[CAUT] still another billing question

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Bob,
    I bill a small college immediately upon finishing the work so people
don't forget what I did.  It helps them to see how their tuning budget is
surviving the year.  The check usually arrives eight days latter.
-Mike


On 5/23/06 11:20 AM, "Bob Hull" <hullfam5 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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