Getting paid

[colin178]

Hi

What is the normal procedure when being paid by the customer?

Do they give you the cash / cheque as soon as you've finished the job, before you leave?

Or do you finish the job go home and wait for a cheque to be posted through your door?

Cheers

Col

 

[Bolter]

Thats something to discuss with each individual customers, preferably before you undertake any work.

 

[arthurdaley]

Yep, discuss at the beginning, l have several customers l do regular work for, they have my account details l send an email with the total due they then transfer the money, would only do this with reliable customers you can trust.
lf its new customers l ask for 25% deposit at the beginning and the remaining balance when the jobs finished, day before it is finished l politely bring it up in conversation, lm not too keen leaving a job and giving them the option of posting a cheque. If the job is a long one say 2-3 weeks l ask for part payment end of each week, remainder once finished.

 

[Colour Republic]

I very rarely work with cash anymore, it always seems a bit Delboy. Most people have internet banking so 90% of the time I work via bank transfer, the customer always feels easier if they have a 'paper' trail. If you have completed a job them give them an invoice and terms i.e payment now due, 7 days terms, 14 days... 30 days...

 

[doug boardley]

some customers, especially domestic, will give you a cheque as you finish the job. Commercial work is a different ball game, you can wait up to 2 months for it

 

[Perry]

some customers, especially domestic, will give you a cheque as you finish the job. Commercial work is a different ball game, you can wait up to 2 months for it

wish that was true Doug have been waiting for some over a year it aint always that easy to collect mate

 

[doug boardley]

wish that was true Doug have been waiting for some over a year it aint always that easy to collect mate

yep Pete, I know peeps sometimes struggle to get the coin in, esp on site work. My way is to bill contractor little and often, that way I'm never gonna have to take a big hit if payment is not forthcoming:20:

 

[hillhead]

i finished site job last wednesday,got cheque thursday evening! if all was like that i'd be happier:mad2:

 

[Fred]

I tell all my clients its pay day the moment I leave. Cheque, cash or on-line banking, they all get a proper receipt on payment. Got to pay the taxman.

 

[faithhealer]

Always paid before I leave the premises, always ask them If they neen a 'headed' receipt as well as the 'duplicate book', invoice. Cheques always made out to company name not my name. Only exception is complete bathroom refurbs where I allow them to keep a couple of hundred for a week to made sure workmanship is up to scratch etc