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 >> > >
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