[CAUT] still another billing question

[Chris Solliday]

this is a good beginning. If you don't wait they won't either.
Chris Solliday
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "central" <jorge1ml at mail.cmich.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] still another billing question


> 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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