Ever dumped a client?
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If you've agree to the longer terms then yeah, not much you can do about it. If you haven't agreed terms then what the invoice says is what counts, pay late pay a penalty and interest thanks to the Late Payment laws.
Problem with corporates is that they usually issue Purchase Orders which you as supplier have to accept (if you want the work). No invoice paid without a valid accepted PO.
And of course the PO specifies their terms
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I have a light haulage business, luckily so far i've not really had a problem getting paid as I have regular work from 2 core customers, a guy I know did £5,000 worth of work then received notice the company had gone into administration, they employed him the day before he received the letter so it must have been posted while they were loading him up..
the really annoying part was he had to pay the VAT on the work as he'd raised an invoice for it, it was 3 months before he could claim it back, he ended up getting 10% from the administrators
It doesn't pay to let them get away with too much so if you're not happy you're correct to dump them
the really annoying part was he had to pay the VAT on the work as he'd raised an invoice for it, it was 3 months before he could claim it back, he ended up getting 10% from the administrators
It doesn't pay to let them get away with too much so if you're not happy you're correct to dump them
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ok. back from shooting the wedding of "she who has no cash"
one of the other wedding "suppliers" (caterer actualy) asked us queitly , if we'd been paid.
a quick discusion with others revealed some interesting facts.
the wedding planner had threatened to cancel the whole wedding a week ago if she didnt get paid.
so did the caterers.
(upwards of £1000).
the venue for the night time do(which we arent shooting) said pay up or we arent playing . two days ago.
the florist pulled out .
the cake supplier pulled out.
a deal was done with the wedding cars at the last minute.
some folks are just nuts.
having said all that, were pleased we did turn up.
the wedding and photos went brilliantly. we forgot about the bother and got on with it.
the b&g were a huge load of fun, as were the guests.
we had a ball, and got some fantastic shots.
we shall see what happens next.
ive reminded the gaffer several times, no payment , no goodies.
were not even putting online proofs up, until were payed in full.
on the plus side, weve made a friend of the wedding planner , and two of the guests who seemed to like our way of working, enquired about us shooting their weddings.
wack 61.
the haulage company i work for pulled out on a big customer last year, who owed them over £50k.pay by the end of the month or we pull our trailers out, and keep your goods in our warehouse until you pay.
they didnt. we did.
they had to get another haulier in , and drop one of their customers in it, cos they had no stock,it was in our warehouse.
a week later, bills paid and stock released.
we still actualy work with them, but accounts are paid promptly at 30 days now.
you cant afford to go bust, cos your too nice.
one of the other wedding "suppliers" (caterer actualy) asked us queitly , if we'd been paid.
a quick discusion with others revealed some interesting facts.
the wedding planner had threatened to cancel the whole wedding a week ago if she didnt get paid.
so did the caterers.
(upwards of £1000).
the venue for the night time do(which we arent shooting) said pay up or we arent playing . two days ago.
the florist pulled out .
the cake supplier pulled out.
a deal was done with the wedding cars at the last minute.
some folks are just nuts.
having said all that, were pleased we did turn up.
the wedding and photos went brilliantly. we forgot about the bother and got on with it.
the b&g were a huge load of fun, as were the guests.
we had a ball, and got some fantastic shots.
we shall see what happens next.
ive reminded the gaffer several times, no payment , no goodies.
were not even putting online proofs up, until were payed in full.
on the plus side, weve made a friend of the wedding planner , and two of the guests who seemed to like our way of working, enquired about us shooting their weddings.
wack 61.
the haulage company i work for pulled out on a big customer last year, who owed them over £50k.pay by the end of the month or we pull our trailers out, and keep your goods in our warehouse until you pay.
they didnt. we did.
they had to get another haulier in , and drop one of their customers in it, cos they had no stock,it was in our warehouse.
a week later, bills paid and stock released.
we still actualy work with them, but accounts are paid promptly at 30 days now.
you cant afford to go bust, cos your too nice.