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Pay What You Owe - Part 2

Last week I wrote about VA's who sub-contract other VA's and then renege on payment. Well, this Transcriptionists and Virtual Assistants group in South Africa reneged on payment then promised again on email to make payment this past Wednesday December 15 only to renege on payment again. It is disgusting to think that our very own VA colleagues stiff us like this without any remorse!

My reason for writing about this is to inform other VA's who consider sub-contracting for this Transcriptionists and Virtual Assistants group in South Africa to be weary and to demand full payment upfront as you are going to have to run after your money and then there is no guarantee that you will be paid. I haven't been paid to date despite promises in writing! It also takes you away from your clients as you spend a lot of time, effort and resources chasing your own money. Of my clients have commended me on my high standards of ethics and excellence and it felt great knowing that I was standing up for a cause!

I can of course not divulge what my next step will be as some of the Transcriptionists and Virtual Assistants of this group in South Africa subscribe to my blog and as they say 'forewarned is forearmed'. I will however write a part 3 of this once I have resolved this issue so that the VA's in South Africa and even those abroad know they have recourse and not to let these people get away with murder. Who knows they may still pay me but I won't hold my breath :-)