James S Jamie Brown

I just shot a TV show out of some footage from a convention. The guy had caused me money issues in the past. Shows up now that everything is great. He's went from the minivan to the bmw. He's throwing around money. Then I cut the show. I got paid 3 weeks later than planned for this footage befor. Now he hands me a $200 check to come to a meeting and see what he's doing. I go, turns out I'm shooting a commercial. Didn;t realize I had signed up for it but I decided to shoot. I'm addicted to what I do, this is one of my problems. So I cut a 28 min show. I charge a below the line fee for services rendered and I drop off my files to the tv studio for showing. I go to the bank and the check bounces like a rubber ball. I've been dealing with this guy for 4 weeks. He's given me nothing but fake deadlines and also tried to get his lawyer involved. Her retainer has to be more than I'm owed. Its sick. So he's supposed to meet me tonight because in his stupidity he left his hard drive at my house with his other companies information on it. A ransom has been waged until I'm paid. But he's used every answer above. I hope the union world is much more legit. Hope my story can set peoples mind right to the fact that these people are everywhere and a contract is worth the price of a shotgun. and much more legal.