<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> "Kevin E. Ramsey" wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>    Let's see, a technician goes out and performs work for a dealer. Then the said dealer puts off paying him as long as possible and refuses to return his calls, and the technician should be examining what he did wrong?</blockquote> Self examination is always a very important part any review of such conflicts, Kevin. We mustnt mustnt ever forget that it could indeed be the dealer who is the victim here. He may have misunderstood Phil.  And just what do we really know about Phil anyways ??? I ask you ?? Phil could have put undue pressure on the dealer by picking up the phone when said dealer called. Heck even Phil accepting the offer of work could have been a traumatic experience for the dealer. Its very hard for a dealer to say no to a technician when its the dealer himself who first takes initiative in offering work to said technician.  If it were me, I'd have him in Small Claims Court at the first opportunity, and after I had my judgment I'd walk right across to the Marshall's Office and have them handle the collection. OOOHHHMMM!     How refreshing. I thought you were more of a Chicago kind of guy :) RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A>   </body> </html>