<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16441" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is California the schools are required by law to pay invoices on time that include discounts, to take advantage of those discounts.  I haven't had to resort to this tactic because all my school districts pay very quickly, but I'd use this technique if I had a slow paying public school district.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ArbeauPiano@comcast.net href="mailto:ArbeauPiano@comcast.net">Arbeau Piano</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 04, 2007 6:41 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Slow Paying Customer Policy</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have set an invoice system up that "discounts prices" when their invoice is paid within fifteen days from the date of billing/job completion.I also include a payment plan on the invoice for amounts that run over 45 days, (just as you see on your utility and credit card bills!).  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I raised my base price to accommodate this and then discount at 20% of that. It works great for Churches, Schools and Theatres.  And yes, occasionally they are extremely late and pay at the higher rate which after a time of that, it seems they definitely like to be very timely on their future payments. My customers who call to ask for my rates over the phone I tell them I have a "on time " price and a billing price for those who wish to delay payments. This works excellent for the customers that don't think they will be home when the work is done as they are very obliging to leave a check!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This may not be for everyone but we have to eat and pay our bills in a timely manner just as everyone else.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jerry Arbeau</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>