I collect from some , and ae ( no s ) others , which gives me both a good cashflow and regular chq payments
Just a thought Lloyd, about twenty-something quid pays for 100 2nd class stamps.
Keep the receipt and count it as an expenditure against your tax.
There's also some very good FREE software I use that is class for printing your address on envelopes (a friend of mine still hand-writes his, even though he's got a computer, and I've offered to show him how to print envelopes).
Next year I plan to go 95 percent collection free, but given the wide range of domestics I do, this may cause some problems for some. For example I've two accounts where my customers are both elderly and blind. I couldn't drop these because they won't/can't send me a cheque.
In the past week I've also received a postal order and a typed out building society cheque (I guess these customers don't have cheque books), and I think this maybe going a little beyond the call of duty to pay me.
But collections are a real drag; the worst part of the job; especially in the Winter.