My New Billing Procedure This Season.

[steve-o]

last year and b/4 i billed at the end of the month with 15 days due date for all services. this year i changed to billing at the date of their last service for the month. EX. there ain't no more thursdays in june so when i got home today, stuff was entered and the print button hit. the envelopes were already ready so they got stuffed and go out tomorrow morning. if i had a service that was more than $300, it was billed separate with the same procedure. it seems to have worked well so far with no complaints.


steve

[Number 10]

How many of them customer turds take the whole month to pay anyways?

[steve-o]

none.................

How many of them customer turds take the whole month to pay anyways?

if they take the whole month, they get a $25 late charge and get dropped. last year i had two, maybe three that i dropped for that. this year i have one that got a late charge two years ago and another that got one last year. i kept them because they had good reason but still not enough to excuse a late charge. the lawn turd is always last, the cleaning lady is next. both of us have millions of $$$$ in the bank to offset late payments like the credit card folks and all the creditors out there. no pity in hooterville......................


steve

[jrservices]

That might work well for residential, but for commercial, not a chance. Some of mine are 45 days out. Most are 30 days. I've heard of others being even more. Not an issue unless there is a cash flow problem.

[steve-o]

residentials should pay on time period.........

That might work well for residential, but for commercial, not a chance. Some of mine are 45 days out. Most are 30 days. I've heard of others being even more. Not an issue unless there is a cash flow problem.

what happens if you don't make your house payment, credit card bill, power bill, water bill, and i could go on and on??????? you want to let the commercials slide, i understand. the residentials no way. cash flow or not. pay your fricking bills or don't have the fricking service.......................


steve

[inland pest control]

we bill first day of the month due on the 10th late charge 25.00 on 11th even commercial accounts as it is written in the cointract if they say they want thirty days we add a late charge up front.

[greenC]

all my residentials are due in advance. we send invoices out on the 15th, due by the first for the upcoming month. We give a 10 day grace period then suspend service untill payment is received.. Commercial is due at the end of the month, but still only has a 10 day grace as well. No late charge, but even if they are skipped they still pay the full monthly maint. fee. even if we skip them for several weeks.

[Dreamaloud1]

No late charge, but even if they are skipped they still pay the full monthly maint. fee. even if we skip them for several weeks.

Hows that working for you? I imagine they cancel? Not the type of custoemr you want anyway I suppose.

[greenC]

Hows that working for you? I imagine they cancel? Not the type of custoemr you want anyway I suppose.

works great, the most a dead beat cust gets is 1 free cut. most people that are late just forget, we are always the last to get paid. when I stop cutting they remember, and they know its there fault.

[spotremix]

last year and b/4 i billed at the end of the month with 15 days due date for all services. this year i changed to billing at the date of their last service for the month. EX. there ain't no more thursdays in june so when i got home today, stuff was entered and the print button hit. the envelopes were already ready so they got stuffed and go out tomorrow morning. if i had a service that was more than $300, it was billed separate with the same procedure. it seems to have worked well so far with no complaints.


steve

so how do you like doing it this way so far steve-o??? this is exactly how i do my billing and i think it's extremely easy. the bill gets made on the last day of there services for the month. it makes it so your not doing every single client in one evening or day. you do say 10 (or however many you have for that day) that night, mail them in the morning and then do the same thing for every other night.

[steve-o]

i like it sporty............

so how do you like doing it this way so far steve-o??? this is exactly how i do my billing and i think it's extremely easy. the bill gets made on the last day of there services for the month. it makes it so your not doing every single client in one evening or day. you do say 10 (or however many you have for that day) that night, mail them in the morning and then do the same thing for every other night.

i come home and enter my stuff, print, and stuff my envelopes. it's done and my $$$ comes in a few days earlier compared to the end of the month. i still got my late ones though.


steve