Let's say you go to a store

[Lawn Guyland]

follow-ups seem to work...the few i've sent out have helped and will got his money that day...maybe i need to do more of this william

[CSaddict]

Common business terms are 30 days. 45-60 days in more likely. We have customers out 120 days.

[HeavyMetal]

Common business terms are 30 days. 45-60 days in more likely. We have customers out 120 days.

i hear you on the reality side of things, but I really have no desire to allow a client 30+ days to pay me 70 dollars for a design piece (speaking on a low end here)

Quadratec has a net-30 agreement with us, which is fine because theyre a huge corporation...pirate4x4 had a little more time on theirs as well as some other bigger names...

but joe blow who wants a logo aint gettin 2 months to pay me for a logo..

[Ruepart Hoaxley]

adjusted pay period and terms based on project, client, and price? possibly client's payment history with you, if any?

[Quartney]

im not sure what protocol is in the film world....i know at my job people get 30 days usually...and then we still have to chase them...

[Bigbike]

I just runaway screaming "THERE AFTER ME LUCKY CHARMS!"

[Quartney]

follow-ups seem to work...the few i've sent out have helped and will got his money that day...maybe i need to do more of this william

follow ups are definately good and do work most of the time

[giantsfan10]

deposit?

[Hydra]

Will, you pay for my gasoline and I'll be your personal revenue collector.

I will drive to each persons home or place of business and verbally and visually harass them till the have no other choice but to pay me to go away

[#DEZERTDAD]

Will, you pay for my gasoline and I'll be your personal revenue collector.

I will drive to each persons home or place of business and verbally and visually harass them till the have no other choice but to pay me to go away

[Even]

For one, I think you should take some sort of deposit up front, as that will somewhat cover your ass from getting fucked over.

Other than that, you really have no choice other than to follow up with a phone call the day after a payment isn't recieved if you really want your money. Realistically, not every single person in the entire world is completely punctual, or has the greatest memory. It's just the way things are.

I deal with customers/payments all day long, and it's amazing how many times I've seen somebody come in for personal training with one of our instructors, and walk out the door without even paying. Recently, one of our "best" customers had gone almost the entire year without paying a single cent. This year time span covered something like over 15hrs of 1-on-1 instruction, and he claimed he couldn't believe the last time he gave us money was almost a full year previous.

I also see what your saying that hounding people isn't the greatest way to maintain a client relationship, but if they are really fucking you over that hard...well then you probably don't want their business in the future anyways.

[Saharicon]

I think lawyer is a little extreme, but I am sure Nicole can come up with a nice letter that basically says pay by this day or you will be sent to collections.

[BOX]

Sounds like your accountant (Nicole) is slacking off.

Were I work... we have customers with terms of anywhere from CIA to Net 120. The average is probably Net 45.

When companies break the rules... they go on credit hold.

but... our Stamford facility does like 50-65 million a year in business.