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Client ignored payment requests for 6 months so I posted bill on their facebook page
Just wondering if I opened myself up to any legal action because of that and our stupid privacy laws in Canada. It was just a bill for under $70 for website hosting and some minor website changes for a site I developed for them.
The people let their domain name expire by accident, then decided not to bother with the site at all any more.
They still owed me $67.80 for past work so I sent them a bill. Of course since they no longer had a website there was no need in their mind for them to pay me since I had no recourse (I couldn't shut their site off since they no longer had one)
I got sick of not getting a response (original invoice was dated April 28, 2014) so I posted a message asking them if they could please pay their bill along with a copy of the invoice on their facebook wall. Honestly I don't think the message even showed up as I couldn't see it on there. I thought maybe they had it set so they had to approve any messages before they appeared on their wall. I could be wrong though.
Anyway, it worked. I got my cheque along with a message that says:
"I apologize for not getting this done but having said that I did not appreciate you posting on our website my personal bill so all could see! This is my private information you have shown."
The invoice did not show her actual name, just the name and address of her business which is public, along with a description of the work done and the amount owed.
Anyone familiar with PIPEDA and crap like that in Canada? She's a loser that got canned from her last job and is struggling to keep her restaurant open, so I doubt she has money for a lawyer, as long as they don't take cases like this on contingency. If she thinks she could get a payday I'm sure she would pursue it though, since they are extremely hard up for cash with a failing business in a location where 3 previous owners have failed doing the same thing.
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