[BC] Re: Overdue Client...

[Mark Croom]

Though I'm not doing stuff outside my "day job" which is really my "24x7"
job...when I was doing independent field service I would respond to genuine
emergencies whether the client was behind or not--I figured having them off
the air wouldn't make them money that could be used to pay my bill. I
described the plan as "no elective surgery when payment is in arrears". And
of course when they called me in for the emergency, I'd gently remind them
that we had some amount owing and that I'd appreciate seeing that.

I probably should have been more of a hard guy about it (businessman?) but
that work wasn't paying the mortgage and grocery bills, it was mostly
supporting my test equipment habit.

Mark
MN

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Burt I. Weiner <biwa at att.net> wrote:

> As I said before, I tend to respond to people's calls and emergencies the
> same way they respond to my invoices.  Have you had a heart to heart with
> them about this matter?  At a minimum they would probably be on my C.O.D.
> list with the first C.O.D. including the past due amount.
>
> Burt
>
>  From: "Craig Healy" <bubba at dukes-of-hazzard.com>
>>
>> Yesterday I left the client station which was overdue on payment.  I had
>> given them two weeks notice.  There was no contract, nor was I the
>> designated Chief Engineer.  Just an on-call repair person.
>>
>