When to move on when someone doesn't send a deposit for the booked session

2 months 4 days ago #750698 by TGonzo
I have my first paid gig and I'm super excited.  Nothing exciting just photographing their farm and a bunch of animals.  They reached out to me from a friend in church.  They scheduled the session date and for the last 3 weeks they have promised to send deposit, but something always comes up and I get the text or voicemail saying then get to the deposit later this week or by specific date.  Which each time (5 times) they have missed sending.  

At what point do you move on?  


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2 months 4 days ago #750701 by CharleyL
No more re-schedules until deposit is received. You very likely aren't going to get paid for this after the shoot either. May be time to pull out completely.

Charley


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2 months 3 days ago #750731 by Ozzie_Traveller
G'day TG

+1 to Charley's observations
Phil

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2 months 2 days ago #750741 by Razky

TGonzo wrote: I have my first paid gig and I'm super excited. Nothing exciting just photographing their farm and a bunch of animals. They reached out to me from a friend in church. They scheduled the session date and for the last 3 weeks they have promised to send deposit, but something always comes up and I get the text or voicemail saying then get to the deposit later this week or by specific date. Which each time (5 times) they have missed sending.
At what point do you move on?

I wouldn't even consider scheduling until I had the deposit in hand. And that would be made clear in the contract.


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