June 27, 2007

Is She Ignoring Me...or What?
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Angela,

This may not be the correct venue, but I wanted to reach you. I followed a "market" ad from your listings,and submitted an article to a magazine. The ad stated "payment upon publication", and the item was published. I have yet to be paid, and wonder what to do next. I wrote two "gentle" e-mails to the editor asking about payment, and suddenly no one's home.

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If someone appears to be ignoring your emails, your first assumption should be that their ISP is filtering your emails as spam. A large percentage of emails is now filtered as spam by ISPs and email is no longer a reliable form of communication for business. You should either call the editor or mail him/her a copy of your last email. Even a fax is fine. If they then don't respond within a week or two, they may very well be a deadbeat. Follow THIS ADVICE if that is the case.