Bad Payers!

[Mr Ed]

Go damn them all to hell the worthless scum! - sat in their warm offices with their salary's and their pathetic excuses an d 'oh you've missed the cheque run' and 'oh sorry there's been a change in procedure' or 'can you resend the invoice this ones lost'

 

 

 

I swear I'm going to go seriously postal in the near future...!

One major clients owes us from a job in March...

If you hear of several shootings and bombings in accounts offices round the UK, thats me settling the score.

 

 

[MattyF]

jeez and i thought i had late payers! i feel your pain ed im just lucky i dont have a family to support!i just dont get peoples mentality of not paying ..they were quoted ect...i would like my walls replastered but im not gonna get it done untill i could afford it!

[Dean Lofthouse]

One reason I like to stay small.

 

My builder mate has loads of non payment problems, they get quotes, get him in to do the job, then tell him they haven't got the money ?????

[Leyburn Lad]

Go damn them all to hell the worthless scum! - sat in their warm offices with their salary's and their pathetic excuses an d 'oh you've missed the cheque run' and 'oh sorry there's been a change in procedure' or 'can you resend the invoice this ones lost'

 

 

 

I swear I'm going to go seriously postal in the near future...!

One major clients owes us from a job in March...

If you hear of several shootings and bombings in accounts offices round the UK, thats me settling the score.

 

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would that be the blue machine by any chance:thumbdown:

[arc]

March, thats not too bad. We have just been paid for a rail clearance job which we did july 07.

 

They came up with all the excuses in the book, lost the invoice, 'that one has been passed for payement I wonder why it hasn't reached you yet', didn't have our up to date insurance doc, (they had lapsed in september after the bill should have been paid.

 

I still do work for this client but now I double the value of every quote, that way I don't mind waiting if I'm being paid twice.

[Lee Winger]

There are some bad payers out there thats for sure, and with the economy the way it is , you can bet there will be more bad payer even total non payers!

 

Don't know if I'd want to take on jobs over 3k these days!

[arc]

You can get a D&B check carried out on any Company if your not not sure of their background or stability.

Basically always give a written quotation containing you terms and conditions, and always either get the client to sign an acceptance slip or get a purchase order before starting work. You will deliver your contractual obligations by carrying out the work as described in the quote / spec, their contractual obligation is then to pay on time.

If not a solicitor will have no trouble in retreiving the debt as long as the client hasn't gone belly up in the meantime. My bad one from last year was from a large plc who I know arn't going anywhere and who also give us loads of very profitable work so I wasn't willing to use legal action until It was absolutley a last resort.

They did however pay up without the need for legal, but I have used a solicitor in the past and they are worth their extortionate fee if the debt is large enough.

[A_lopa]

I dont do big roadside jobs anymore due to ridiculous 90 days from billing!

[Mr Ed]

March, thats not too bad. We have just been paid for a rail clearance job which we did july 07.

 

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HW martins never paid there bills properly on rail work. I ended up £16k out of pocket with them.

 

And yes, the Blue machine is one of my problems...

[arbormaster]

i have a job from dec 07 that still haven't paid. thinking of depositing a truck load of tree rubbish on his drive