[Blast Away]

On the topic of bad payers etc I've thought of this idea to share bad payers between us. Those companies whom take the pi$$ and feed you excuse after excuse of lies and bullsh!t and of which you don't wanna work for again. We can do without these companies, we're trying to pull in the money within time to keep turning over.

If I'm wiling to share mine with you, I'd be grateful if I know who too also avoid, vice versa.

What do you think?

[chris scott]

ISS

You have cleaned an International Space Station and they did not pay?

[Matt Gibson]

www.greenstreetmedia.eu

Avoid.

[Blast Away]

www.greenstreetmedia.eu

Avoid. The guy is a w@nker.

Agreed.

Prymo Surface Solutions in Manchester.

[JetVac Cleaning]

This is a great idea lee! I'm currently having a few problems getting payed from 2 jobs at Morissons Supermarkets which were completed in November and job sheets were signed off by store managers who were very happy with the completed works. I was Sub contracting for a company which I am not going to name and shame just yet but they operate out of Balderton , Newark near Derby. Anybody on here from up that way? There is history online which I have just found of them being dismissed for a winding up petition in court which worries me slightly. Every time I contact him he makes up excuses that he has been in hospital or he has not received the signed off sheets ect ect which is bo****ks

[chris scott]

http://www.thomashiggins.com/pages/collection-process-stage-one.aspx

[BDCS]

All this talk of terms, charging interest, scareing then with a letter from Thomas Higgins is just water off a ducks back. If a firm is a perpetual non or slow payer they know exactly what they get away with and will only pay you when they really have to. I know of a firm near here who will only pay large accounts on the winding up notice if they are waiting on their account to be settled from their client.

[JetVac Cleaning]

I agreed a 30 day payment from completion of the jobs. The bit that grates me up the wrong way is the fact that he calls me any time of the day or night with emergency jobs which I respond to withing 2 hours and complete to a very high standard then when I invoice he goes quiet on me. I told him the last time to stick to the agreement or I won't be doing any more work for them. Looks like they have sealed there own fate this time

[BDCS]

I have a client like that who owns a pub / wedding venue - everything was rosy when we kept his card details but that card run out. Now he's on stop again and won't answer the phone. It was after I growled he suggested we keep the card details and he's renowned for not paying. I also turn out at short notice when the drains block or someone pukes or maggots are crawling over the marquee carpet. Short of battering him there is little you can do - a bag of sand down the drain during the height of wedding season or maybe weedkiller on the wedding lawn  ;

[Kev Martin]

I had this with a very High End Department Store, A very famous Hight Street Retailer and a very Large Supermarket Chain.  Now my contracts arer watertight.  They all get quoted 20% on top with a 20% reduction if they settle within 30 days.  My point is if they say your expensive my reply is not if you settle within the timeframe as per the contract.  If you don't then I am expensive and don't engage me because you obviously have no intention of paying.

I waited nearly 8 months for payment from one of them and then they only paid because I said I was coming in to take goods to the value of and was inviting the press and media to watch!

I will never lose my domestic clients again they are the Bread & Butter and the commercial are the icing when they pay!

Kev

[BDCS]

If only it was so easy to see into the furure then none of us would have any bad payers 

[chris scott]

I agreed a 30 day payment from completion of the jobs. The bit that grates me up the wrong way is the fact that he calls me any time of the day or night with emergency jobs which I respond to withing 2 hours and complete to a very high standard then when I invoice he goes quiet on me. I told him the last time to stick to the agreement or I won't be doing any more work for them. Looks like they have sealed there own fate this time

Proforma Invoice, we have used these for both domestic and commercial customers, they know the quality of our work so its up to them, accept it or find someone else.
There is plenty of work around, why work for a consistent poor payer  

Pro forma ...they pay before you start work?  

[Great Outdoors]

ok whatever,
 I will simplify this post

[Richy L]

www.greenstreetmedia.eu

Avoid. The guy is a w@nker.

Agreed.

Agreee. Never work for this guy!

[Blast Away]

Next up, CPUK. Excuse after excuse. Feel free to take any brick cleaning work from them, I won't be. Expect them to agree to your terms and then present their 60 day terms from month end, yet take even longer to cough up.

[chris scott]

Next up, CPUK. Excuse after excuse. Feel free to take any brick cleaning work from them, I won't be. Expect them to agree to your terms and then present their 60 day terms from month end, yet take even longer to cough up.

Web address's might be better to save confusion. CPUK... http://constructionpartnership.co.uk/ ?

[chris scott]

Will these come under the heading?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141532582606
I did enquire about there website...it is being rebuilt and live next week. As for google+ ,facebook or Twitter they don't bother with social media as they are too busy.

[Rob@Blast off]

Will these come under the heading?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141532582606
I did enquire about there website...it is being rebuilt and live next week. As for google+ ,facebook or Twitter they don't bother with social media as they are too busy.

Surely no ones silly enough to hand over that amount just to learn how to use a pressure washer,
They are just up the road from me but never heard of them.

[Kev Martin]

Will these come under the heading?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141532582606
I did enquire about there website...it is being rebuilt and live next week. As for google+ ,facebook or Twitter they don't bother with social media as they are too busy.

Surely no ones silly enough to hand over that amount just to learn how to use a pressure washer,
They are just up the road from me but never heard of them.

Rob

Last January they were into website design now this January they are expert Pressure Washer teachers

I have never heard of them either!!!

Kev

[Rob@Blast off]

If there expert pressure washing coach's and web designers, I'm doomed lol.