Concrete Pete
Senior Member
Hey Crew,
I'm an extremely tolerant and easy-to-get-along-with kinda guy, BUT my primary rock band (Triple Shot) did a 4 hour gig last night, got free drinks, were promised $100 each, and at the end of the night we were told "I'll have to mail you a check--we didn't take in that much money tonight."
WTF??????????????
I told the guy we all agreed to get PAID at the end of the gig, and have it in writing. (as in contract) He said that he spent a load of money on the bar's expenses, and didn't have the scratch to pay us, even PARTIALLY. (grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!)
I deal with "cash only" payments for gigs-- no 1099 forms, no checks, no IRS boosheeit.
I called the guy today and he said ''sorry, check wont be mailed until Sunday".
After thinking about it I called him back and said that a check won't do, save up the $$$ to pay us cash, (by next Friday) or my 44 "club brothers", our associates (wink) and I will have a Saturday night "party" at his bar, and will expect free drinks all night, maybe through the weekend. He hung up on me..... maybe I should arrange that party.
What are your experiences with not getting paid-- this is a major 1st for me.
Cheers,
C. P.
I'm an extremely tolerant and easy-to-get-along-with kinda guy, BUT my primary rock band (Triple Shot) did a 4 hour gig last night, got free drinks, were promised $100 each, and at the end of the night we were told "I'll have to mail you a check--we didn't take in that much money tonight."
WTF??????????????
I told the guy we all agreed to get PAID at the end of the gig, and have it in writing. (as in contract) He said that he spent a load of money on the bar's expenses, and didn't have the scratch to pay us, even PARTIALLY. (grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!)
I deal with "cash only" payments for gigs-- no 1099 forms, no checks, no IRS boosheeit.
I called the guy today and he said ''sorry, check wont be mailed until Sunday".
After thinking about it I called him back and said that a check won't do, save up the $$$ to pay us cash, (by next Friday) or my 44 "club brothers", our associates (wink) and I will have a Saturday night "party" at his bar, and will expect free drinks all night, maybe through the weekend. He hung up on me..... maybe I should arrange that party.
What are your experiences with not getting paid-- this is a major 1st for me.
Cheers,
C. P.