation this next week and I need the cash for that...and I just bought a new boat and a house, so Im really shy. but you should SEE everything, GORGEOUS 22 footer with all the bells and whistles...an evanrude 460, man that thing runs like a dream..."
Ya dont sit there and tell someone that you owe money to about all the great things you just bought and how high on the hog you're living...that's a double 'fuck you' as far as im concerned...dont let anyone punk you like that....he's sittin back having beers with his buddies laughing at your ass...get your money and dont feel bad about, just dont put yourself in a place where he can come after you criminally...good luck bro.
ha ha...oh yeah, NOW he wants to call you and make payment arrangements...what a dick...stick to your guns. It's not like you cornered him in a bathroom and stuck his head in a toilet. If it was a grand or less, I would tell ya to blow it off, but 3k aint chump change to anyone.
The other thing is: if I owed, say my bookie, 3k and I called him and said, "Look man, Im a little short Im taking my wife on a little vacation this next week and I need the cash for that...and I just bought a new boat and a house, so Im really shy. but you should SEE everything, GORGEOUS 22 footer with all the bells and whistles...an evanrude 460, man that thing runs like a dream..."
Ya dont sit there and tell someone that you owe money to about all the great things you just bought and how high on the hog you're living...that's a double 'fuck you' as far as im concerned...dont let anyone punk you like that....he's sittin back having beers with his buddies laughing at your ass...get your money and dont feel bad about, just dont put yourself in a place where he can come after you criminally...good luck bro.