Billing questions have been on the piano tech list recently but this one has to do with college contract work. One of the colleges I service takes a long time every semster to pay. I'm still waiting for payment on this semester's work and I finished tuning in late March. They take 30 days from the time they get the bill (supposedly) and they don't get the bill until the professor signs off on it and turns it in. It may sit on his desk for weeks before he turns it in. In trying to solve this problem from previous semesters, someone in the business office said I could send a copy of the bill directly to them, bypassing the professor, and they would submit it as approved. But it hasn't seemed to help. Do you think a late fee is in order, if so, how much? The utitlity company and phone company print on their bills "The amount due is xxx.xx if paid by dd/mm/yyyy and after that date it is xxx.xx" higher amount. Out of respect for the small business or actually micro-business man it would be nice to be paid promptly. My main school pays within 2 weeks of receipt of their bill. Bob Hull __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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