what, it was pay day and they'd said, "Oh, we don't have it right now, but we should have it soon" or something similar?

no, I didn't let it get that far. The way they were acting was all I needed to know so I confronted them and they basically admitted it. Grr

was it a permanent job? why wouldn't they pay you? Crazy world!

Wow... that sucks badly! At least you got out before it was too late!

what industry this was.