Canada's healthcare system is flawed but is way better than the US healthcare system. A lot of people have had to go in debt for various reasons. Just because others aren't in debt isn't a reason to group all the people in debt as basically being dumb for getting in debt in the first place. Someone in a debt beacause of serious medical problems loses their home yet a big company like GM gets billions in bailout money. I guess contrary to what the Gov't. says, that they're for the people, it's still really only about the almighty buck. GM as a company declaring bankruptcy relieves them of paying a lot of bills and puts people out of work but someone losing their home to medical bills doesn't have that option. That's really sad. As far as collecting money for work done, you shouldn't feel bad about asking to get paid for the work you did. It's not your fault for your customers financial problems. If they didn't have the money to pay to you, they shouldn't have hired you. If they're a reputable company they should have a line of credit for paying bills before a job is completed. I would talk to them and give them the option of making payments over say 2 or 3 months max. A lot of companies charge 2% interest per month on unpaid accounts. You're in the repair business, not the financing business. If a company is mad at you for asking to be paid, why can't you be mad at them for not paying? If they contributed to your current low finances by not paying you, do you really care if you lose them as a customer? Who else will they get to fix their equipment? Will that place finance them? You shouldn't have to suffer because your customers don't pay their bills. If the customers don't want to pay, you could just file a lawsuit. It will cost a little to file the claim but if you did the work and they never had any problems with it, you won't need a lawyer. They wouldn't have a defence. Let them sell a machine if they have to, to pay you. How do you know that these companies are in the same boat as you? Did you see their bank statements or books? They might just be putting a freeze on spending and since you're such a nice guy, you won't mind waiting to be paid. Sometimes in business you have to be ruthless. Demanding to get paid for work done is hardly out of line and taking less than full payment isn't acceptable. If they would have told you that they couldn't pay, would you have done the job? Like I said, their problems are not your problems. You have have bills to pay and had to spend money to fix their equipment. They owe you and should pay you. Waiting for the economy to get better could take forever. Dave
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