On good faith. When contacted by Pierre Deux to do an Author Talk and Booksigning on Mother's Day weekend in I agreed to travel there at my own expense—a nearly five hour drive—for a Saturday morning event. I arrived early, set up books and signage and gave a one hour presentation followed by a signing.
Pierre Deux asked if they could purchase eight of my books directly from me for re-sale in their Ardmore Suburban Square store. I agreed to invoice them with net 30 terms. My books retail for $29.95 per book. I gave them a standard discount of 40% and invoiced them for eight books, dated June 1.
A couple months went by with no payment; a call from me was made. Payment was promised. A duplicate invoice was mailed. A couple more months went by with no payment; a call from me was made. Payment was promised. A duplicate invoice was mailed. Months went by and the process was repeated several times. Each time, the store manager assured me that payment would be made to me.
I am an author. I am not a corporation. I do not have staff. I have worked as a writer for fifteen years and as an author for six.in all of these years, I have only had one retail establishment purchase books from me and then re-sell them for a profit without paying me for the goods: Pierre Deux. This is stealing. Here we are: September. More calls were recently placed to the store and to the same store manager, who acknowledged me and the event and the non-payment. I assured her that if payment was not received, I would take my consumer complaint online to multiple consumer protection sites to make other small vendors aware of their non-payment history. I am fulfilling that promise. Their bill has still not been paid.
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