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Anyway having trouble wringing money out of GlobalPost.com? I’ve just had a series of very unpleasant exchanges with them over a check that’s late and they keep delaying without warning me. To be fair, I finally blew my top, and now a very cold mannered person is not disposed to help. But figured it was worth mentioned if this suggests a broader tendency at that shop. Which would be sad.
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anyone. Not anyway. Must learn to type one of these days.
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I’ve received two payments, promptly, from GP. I’ve dealt with Jim Wooster in accounting both times.
What really takes a million years is for them to actually put work they commission or you pitch and they approve up on the website. I have three stories in the pipeline, and feel hesitant to turn in more until they run my other stuff.
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Good to hear; they seem like good people. I dealt with Jim too, but he went on vacation, so oh well. I had a similar experience on the commissioning end too, months and months of maybe decisions, for a pretty simple story. But that I chalk up to them being new and understandably chaotic. Not paying people, though, that’s a different kettle of fish. Anyway thanks for the context.
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This brings to light a common problem within the industry. One way we could fight back collectively would be here on Lightstalkers. Much like Ebay keeps track of sellers ratings, I imagine that it would be possible to develop a module on Lightstalkers where people can record certain statistical information about their experience with a certain client. Then if you see that a Global Post has a 1 out of 5 star rating, you would know to avoid them.
Here’s a blog posting that made me think about this idea. A wall of shame board:
http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/07/01/wall-of-shame/
I think it may be worth talking to the founders about this.
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