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<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>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=formsma@gmail.com href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">John Formsma</A>
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<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> Friday, April 11, 2008 2:09
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Professional practices, was
"pay you later"</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Agreed with your points below.
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">My friends----
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<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
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