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Title: payment times
Post by: lovewindows on November 14, 2008, 12:18:01 pm
After putting an invoice in [ decent sized ] how long would you expect to wait for payment.
I'm on 3wks now and i hand delivered it to accounts dept and was told it was being processed.
Title: Re: payment times
Post by: Pittmonkey on November 14, 2008, 12:45:10 pm
Did you not specify in your T&C for payment? Commercial is normally 28 days.  Did you specify any length of period for payment?

Wayne
Title: Re: payment times
Post by: AJ on November 14, 2008, 03:12:30 pm
28 - 30 days is normal. usually let it go 5 days over before getting on the phone, in case they posted it on the 30th day.
Title: Re: payment times
Post by: Tosh on November 14, 2008, 03:36:55 pm
I think as a general rule, you could say the bigger the company, the longer the payment takes to get to you.

Normally, now though, when I take on an 'invoice account', I'll find out the name, telephone number, and e-mail address of the person who actually makes the payment.

I've got one that can take upto three-months if I don't chase them up, but normally within a week or so of an e-mail, I'll get a reply saying that payment has been made.
Title: Re: payment times
Post by: lovewindows on November 14, 2008, 04:04:08 pm
cheers chaps  ;D
Title: Re: payment times
Post by: East coast window cleaning Services on November 14, 2008, 04:41:28 pm
I put 14 days on all of ours, But as above some of my larger contracts take upto 6 weeks to pay. What you find is the larger firms have pay runs if you put you invoice in after that means you gotta wait till the next on. Its a pain but with times the way they are you know its money thats coming in the end.