[Dixielandjazz] Getting paid>>Try a Little Tenderness

[budtuba at aol.com]

 Larry

Check with your state to see if there is a small claims' court.? Also, your state attorney general may have a consumer fraud representative in your area that will step in with you for mediation.? 

Take one more gig with them, ask them again ahead of the job for the back pay, and then part way through the gig, announce to the patrons you will not be back again because they had overlooked paying you for that last two.? Maybe a bunch of inhouse patrons bickering about their treatment of you will get the message through.



I'm wondering if there is really any recourse for me.  The amount is not big 
enough to hire a lawyer and I'm not sure if I can take a corporation to small 
claims court and even if I get a favorable verdict how do I get them to pay.



 


 


Roy (Bud) Taylor
Smugtown Stompers Jazz Band
Trad Jazz since 1958...we ain't just whistling dixie!

 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis <larrys.bands at charter.net>
To: BudTuba at aol.com
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:48 pm
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Getting paid.










Well it happened.  One of the senior homes didn't pay me.  I worked for them 
about six months ago and I didn't think they paid me.  Unfortunately my wife 
died about that time and my books were in disarray.  I called the activities 
director and she assured me that I had been paid.  I looked in vain for the 
deposit but I just couldn't come up with that.

I took another gig with them in November and I asked for my check and the ADir 
said it would be mailed - No check so far.

I sent their book keeping department invoices and a past due letter to see what 
happens.

I'm wondering if there is really any recourse for me.  The amount is not big 
enough to hire a lawyer and I'm not sure if I can take a corporation to small 
claims court and even if I get a favorable verdict how do I get them to pay.

I can hurt them a little by telling everyone who performs in these venues to 
avoid them.  I'm no longer in the union but that would have been a waste of time 
to even bring it up with them.

Fortunately I played this as a single so I'm not out bucks for the other 
musicians.  I have always made a point out of paying my musicians even if I get 
stiffed or anything else happens regarding pay.  If you don't pay your Indians 
you don't have any business being chief.

I realize that this was my own fault but this is unusual and I've never had a 
problem with a corporation before.  I imagine that they may not be paying their 
other suppliers either if they aren't paying me.

I did get a report from another musician that said that they may not have gotten 
paid by them either for a job in the past.

Any ideas?
Larry
StL 
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