<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's an interesting legal question. Be a bit wary and find out whether you can in fact do that. <br> <br> P<br> </font></div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 3px;">It does cost you about 3% for the service You can add that to the invoice if you like.</blockquote> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: AlliedPianoCraft <AlliedPianoCraft@hotmail.com><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 4:48 pm<br> Subject: Re: Professional practices, was "pay you later"<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_50adc0c9-926b-4a37-a6f5-732e1d73a736"> <div><font face="Arial">John, just set up an account with PayPal and you can then send email invoices. They pay with a credit card and the money is then deposited in you account almost immediately. It does cost you about 3% for the service You can add that to the invoice if you like. </font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial">Al Guecia</font></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a title="formsma@gmail.com" href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">John Formsma</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 11, 2008 2:09 PM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: Professional practices, was "pay you later"</div> <div><br> </div> Agreed with your points below. <div><br> </div> <div>How do you send an email invoice?  Do you do a PDF with the Mac?  Using Quickbooks to do the invoice?</div> <div><br> </div> <div>What about people who don't have an email?  I have a few older customers who don't have a computer.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>I think email is a good way to go, considering our modern era.  My practice now is to leave an invoice.  Most people expect to pay me before I leave.  I allow churches to mail payment.  And folks who aren't at home while I'm there.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>--</div> <div>JF<br> <br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:24 PM, David Andersen <<a href="mailto:david@davidandersenpianos.com">david@davidandersenpianos.com</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div style="">My friends---- <div><br> </div> <div>Would you like to be treated like a doctor, or a lawyer, or a skilled artisan?</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Or would you like to be treated like a day worker, or a cable installer, or a shade-tree mechanic? </div> <div><br> </div> <div>In the first group, the work, and the atmosphere surrounding the work, is the focus; actual money exchange happens later.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>In the second group, the focus is on getting the check.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>If you want to make more money and have more respect, act like a business with cash flow. If somebody wants to give you a check, OK.</div> <div>I hardly ever handle money now, and most of my clients (still) are private entities. I send an email invoice within 24 hours of the work; I haven't been stiffed once since I started this protocol 6 years ago. Well, once, by a white-collar criminal in Malibu...300 bucks.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>A hard and fast rule: those who<b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> seem</span></b> like they couldn't care less about getting paid make a lot more money and are trusted quicker and deeper. People just like it better way back in the deep, old part of their brains. Don't fight the wiring.</div> <div><br> </div> <font color="#888888"> <div>David Andersen</div> <div>(flame suit on)</div> </font></div> </blockquote></div> <br> <br> </div> </blockquote></div>  <div id='u8CA6A38BBF4ED53-16A0-3831' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get the <A title="http://www.mapquest.com/toolbar?NCID=mpqmap00030000000003" href="http://www.mapquest.com/toolbar?NCID=mpqmap00030000000003" target="_blank">MapQuest Toolbar</A>, Maps, Traffic, Directions & More!</FONT> </div>