Randomguy Posted March 20, 2023 Share #1 Posted March 20, 2023 I have a customer that is three months (plus more) past due, and my contact there is not answering the phone or email. The main number rings, but then disconnects without the ability to leave a message or even hear a greeting. At first, this was just an annoyance from accounting, why are they asking me to chase a customer down? I am the good cop, this is not good-cop activity. Then I started to feel a bit bad and want to see if there is a way that I can help, a lot of customers in the city had a very rough time with covid and went out of business. That said, they owe us a pile of money that we are on the hook for regardless of whether they pay or not. I am going to show up there tomorrow morning to recon. What else can I do? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Prophet Zacharia Posted March 20, 2023 Popular Post Share #2 Posted March 20, 2023 Just now, Randomguy said: What else can I do? Stop selling drugs and get a real job? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 20, 2023 Share #3 Posted March 20, 2023 1 minute ago, Randomguy said: What else can I do? Ask for a raise? You seem to be doing two jobs now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share #4 Posted March 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Ask for a raise? You seem to be doing two jobs now! I do all kinds of stuff that conflicts directly with what I am supposed to be doing, it is a point of contention. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 20, 2023 Share #5 Posted March 20, 2023 1 minute ago, Randomguy said: I do all kinds of stuff that conflicts directly with what I am supposed to be doing, it is a point of contention. Like you contend they should pay you more, and they contend they enjoy paying themselves more from your extra efforts? You and @Dottleshead should strategize together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted March 20, 2023 Share #6 Posted March 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Like you contend they should pay you more, and they contend they enjoy paying themselves more from your extra efforts? You and @Dottleshead should strategize together. Whoosh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted March 20, 2023 Share #7 Posted March 20, 2023 How annoying. I hope they're not out of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted March 20, 2023 Share #8 Posted March 20, 2023 37 minutes ago, Randomguy said: What else can I do? Wave ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 20, 2023 Share #9 Posted March 20, 2023 I would do what Jesse James did and get a tattoo for your collecting hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted March 20, 2023 Share #10 Posted March 20, 2023 42 minutes ago, Randomguy said: What else can I do? First... stop doing things for them for free. (I suspect that has already happened.) Next.. it depends on how much money you are talking about. Legal action is next. But that could be expensive. If the company is out of business... @Wilbur is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 20, 2023 Share #11 Posted March 20, 2023 When I first go married I worked for a while as the district sales manager (western CT) for Stewart Warner/Alemite. I ran head on into the great OPEC gas embargo. Remember the one where we had odd and even days based on license plate when we could purchase gasoline? I did not sell directly to customers. I acted as a sales rep through various auto parts houses. Their customers were going under faster than they could get paid for equipment sold. My boss sent me out to collect money for the auto parts houses that sold the equipment. I did it for a while and then quit. If I wanted to be a collection agent I'd have gotten a job at a collection agency. When I left Stewart Warner my boss refused to pay my commissions on equipment already sold. I left with all my demo equipment still in my car and ended up selling it on the black market. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 20, 2023 Share #12 Posted March 20, 2023 Truth be known, all this is BS. If you want your money you just have to hire "somebiguy" to go get it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted March 20, 2023 Share #13 Posted March 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Prophet Zacharia said: Stop selling drugs Actually, if RG can't get the money from the business this may be his easiest and most profitable option to cover the costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted March 20, 2023 Share #14 Posted March 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Randomguy said: What else can I do? Do they own a building? They could come into a large sum of money if it should happen to burn down. Then they would have money to pay you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted March 20, 2023 Share #15 Posted March 20, 2023 18 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Do they own a building? They could come into a large sum of money if it should happen to burn down. Then they would have money to pay you. Arson rabble-rouser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted March 20, 2023 Share #16 Posted March 20, 2023 Previous job, the boss would give us a list of our clients that were way past due. He didn’t expect collection per se, but if they called wanting service, we would have to tell the that we aren’t allowed to do more service until they get caught up. I was usually able to transfer to our bookkeeper to resolve it and 90% of the time I would be doing a call for them shortly after. There were a couple times when the company was in a difficult situation and the boss would make an exception if they had normally been a good client. We only had to fire a few delinquent clients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted March 21, 2023 Popular Post Share #17 Posted March 21, 2023 Our company used to do work for a large agency. They would pay their bills, but would always 'ask' for extra out-of-contract work before they would pay. In other words "We'll pay your invoice but you need to do this extra work first." sort of thing. The owners analyzed all the projects with the agency and concluded the agency's behavior caused the company to lose money on the projects, or in the least caused the company to put aside more profitable work. They decided to turn down further work from the agency, with the thought that the agency was the type of client our competition needed to have. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 21, 2023 Share #18 Posted March 21, 2023 18 hours ago, maddmaxx said: Truth be known, all this is BS. If you want your money you just have to hire "somebiguy" to go get it for you. some bi guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 21, 2023 Share #19 Posted March 21, 2023 19 hours ago, jsharr said: I would do what Jesse James did and get a tattoo for your collecting hand I thought of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted March 21, 2023 Share #20 Posted March 21, 2023 So, update? Did you have to break both thumbs? Or a kneecap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share #21 Posted March 21, 2023 25 minutes ago, 12string said: So, update? Did you have to break both thumbs? Or a kneecap? I talked to a guy, who said he would make some payments here and there, but not all the payments. We will see... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted March 21, 2023 Share #22 Posted March 21, 2023 30 minutes ago, Random Ungulate said: I talked to a guy, who said he would make some payments here and there, but not all the payments. We will see... Oh, sorry, I should have posted yesterday. I could have saved you the next trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted March 21, 2023 Share #23 Posted March 21, 2023 You're close enough to Jersey you shouldn't have any trouble finding some goomba to do your collecting for a small cut of the take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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