[CAUT] still another billing question

[Chris Solliday]

I learned from one of my contract schools that if I put "Due upon Receipt"
on the bill and a statement of the future interest , mine says "1.5 %  per
month" that it would go on a different track through their processing. And
low and behold it never takes me more than 3 weeks to get paid sometimes it
comes sooner. also notify the "piano inventory overseer" for the department
(of course you have one established)  that you need himorher to address the
invoices ASAP. Worth a try. OR come to Bill Shull's and my class at
Rochester on Contratcs, we'll fix ya up.
Chris Solliday
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Busby" <jim_busby at byu.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] still another billing question


> Bob,
>
> I just remembered one thing that helped. The business office worked out
> a PO for the year that the music chair agreed on and all my invoices
> were drawn off that PO. I receive a check within 10 days, and sometimes
> during the same week. That is what I told them I needed and I got it.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Jim Busby
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
> Bob Hull
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:22 PM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] still another billing question
>
> That is what I may do next semester: At the beginning
> of the work, I will present a bill in person to the
> professor in charge, get his signature at that time
> and then hand carry it to the business office. We
> uaually agree on al the  tunings and charges
> beforehand anyway.
>
> Thanks for the input.
>
> Bob Hull
>
> --- Jeff Olson <jlolson at cal.net> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > >>
> > >>
> > __________________________________________________
> > >> Do You Yahoo!?
> > >> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
> > protection
> > >> around http://mail.yahoo.com
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
> http://mail.yahoo.com
>
>