Green juice or whiskey? Had to pick one after a client ghosted me on a $1,200 design job.

Finished a full brand package for a coffee shop in Austin back in March. They loved everything, said payment was coming next week, then poof. Vanished. I sat there staring at my empty invoice and had to decide: do I blow my savings on a fancy cold press juicer I've been eyeing or just buy a bottle of good bourbon to dull the annoyance. I went with the juicer, figuring at least I'd get some vitamins while I chased them down. Three months later, they finally paid after I sent a certified letter with a late fee attached. Now I'm sitting here with a juicer and a weird moral victory.

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torres.riley23m ago

Hold up, you sent a certified letter with late fees attached after they ghosted you on a twelve hundred dollar project? That's honestly kind of legendary, but also sounds like it took some serious guts to pull off. In my experience, most clients who bail just stay gone, so props for getting paid in the end.