What would you do

[Steve Bullman]

The basics are that Rush was spoken to in a way that made the girly side of him come out. I get the impression he's a bit of a Frank Spencer but not as funny

 

Pack it in please richard, getting boring now

[jaime bray]

Im trying to get my head around this thread.

 

So, you cleaned up some wood for him, I presume you mean logs. Unsure why you would pay someone to clean up brash/branches.

 

The reason being you wanted the timber for some other purpose, hence why you payed for it.

 

Ok, so was the clearance part of his job, therefore enabling him to get paid by his client?

If so, he may be working on credit and was keen to get his invoice in, and was relying on your money (cash)to pay for;maybe, his truck to be welded, new set chipper blades for tomorrows job, Chains for extraction of tomorrows timber, red diesel for forwarder or mog (some places only accept cash for red diesel around coventry)

 

You cleared the wood for him, but when it came to payment you said can i pay you tomorrow. If that was me and this was my first dealing with you, id have said to be honest mate I would appreciate the money now as I dont expect nor do credit from clients. He was given no prior warnig that you couldnt pay him till another date, it really isnt his fault that you were payed in cheques.

 

If this situation arose again, I would recommend a phone call prior to collecting the last load and so ''bill,bob,john or joe, whatever his name was, i am going to struggle to get the money to you tonight, so if you would rather i can collect the rest tomorrow when i have had to either a. go the cash point at several opportunities withdrawing max within 24 hours then repeating till full amount obtained, or b. collect from bank direct. The likelihood being that he will say, no worries ted, thanks for the concern, come collect it and we'l sort it when we can.

 

Its called pre-conditioning, it happens in many aspects of life, you do not realise you do it, but you do. Some would say its also downright bloody manners. but theyre being 'moody'haha...

 

THe other twist is that he was having you at it, playing you up, incinuating that 'ooooh, im nuts i am, you dont wana be owing me' maybe it was his way of hiding a genuine feeling of being unamused that a stranger known only to him through associate thought it fine to not pay for something at the time of purchase as it was inconvenient for him to go the bank as he had expected cash from his own customers, but got cheques.

 

If i have got this completely wrong then I apologise, but if you consider that he also is in a recession, a bit of slack his end may be warranted by you.

[richardwale]

Point taken Steve.

You do a job, you finish it, customer is happy and they pay you. Sometimes you invoice them sometimes you don't. Any cash deal is paid straight away. They are the rules. Simples.

[NoRush]

Not the girly side quite the opposite. But unlike some i can control my temper. I just dont like dealing with people who treat me like crap. (No payment time was mentioned) and as for some who do the same on here it means nothing, you are just a name without a face

[richardwale]

[Gary Prentice]

Im trying to get my head around this thread.

 

So, you cleaned up some wood for him, I presume you mean logs. Unsure why you would pay someone to clean up brash/branches.

 

The reason being you wanted the timber for some other purpose, hence why you payed for it.

 

Ok, so was the clearance part of his job, therefore enabling him to get paid by his client?

If so, he may be working on credit and was keen to get his invoice in, and was relying on your money (cash)to pay for;maybe, his truck to be welded, new set chipper blades for tomorrows job, Chains for extraction of tomorrows timber, red diesel for forwarder or mog (some places only accept cash for red diesel around coventry)

 

You cleared the wood for him, but when it came to payment you said can i pay you tomorrow. If that was me and this was my first dealing with you, id have said to be honest mate I would appreciate the money now as I dont expect nor do credit from clients. He was given no prior warnig that you couldnt pay him till another date, it really isnt his fault that you were payed in cheques.

 

If this situation arose again, I would recommend a phone call prior to collecting the last load and so ''bill,bob,john or joe, whatever his name was, i am going to struggle to get the money to you tonight, so if you would rather i can collect the rest tomorrow when i have had to either a. go the cash point at several opportunities withdrawing max within 24 hours then repeating till full amount obtained, or b. collect from bank direct. The likelihood being that he will say, no worries ted, thanks for the concern, come collect it and we'l sort it when we can.

 

Its called pre-conditioning, it happens in many aspects of life, you do not realise you do it, but you do. Some would say its also downright bloody manners. but theyre being 'moody'haha...

 

THe other twist is that he was having you at it, playing you up, incinuating that 'ooooh, im nuts i am, you dont wana be owing me' maybe it was his way of hiding a genuine feeling of being unamused that a stranger known only to him through associate thought it fine to not pay for something at the time of purchase as it was inconvenient for him to go the bank as he had expected cash from his own customers, but got cheques.

 

If i have got this completely wrong then I apologise, but if you consider that he also is in a recession, a bit of slack his end may be warranted by you.

 

Terrific post:congrats::congrats:

[Andy Collins]

Aside from all the trivial postings here, here's what I think.

A chap I don't know, turns up to buy a load or two of timber from site, loads up his truck then says he can't pay me. I wouldn't be saying he doesn't want to owe me, cos he would be tipping it back off so I can sell it to someone else with the readies. No cash, no deal, simples. As it happens, on this occasion, the OP was good for his word, but how many times do we hear of someone getting stitched up with false promises....tomorrow never comes. The chap has maybe been caught before and was being upfront that he wouldn't be caught again IMO, not rude.

[face cord]

I don't think i would gone to collect any of the timber if didn't have the money to pay ready.

 

Can understand why the guy was upset, as when some people say they will pay tommorow, tommorow never comes.

[richardwale]

The whole thread is based on a bloke saying to a bloke basically DO NOT SCREW ME OVER. It's happened before and once bitten twice shy....it's not rude it's business. We do not operate in a boardroom, so a deal is deal.

[andyinsheffield]

Im trying to get my head around this thread.

 

So, you cleaned up some wood for him, I presume you mean logs. Unsure why you would pay someone to clean up brash/branches.

 

The reason being you wanted the timber for some other purpose, hence why you payed for it.

 

Ok, so was the clearance part of his job, therefore enabling him to get paid by his client?

If so, he may be working on credit and was keen to get his invoice in, and was relying on your money (cash)to pay for;maybe, his truck to be welded, new set chipper blades for tomorrows job, Chains for extraction of tomorrows timber, red diesel for forwarder or mog (some places only accept cash for red diesel around coventry)

 

You cleared the wood for him, but when it came to payment you said can i pay you tomorrow. If that was me and this was my first dealing with you, id have said to be honest mate I would appreciate the money now as I dont expect nor do credit from clients. He was given no prior warnig that you couldnt pay him till another date, it really isnt his fault that you were payed in cheques.

 

If this situation arose again, I would recommend a phone call prior to collecting the last load and so ''bill,bob,john or joe, whatever his name was, i am going to struggle to get the money to you tonight, so if you would rather i can collect the rest tomorrow when i have had to either a. go the cash point at several opportunities withdrawing max within 24 hours then repeating till full amount obtained, or b. collect from bank direct. The likelihood being that he will say, no worries ted, thanks for the concern, come collect it and we'l sort it when we can.

 

Its called pre-conditioning, it happens in many aspects of life, you do not realise you do it, but you do. Some would say its also downright bloody manners. but theyre being 'moody'haha...

 

THe other twist is that he was having you at it, playing you up, incinuating that 'ooooh, im nuts i am, you dont wana be owing me' maybe it was his way of hiding a genuine feeling of being unamused that a stranger known only to him through associate thought it fine to not pay for something at the time of purchase as it was inconvenient for him to go the bank as he had expected cash from his own customers, but got cheques.

 

If i have got this completely wrong then I apologise, but if you consider that he also is in a recession, a bit of slack his end may be warranted by you.

 

Well said!