Guess hipsters are being cut off from their trust funds because they are apparently not buying magazines as much anymore, shock! Evidence #100:  that trashy wanna-be “cool” magazine BlackBook, won’t even pay their freelancers!

Nicole, a former and now stiffed freelancer for the rag, was supposedly owed $1,440, and in response to their greediness/cheapness, she posted EVERY email those scumbags wrote her. Sorry Nicole stay strong!

Check out the whole thread here:

First, BlackBook tried to low ball me on what I was owed.

I corrected them.

My correction was noted.

Then the punting ensued.

I figured this is standard procedure, especially for BlackBook, who isn’t known for it’s timely payments. But then after following up again last week, I was told that the matter was out of the hands of Chris Mohney, and into the hands of Joe Friedman, the controller of the company. After a leaving a voicemail and sending two emails, I received a response from Joe, who is now refusing to pay me at all, citing my alleged breach of contract. According to him I had not completed my work by August 1, 2008 – despite the fact that this is their own fault – and therefore I would not be paid the outstanding balance of $1,440 at all.

Joe even implied later in the email that he could take back some of the money I’ve already been paid.

Now, I could go into the specifics of an absentee editor; the irony of a luxury publication built on the backs of low wage writer slaves; the fact that writing a shopping guide is valued more than actual journalism by virtue of the price it commands for a writer, should they actually get paid; and even my previous experience of waiting eight months for a BlackBook check. But really, like every other human in the working world, I just want to get paid for my work.