[CAUT] still another billing question

[Jeff Olson]

One could simply charge them before upfront, by way of 
compensation.

Jeff O.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott E Thile" <scott.thile at murraystate.edu>
To: "'College and University Technicians'" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] still another billing question


> Back in the early 80's I did concert prep for UCSD. I never 
> received a check
> less than 90 days from the billing date. Fortunately it was 
> seldom more than
> 10% of my income so it didn't cause much of a hardship (lots of 
> other things
> did, but not that!).
>
> If you try to get late fees after 30 days my guess is they 
> won't pay them. I
> know our university won't, and even if they did it's more 
> trouble than it's
> worth.
>
> We have a much better billing system here now than when I got 
> here, but some
> things can still get bogged down. I hand carry anything through 
> for the
> venders and subs that I work with. Thankfully I'm on salary...
>
> Scott
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On
>> Behalf Of Bob Hull
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:21 AM
>> To: caut at ptg.org
>> Subject: [CAUT] still another billing question
>>
>> 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
>>
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