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Originally Posted by mikester
Integrity.
We had a verbal agreement...
We had an agreed upon rate....
All of this was verbal...
Now he wants to cut my rate in half.
...in the future if we continue this effort I'll get contracts together.
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You
have a contract.
He is trying to
violate the terms of your contract.
A verbal contract is still a contract. It is enforceable.
It can be more difficult to prove your side without something in writing, but he is in the same position -- he has nothing in writing either.
You can bring him to court. He has to either admit that he is reneging on the contract, or he can lie to the court and claim you agreed to do the work for half your normal rate. If he lies, you need to be ready to provide the court with documentation (previous work) showing your ordinary rate.
Hopefully your threat of a lawsuit itself will get him to "see the light" and understand that a verbal agreement is
still a contract.