Any tips on dealing with a client that doesn't want to pay?
Hi, I have been browsing through these forums for a while and have recently stumbled upon something I need a bit of help with.
I am a webdesigner that recently started out and I currently have a problem with a client that owes me a bit over JMD 30,000 (approx USD 300). The thing is that I also provided his hosting through a reseller account I have with another member of this forum. Having been new to freelancing at the time I had naively went into an agreement with him without having an actual contract. It all fell apart about a month after I started working where he was constantly requesting that new features be added to the website and was refusing to stick to the payment schedule we had agreed upon.
After working for a total of approximately 3 months, while trying to recover the monies owed to me I decided to just write it off as a loss and shut down his website (not really sure if this was the smart thing to do). After a few months of hearing nothing from the client I was recently contacted by him and informed that he is going to take legal action against me for scamming him out of the money he paid for his hosting (USD 100 for a period of 12 months).
I would like to know the following:
1. Do you think it is possible for him to actually win such a lawsuit?
2. What do you think I should do at this point?