Would you thank a company for paying a well overdue invoice?

[hedgefinder]

As the title really, if you gave a company 30 days to pay their billed invoices yet never did,but instead paid the smallest invoices outstanding and left ealier larger larger invoices unpaid would you thank them for their payment??

Just asking as this is happening to me with requests for outstanding invoices to be paid being met with responses of
" we will pay the other invoices as soon as we are able ...and you are welcome for todays payment by the way...."

Or would you take it as I do as someone being a fking cheeky git?
And making you consider not doing any further work for their company...
which is definately where I am at at the moment as the continuining wok means that the balance owed is never completely paid and rolls on with minimal payments....

Edited by hedgefinder on Sunday 16th November 16:57

[Broccers]

Reckon this makes you cross.

The reason or excuse is because they themselves haven't been paid in my industry.

If the money comes eventually worry about something else.

[buggalugs]

Difficult one if you want to keep the relationship going as they don't seem to value you. What would a shark do?

[Fartgalen]

Do what everyone else does. Send a reminder. Then send a reminder with a late fee.

[Impasse]

Correct their spelling in their message and charge them for that service too.

[hedgefinder]

I have had a drink today, so instead of being my usually accomodating self I will just reply with ...

oh do fk off you smart arsed prick,

and leave it at that.

[Broccers]

hedgefinder said:

I have had a drink today, so instead of being my usually accomodating self I will just reply with ...

oh do fk off you smart arsed prick.

and leave it at that.

If all fails say this too. Altho being in the pub might be your only way to pass time.

[Terminator X]

I'd stop working for them until all invoices paid, then start chasing them if that didn't work eg debt collection company. Life is too short to be working for tts that don't pay on time imho.

TX.

[mikerons88]

The 2nd part is really taking the Michael

[hedgefinder]

I truly do tire of the arse holes that regularly pop up on PH to comment on grammar and spelling.... ffs, its an intrnet forum, not a letter for a job application or to a business client, I type quickly , and very, very rarely ever check over anything I have typed on an internet forum.....
anyway, I might get a ban or warning for my last post, but I will be buggered if I am going to delete it... just too tired of the self important holier than thou aspect of some PH members these days...

[hedgefinder]

Broccers said:

If all fails say this too. Altho being in the pub might be your only way to pass time.

I have other clients to fill any gaps and business is, in all honesty, very good at the moment - the market has really picked up in the last 12 months..

[morrisk1]

Don't rise to it. Hopefully they'll pay soon and you can move on. There are more and more people like this, just seems to be how it is. Doesn't mean it's right, or acceptable.

[hedgefinder]

I have let it slide for a long while, its the tail end comment expecting thanks thats getting my goat as its not the first time an over due payment request has been met with such a response....

[mikerons88]

hedgefinder said:

I have let it slide for a long while, its the tail end comment expecting thanks thats getting my goat as its not the first time an over due payment request has been met with such a response....

You could continue as you are...not good
Business is good so bugger them, you want reliable payers.
Have a meeting with the right people within the company to try and sort.
All depends on the business but you're saying business is good so thats great...you can be done with this smarmy one.

P.S "As soon as we are able".....not very promising is it?

[Buster73]

Offer a decent discount for early payment ?

Works every time for me.

[hedgefinder]

Buster73 said:

Offer a decent discount for early payment ?

Works every time for me.

sorry, dont do any discounts after its been quoted or invoiced

[Vixpy1]

I always thank for payment of invoices, regardless of when they are paid, however if they are overdue and not paid i tend to get sttY!

[hedgefinder]

Vixpy1 said:

I always thank for payment of invoices, regardless of when they are paid, however if they are overdue and not paid i tend to get sttY!

yeah, its more usually a case of this client with 6 or more outstanding invoices well over due, then they pay one of them and when I ask about the rest I recieve comments as previously posted above.... and we ar not just talking a couple of hundred pounds here, more usually several thousand.

[Vixpy1]

hedgefinder said:

Vixpy1 said:

I always thank for payment of invoices, regardless of when they are paid, however if they are overdue and not paid i tend to get sttY!

yeah, its more usually a case of this client with 6 or more outstanding invoices well over due, then they pay one of them and when I ask about the rest I recieve comments as previously posted above.... and we ar not just talking a couple of hundred pounds here, more usually several thousand.

I find the bigger the company, the more trouble they are!

[Buster73]

hedgefinder said:

sorry, dont do any discounts after its been quoted or invoiced

Nor should you , but I build it into the price quoted.

If they pay late I re invoice the discount taken .