Bob, I bill a small college immediately upon finishing the work so people don't forget what I did. It helps them to see how their tuning budget is surviving the year. The check usually arrives eight days latter. -Mike On 5/23/06 11:20 AM, "Bob Hull" <hullfam5 at yahoo.com> wrote: > Billing questions have been on the piano tech list > recently but this one has to do with college contract > work. > > One of the colleges I service takes a long time every > semster to pay. I'm still waiting for payment on this > semester's work and I finished tuning in late March. > They take 30 days from the time they get the bill > (supposedly) and they don't get the bill until the > professor signs off on it and turns it in. > It may sit on his desk for weeks before he turns it > in. In trying to solve this problem from previous > semesters, someone in the business office said I could > send a copy of the bill directly to them, bypassing > the professor, and they would submit it as approved. > But it hasn't seemed to help. > > Do you think a late fee is in order, if so, how much? > The utitlity company and phone company print on their > bills "The amount due is xxx.xx if paid by dd/mm/yyyy > and after that date it is xxx.xx" higher amount. > > Out of respect for the small business or actually > micro-business man it would be nice to be paid > promptly. My main school pays within 2 weeks of > receipt of their bill. > > Bob Hull > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
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