Pretty gutsy. I'm sure the Wookies would be proud. <G> Unless it were big dollars, it's not worth more of my time to collect through small claims. Maybe "big dollars" defined as anything over $200.00. Thankfully, I've not had to face this situation; hence, all this is theoretical for me. Also, thankfully, most of my customers pay on time, all the time. It's a good business in which to be. There was one person who didn't pay for over a year. The bill was for $120.00. I sent 2-3 letters, and waited. Finally, I sent a letter by certified mail. For whatever reason, that got things rolling. The lady sent a letter with an apology, along with an extra $10.00. Frankly, I was surprised to see the money, and had already written it off in my mind. -- JF On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote: > >> > My first year in business as an independent, I did a > rebuild/soundboard/refinish for someone. I delivered the piano before > getting paid. First year, remember, and didn't seem to be able to get the > guy to send me a check for the job. After a couple of months of dancing > around it to no effect, I went to his place of business, where he sold > airplanes. I walked in, announced who I was and why I was there, and > PROMISED that I would sit in the reception area as long as it took, > discussing the overdue invoice and general trustworthiness of the business > owner with everyone who walked in the door in great detail until a check for > the balance appeared in my hand. Within the hour, having repelled only one > walk in potential client, I had a check and was on my way to the bank. > > I much prefer mutual trust and consideration to this sort of stuff. > Ron N > -- JF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091029/8466924c/attachment.htm>
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