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#1 Guess-Works.com

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Posted 27 November 2013 - 02:13 PM

Yes....

 

Mini Sport Ltd
Thompson Street
Padiham
BB12 7AP
United Kingdom

 

I hope you're reading this....

 

Invoiced on the 4th October 2013

 

Reminder sent to your accounts department  12th November 2013

 

Called and spoke to you, Mick Holt, 21st November 2013.

 

Here we are coming up to nearly 8 weeks after initial invoicing and you've still not paid up...

 

In fact it's not about the money, all £30 of it, it's about the fact that an item was invoiced and dispatched in good faith and that a company of your size would be kind enough to pay for it within a reasonable amount of time, without me having to send letters, make phone calls and eventually resort to public humiliation to get some kind of reimbursement.

 

Next port of call is your facebook page !


Edited by Guess-Works.com, 27 November 2013 - 02:17 PM.


#2 R1mini

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Posted 27 November 2013 - 02:37 PM

It not unusual for companies to take much longer than the 30 day payment terms.

 

I have had many personnel experiences of 5 and 6 months on a 30 day invoice, I spent so much time following up and chasing them and being unable to continue because these companies had all my working capital. I eventually refused to supply services until I was fully paid up every penny of any outstanding work.

 

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#3 Old Bob

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Posted 29 November 2013 - 02:42 PM

I think these days it is quite common to have a 90 day invoice to cheque gap.  It's wrong, it means the larger companies are financing themselves on the backs of the smaller ones and it often leads to the collapse of companies dependent on regular cash flow.

 

But, that's how it is and you make sure you only get hung out to dry once.......

 

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#4 jaydee

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Posted 02 December 2013 - 01:11 PM

8 weeks is less than 60 days, in italy they're used to pay invoices between 180 and 240 days  :mmkay:

Hope you get this sorted soon



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Posted 02 December 2013 - 01:54 PM

We are on a 90 day standard contract these days.



#6 silve1999

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Posted 02 December 2013 - 03:55 PM

I add terms at the end of my invoices about payment and increase on 10% above baserate per week left unpaid past due date.


Edited by silve1999, 02 December 2013 - 03:56 PM.


#7 Spud_133

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Posted 02 December 2013 - 04:32 PM

It might be common practise to pay on 60, 90 or however many days, but surely it's only courteous to inform Guessworks?

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Posted 04 December 2013 - 07:43 AM

Dont let them have any more unless they prepay you! "simples"

 

Have you thought about working on a pro-forma invoice / prepayment before you let the goods go out?

 

I find companies do pay my 30 day invoices no problem but the NHS are 60 to 90 days sometimes longer!

 

I wonder how many of your suppliers would give you 90 days terms?



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Posted 04 December 2013 - 12:15 PM

a healthy order on a credit card should do the trick 



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Posted 12 December 2015 - 07:55 PM

I gotta say, I don't remotely find this surprising.

 

I too have found them very dishonest, the term 'gangsters' comes to mind.






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