C & S

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How long do you wait to text a BACS payment reminder?
« on: July 23, 2017, 01:51:27 pm »
Whats everybodies timescale that they wait until they send a text reminder for late paying BACS customers?..


sigrace1

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Re: How long do you wait to text a BACS payment reminder?
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2017, 02:15:10 pm »
Two weeks

The Jester of Wibbly

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Re: How long do you wait to text a BACS payment reminder?
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2017, 02:25:20 pm »
3 days. Polite Payment reminder saying pay within 7 days of the clean. Then an overdue text on day 8 if not paid.
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Stoots

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Re: How long do you wait to text a BACS payment reminder?
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2017, 02:26:23 pm »
7 days.

My slips say 3 days, I give them 7 then text then maybe 4 days them text again, then 4 again, then 3,3,2,2,1,1 letter, dump and court

Shrek

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Re: How long do you wait to text a BACS payment reminder?
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2017, 02:28:20 pm »
2nd Friday after iv cleaned

Simon Trapani

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Re: How long do you wait to text a BACS payment reminder?
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2017, 03:17:12 pm »
'Til next time round (6 weeks). I don't live hand to mouth. It's just a cashflow thing.  99% of people pay up. I don't go more than two cleans now though.

tlwcs

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Re: How long do you wait to text a BACS payment reminder?
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2017, 04:39:40 pm »
I send out reminder texts on a Sunday evening about 8pm for the week just worked.
I feel they're more likely to be at home then with time to do it.
Only ever had one person ask me not to disturb them on a Sunday.
Tony

duncan h

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Re: How long do you wait to text a BACS payment reminder?
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2017, 05:35:56 pm »
'Til next time round (6 weeks). I don't live hand to mouth. It's just a cashflow thing.  99% of people pay up. I don't go more than two cleans now though.
Same as, but I do it every month.
I stop after 1 credit, unless I have had them for ages

mop-n-scrim

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Re: How long do you wait to text a BACS payment reminder?
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2017, 05:38:41 pm »
On the 6th day after the clean.

AuRavelling79

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Re: How long do you wait to text a BACS payment reminder?
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2017, 05:49:36 pm »
I send out reminder texts on a Sunday evening about 8pm for the week just worked.
I feel they're more likely to be at home then with time to do it.
Only ever had one person ask me not to disturb them on a Sunday.
Tony

To which I hope you responded "I won't disturb you on a Sunday if you don't disturb me by being a bad payer."


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tlwcs

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Re: How long do you wait to text a BACS payment reminder?
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2017, 06:40:02 pm »
I send out reminder texts on a Sunday evening about 8pm for the week just worked.
I feel they're more likely to be at home then with time to do it.
Only ever had one person ask me not to disturb them on a Sunday.
Tony
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To which I hope you responded "I won't disturb you on a Sunday if you don't disturb me by being a bad payer."

trippyboy

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Re: How long do you wait to text a BACS payment reminder?
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2017, 09:24:56 pm »
Two weeks

dazmond

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Re: How long do you wait to text a BACS payment reminder?
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2017, 09:03:07 am »
14 days then text reminder in the evening
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Dave Anderson

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Re: How long do you wait to text a BACS payment reminder? New
« Reply #13 on: July 24, 2017, 10:07:32 am »
As soon as 'aworka' tells me the payment is overdue, email is sent that day and followed up 3 days later if payment still not paid at 14 days after clean then time to take some form of action.

If in arrears, no further work will be carried out.

Repeat late payer options:

Put on late payment fee list

Payment by cash on day

x payments in advance

or get rid

..... obviously options are based on customer history, the odd late payment of a few days can be just sloppy and hey that's life.... Repeat late payers do so by choice and are placed on my find & replace list i.e I actively look for 2 jobs to replace them.

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