No offense but you should have lost anything you where owed. Who the fuck leaves their client in the dark for 10 days?
Really you honestly think that your client would be happy after 10 days of non communication? I suffered my only negative itrader because some ass hat designer took 11 days to NOT deliver me a logo and was about as communicative as a rock so I bitched about it (and we swapped negative itrader). I personally do not stand for such a thing nor have I ever treated a client as such.
You do not sound like the person who values the business of your clients and I would be shocked if anyone ever came to you again after openly admitting so. If you're not open by at least email and AIM WTF good are you? It takes literally all of a few minutes to setup something like Thunderbird to keep a tab on your emails so you know the second it comes though, and it takes no more than a few minutes to reply.
And to those people who laugh at no contract welcome to the world of freelance, you can't wait around to sign a contract with everyone. Most projects don't warrant it, but I've never had a problem getting paid because I deliver on what I say I'm going to do. It really is that simple, you'll get paid by pretty much anyone as long as you deliver what you promise in a timely fashion.
This is not a personal victory (you getting paid) it is a warning to anyone else out there to not deal with you.
Really you honestly think that your client would be happy after 10 days of non communication? I suffered my only negative itrader because some ass hat designer took 11 days to NOT deliver me a logo and was about as communicative as a rock so I bitched about it (and we swapped negative itrader). I personally do not stand for such a thing nor have I ever treated a client as such.
You do not sound like the person who values the business of your clients and I would be shocked if anyone ever came to you again after openly admitting so. If you're not open by at least email and AIM WTF good are you? It takes literally all of a few minutes to setup something like Thunderbird to keep a tab on your emails so you know the second it comes though, and it takes no more than a few minutes to reply.
And to those people who laugh at no contract welcome to the world of freelance, you can't wait around to sign a contract with everyone. Most projects don't warrant it, but I've never had a problem getting paid because I deliver on what I say I'm going to do. It really is that simple, you'll get paid by pretty much anyone as long as you deliver what you promise in a timely fashion.
This is not a personal victory (you getting paid) it is a warning to anyone else out there to not deal with you.