[LWC]

i usually get around 2 - 3 cheques a day, tieing me over with at least £20 a day in cheques

last 5 days ive had no cheques, what the hell is going on!

ive got so much money outstanding its taking the mick

i couldnt make it any easier for them, leave a STAMPED addresed envelope or offer for them to pay online

oh well, anyone else noticing this?

a customer said to me the other day which made me fume "i didnt send it because its only £10 and i know your not desperate"

WHAT!!! ill remeber that when i get my phone bill from BT next month

[Oakley Windows]

a customer said to me the other day which made me fume "i didnt send it because its only £10 and i know your not desperate"

Some of them are a nightmare, it has to be said.

That kind of comment would blow me away, talk about inconsiderate!

[johnny_h]

lost 4 cheques recently one turned up she finally she forget to put a stamp on it one has just arrived he thought she had sent it she thought he had and 2 i know are just fobbing me off so they have been dumped one says her husband has sent it the very same guy who doesnt see the need for clean windows she will call soon  

[LWC]

a customer said to me the other day which made me fume "i didnt send it because its only £10 and i know your not desperate"

Some of them are a nightmare, it has to be said.

That kind of comment would blow me away, talk about inconsiderate!

it did blow me away to be fair!

if they all thought like that even if 10 people did that, thats £100 im down!

ive got over 400 custies, imagine if they all thought like that, id be criplpled

[Steve CM]

mine are coming in thick and fast

[LWC]

mine are coming in thick and fast

thanks for that 

[ftp]

I'm going to stop leaving sae because many are paying a month behind now. Some are two behind and i'm wondering if i'll get paid at all. Kids answer the door with "mums in bed" or "mums in the bath" then there are the ones who twitch the curtains and don't answer the door. 

[gsw]

i too put a stamp on and to be fair most of mine get round to sending within 2 weeks but i still get the ones who let it run and run, last year at christmas i got paid for the usual three cleans they owed plus a small drink and 6 or seven stamped envelopes that they had saved up over the year!!! at least they gave them back i suppose, the job is £35.

have you thought about changing your slip to include a "please pay within seven working days, as cashflow for a small business like mine is vital" clause. I am sure they will still ignore it but at least you are trying to get the point across!

fading that give their boss a ring and tell him to hold the custies wages back for a few months and see how they bloody like it!!!

greg

[LWC]

ive go please send within 14 days, if received laters than 30 days £2.50 will be added to bill, and this doenst even seem to be a deterant!!

ive even added this charge to peoples bills and they pay it then do the same again the next month!!

[gsw]

try it in red ink!!!

other than that geez, its collecting and watching the curtains twitch while they hide from you!!!

or drop em!

will they pay online?? that has sorted some of my problem payers, apparently its too much hassle to write a cheque!!!

greg

[ftp]

Chatting to my wife about this only this morning and i can't think of any other service where the customer thinks it's their right not to pay on time can you think of one?

[trike]

i usually get around 2 - 3 cheques a day, tieing me over with at least £20 a day in cheques

last 5 days ive had no cheques, what the hell is going on!

ive got so much money outstanding its taking the mick

i couldnt make it any easier for them, leave a STAMPED addresed envelope or offer for them to pay online

oh well, anyone else noticing this?

a customer said to me the other day which made me fume "i didnt send it because its only £10 and i know your not desperate"

WHAT!!! ill remeber that when i get my phone bill from BT next month

there was another topic about getting cheque paymens,i said then,if you dont recieve cheques you still have to call for your money,is it reay worth the hassel.

[LWC]

i wish we could some how setup a direct debit thing like your phone bill where we just take it out. with theyre consent first of course

i think im going to go into bank and ask about this.

leaving a note saying the payment will be taken within 7 days

id never be in my overdraft ever if i could somehow do this

[Nathanael Jones]

I reckon my average wait is 3 weeks for payment. That's only the average,.. some pay 6 or 7 weeks after the clean despite the big, bold, bright red lettering that says "Payment is due within 7 days" on the tickets. This is definitely a problem that is getting worse recently,... But apart from knocking on doors in the evening, what other way is there to speed up payments?

[Mr Cleannclear]

I have just dropped 2 good jobs, if you are not getting your money on time they stop becoming good jobs.

I am finding that when I leave a SAE they return it with cheque a few days before the next clean.

I have now added to my window cleaner cleaned to day slip .

TO KEEP COSTS DOWN PLEASE MAKE PROMPT  PAYMENT

[mci services]

even collecting isnt much better i had an old dear say can i pay double next month, sure i said as it was only a few quid then she says its because i need the money for my trip to the horse racing with my oap club i was gob smacked

[peter holley]

i did sae rigidly for 18 mnths on the whole it worked well , but about 20% were consistently late... i now do collecting again ...yes its a pain , but cashflow is a thing of the past...i still leave an envelope and stamp if they are out when i collect, and on long distance work i leave an sae....

[Dave Turley]

it's nice when you get to a point where you have more than enough customers, and you can afford to drop all the crap custies, life becomes so much easier.

I still have a few custies who pay me every couple of months, but I know them well enough to know the money is safe. they're quite well priced jobs so it isn't so bad.

I know this isn't an easy decision to make in these potentially difficult times

[dave0123]

mine are still coming as usal i think one or two taking longer people who are straped for cash and on monthly pay.

i have pay within 16days or 2.50 will be added for late payment charge everyting is in black text apart from that in red haha helps a little though

[peter holley]

it's nice when you get to a point where you have more than enough customers, and you can afford to drop all the crap custies, life becomes so much easier.

I still have a few custies who pay me every couple of months, but I know them well enough to know the money is safe. they're quite well priced jobs so it isn't so bad.

I know this isn't an easy decision to make in these potentially difficult times

thats the problem though, as things get tighter i think that more people will leave it a bit longer before paying