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Evidently there are folks targeting Nashville based business with web sites. I know of 2 other folks that were contacted with a similar scheme. I was contacted by email by a "potential" client and eventually sent a fraudulent check for a larger amount than requested. They wanted me to send them a refund. I called the bank in Minnesota and they had me fax the check to them and confirmed it is a fraudulent document. Evidently the new US currency is too hard to counterfeit, so they have moved to printing bogus checks that are supposed to look like "bank" checks. |
Gideon wrote on Fri, 07 July 2006 22:03 |
http://www.419eater.com/ |
dcollins wrote on Fri, 07 July 2006 15:16 |
http://www.quatloos.com/brad-c/directory01.htm |
dcollins wrote on Mon, 10 July 2006 00:41 |
Outside of obvious scams, you guys should learn to trust your potential clients. I do a fair amount of work from far-away lands and never ask for any payment until the project is completed.... The only guy that has stiffed me(huh-huh)lives in Los Angeles. and his name is....well, maybe next time. It's a bit like assuming an equipment list is just a "shopping list" for potential burglars. Imo, you can tell a guy that just wants to get his record mastered from one with impure thoughts. DC |
Ronny wrote on Mon, 10 July 2006 15:35 |
Collections on late payments are a hassle and not a part of the job that I want to have to deal with, |
bblackwood wrote on Mon, 10 July 2006 09:06 |
While I never expected this thread to turn into a discussion of deposit/trust, I'm with DC. I've never once asked for a deposit and have only been burned twice in my career. I simply don't ship the production master until we're paid in full (or have a PO)... |
bblackwood wrote on Mon, 10 July 2006 09:06 |
While I never expected this thread to turn into a discussion of deposit/trust, I'm with DC. I've never once asked for a deposit and have only been burned twice in my career. I simply don't ship the production master until we're paid in full (or have a PO)... |
dcollins wrote on Mon, 10 July 2006 05:41 |
Imo, you can tell a guy that just wants to get his record mastered from one with impure thoughts. DC |
bblackwood wrote on Mon, 10 July 2006 09:06 |
While I never expected this thread to turn into a discussion of deposit/trust, I'm with DC. I've never once asked for a deposit and have only been burned twice in my career. I simply don't ship the production master until we're paid in full (or have a PO)... |
Thomas W. Bethel wrote on Thu, 13 July 2006 08:37 | ||
Different parts of the country? Different client base? Different ways of doing business? Different morals? Talking to some of the studio owners around here (recording not mastering) they seem to get burned all the time. One band racked up $2000.00 plus in recording fees and then the band broke up and they left the owner with nothing except a lot of work and nothing to show for it. The band is back together again but under a different name with some changes in personnel but they did the recording as a band which they now say is no longer a legal entity so they don't owe the studio owner anything. Another studio owner is still trying to collect from a singer who had him do a lot of tracking work for her. She demanded copies of everything they did (which he foolishly provided) and now refuses to pay him. At the same time she is bringing out a CD that she said a friend recorded and mixed at her house. Basically my friend did all the tracking for free and now cannot collect and the singer says that she will not pay him because she did not like the quality of his work but my friend is sure that the tracks she is using for the CD were the ones he recorded but she says they were recorded in her house. Another recording studio owner is still trying to collect his money from a rap artist who after running up a very large bill at his studio suddenly got religion, denounced his rapper image and now refuses to pay for the recordings which he now says were done under the influences of the devil. Must be that influence of Lake Erie or something in the water. Is it any wonder that there is approximately 1 lawyer for every 100 people in this geographical area? |
Thomas W. Bethel wrote on Thu, 13 July 2006 07:37 | ||
Different parts of the country? Different client base? Different ways of doing business? Different morals? Talking to some of the studio owners around here (recording not mastering) they seem to get burned all the time. |