Lesley wrote:
I am definitely writing it off as a lesson learned. I'm not sure
getting something in writing would have mattered. The drywaller who
pulled the same thing on me last year signed a contract, but that
didn't stop him from demanding more money half-way through the job,
after I'd already paid him more than half in advance per our written
contract.

I'm just not going to pay anything up front anymore!

Lesley

Lesley, people can demand whatever the hell they want, but if the
payment schedule is written into the contract, it doesn't mean jack
****.

Just because they ask for it doesn't mean you should pay it!