On my invoices it states I will charge an admin fee of 3 quid if bill is not paid within 7 days and 3 quid every month there after.I also states that all none payment recovery cost will be for the customers account. I have had a few try not paying and it soon racks up. The longer it takes the more they pay.I have 3 letters of warning them of impending legal action and the last I tell them I will be taking them to small claims court. I find it sound hard but have found they see I mean business and have had no chances lately.This works for me and I have many customers who respect my terms.
Your just lucky, most seasoned messers know that there's nothing you can really do.
I took a person to the small claims court for £350 about 10 years back and got 80% of the money back in the end.
Would I do it again the answer is no, spent more time chasing the money than it was worth so in the end I still lost out
financially.
Not including the hassle and stress.
I would say in most cases trying to fine customers for late payment only makes it worse as it can get their backs up and
make them less likely to pay anything.
At times you need to know when to just walk away especially if its not a large amount.