I was involved in a business last month. What happened, I worked for a guy who had sub contracted a job from an institution. He paid me last week dues and used to hold my hours for the current week. I guessed, it might be due to official transaction which delays the payment. He kept me going on paying like that for couple of weeks. Later, he told me he had some dispute with the institution and payment would be late for few days, in the mean time I kept keep going on working. That fellow did not show up but we finished the job. By the time we finished the job, he owed me more than 200 hours. I have been working for many people in USA since last 1 1/2 years, every time I used to write my hours( as everybody does like that) in my personal diary and later copied in a small sheet of paper to give the employer for the payment which is being accepted duely. I have never been in a rediculous situation like this before. What I was doing since last few days was contacting this guy in the phone and inquiring what was going on about the payment. Sometimes he replied he had submitted our hours to the institution and he was settling the dispute with them and it was in the process of payment. Once he replied he got paid and he would be any time at my apartment with due money but did not show up. Last friday, he phoned me and told his car broke , mobile was down; he would be at my place at anytime.Nothing happened and long holidays began. What I did throughout the period was I recorded using my computer everything what he talked with me in the phone-I am using SKYPE to talk to him. He paid other guys full in the mean time as he had a big fight(.... as these american says in such circumstances).Everything is recorded in his own voice how many hours he owes me and what he was promising me day by day.It is more than 3 weeks he is hiding from me in a way or the other.I am sure he is not going to give me other than a SHIT if I do not take any strong action. Somebody,lying and hiding a weired situation for me.Now, I have to come to the action when the office reopens after the long holidays. Some of my American friends is suggesting to go to the court house and file a complaint.What would be a wise idea whether to tell the guy what I am doing to him or file a complaint and settle in the court? Is not there any chance of people going mad and doing any unusual activity as he is fallen in the trap?