{"product_id":"vragen-75296-goedendag-ik-werk-als-zzpervertaler-een-klant-betaalt-2000-euro-niet","title":"Resolving debt collection cases: tips for self-employed persons","description":"\u003ch4\u003eQuestioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Good day,\n I work as a freelance translator. A client doesn't pay €2,000. Is a debt collection agency worthwhile, or is legal action better?\n Yours sincerely,\n\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n This also depends on the reason: why isn't the debtor paying? I can help you with both options. It's best to start with the more affordable round of debt collection, or it's better to first issue a notice.\n\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Thank you for your response and for your offer!\n It is a translation agency that does not want to pay, not on the basis that I have not done my work properly, but because it is their habit to pay only after serious threats, I heard from several other translators (afterwards).\n I sent two reminders and a formal notice for both invoices, stating that the next step would be legal.\n I'd already been recommended a debt collection agency with experience working with her (no cure, no fee for out-of-court collection costs). But I'd heard that debt collection agencies often weren't very effective either.\r \nIs your offer of assistance based on a specific financial contribution?\n Yours sincerely,\n Robert Severin\n\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n No cure, no pay, as offered by debt collection agencies, usually means receiving an invoice after the fact. You've essentially already taken legal action by sending a reminder and a default notice, and after that, an external person or agency is allowed to charge collection fees. You're not allowed to do that yourself. Only for outsourced work. I asked why, because you can't pluck a bone from a bone, even after a conviction in court.\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56302131675485,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-75296-goedendag-ik-werk-als-zzpervertaler-een-klant-betaalt-2000-euro-niet","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}