You are NOT being unreasonable to expect payment according to terms!  Their excuse is the same old blah, blah.  THEY know that their client has stature in the industry such that the client can pay according to their own terms.  YOUR client accepted those terms, YOU didn't.  Had they told you to begin with that this was work for a particular client that only pays every 4 months, would you have taken the work?  For me, it would depend.  If I was (as I have been in the past), told up front that my search was a part of a complicated litigation and I would be receiving X number of searches to complete for XY amount of money but wouldn't be paid for 60-90 days, I would have to make a decision whether I can afford to do this and whether this is something I want to be involved in.  Only once have I accepted the deal, mostly due to the fact that the plaintiff had deep pockets and I could set my price, making it worth the "pain" of having to wait.  But NOWHERE in your post did you indicate that they informed you PRIOR to sending the work that they KNEW that payment would be delayed.  That is what always upsets me.  If they haven't given you the opportunity to decline those terms, then they owe you according to your terms.  And YES, their client relations ARE your business when those relations--as defined in her email--indicate that their terms might prove a hardship on you.  Stick to your guns!!

 

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