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8 month later... No payment

I was hired to cover a wedding for her as she had double booked. The bride was not informed even though I was booked months before. On the day of my arrival, she then called the bride and said she was sick and couldn't photograph the wedding however she had sent another photographer. She was in fact not sick and was shooting another wedding that same day (making double the money and only working for one wedding) It's now been 8 months and I have still not been paid for that wedding. 10 hours of shooting and using at least R600+ on an Uber to get home and each time I message her asking when payment will be made I received excuses and excuses. An average wedding of ten hours is R10 000 - R12 000 out of that I was being a kind person and felt bad that she had double booked so agreed to shoot the wedding for R2000 which as a photographer of 5 years is nothing (and my own fault in being too nice) Running a business is meant to be done with morals and care for other service providers and clients however there is clearly a lack of anything for the people she works with and it breaks my heart how many brides and grooms have had to have this experience when their wedding day was meant to be one of the greatest days of their lives.