When clients refuse to pay...

[Stephen Blair]

each to their own deano:001_smile:

[Mesterh]

I

Contracts are because of lack of trust

 

Contracts are because of dodgy QS's whose job it is to dodge payment:thumbdown:

[Dean Lofthouse]

each to their own deano:001_smile:

 

I'm a very trusting person, I do get shite on and used every now and again but I find it is mainly family members that abuse your trust

[Dean Lofthouse]

Contracts are because of dodgy QS's whose job it is to dodge payment:thumbdown:

 

Let the statistics speak for themselves.

 

One cutomer in a thousand doesn't warrant the extra hassle plus you know when you price the job if they are pratts so over price the ones you dont want

[Stephen Blair]

if someone is going to try and do you over, its from the second they meet you, they can tell you are a nice guy and they have learnt from a young age how to minipulate people, so a simple, ' no problem just sign here that its an extra ££££ and i will do it' they will kick up a fuss there and then and throw the dummy out the pram, or if i think they are going to be funny i make sure they know everything else will be charged extra before i even start, might aswell not get the job than loose sleep over it later i say.

[Mesterh]

Let the statistics speak for themselves.

 

One cutomer in a thousand doesn't warrant the extra hassle plus you know when you price the job if they are pratts so over price the ones you dont want

 

Sorry mate I meant the commercial sector.

[skyhuck]

Almost never do written quotes, only if they ask for one.

 

Always agree a price, shake their hand and always get paid.

 

I agree with you Dean, I think people tend to live up to your expectations, treat them as honest and trust worth and the will be.

 

I hate paper work, takes me all my time to get round to doing invoices, don't need the hassle of quotes as well.

[Johny Walker]

do you find if you do a writtern quote you lose the job ,as the desparods ,advertise ,(quote) we will beat any writtern quote ?? i now only give writtern quotses when they say i have the job ,like you say dave, paper not my fortay either

[nailer]

I agree with Dean too. It wasn't the fact that it wasn't in writing, it was that no price was agreed before the extras were done. That was the mistake, imo.

 

Written quotes and emails when requested, but otherwise everyone we come across are sound as a pound!

Edited January 19, 2010 by nailer

[Lee Winger]

Almost never do written quotes, only if they ask for one.

 

Always agree a price, shake their hand and always get paid.

 

I agree with you Dean, I think people tend to live up to your expectations, treat them as honest and trust worth and the will be.

 

I hate paper work, takes me all my time to get round to doing invoices, don't need the hassle of quotes as well.

 

Bloody hell where do you live Dave? you must live in a different world to me, EVERYONE wants a written quote down here..........

 

Dean you mention lots of paper work for domestic work how comes? you want to see the amount of paperwork created working on building sites and LA work