Hassle free payments

[helpsy]

Looking forward to taking payment with my new card machine...less messing about chasing.

 

[Bhoydavid]

Sometimes getting money off people can be an absolute nightmare. Anytime i do a homer now I make sure I get half the price upfront then if half way through the job they start acting the :nono: you have at least some money and can refuse to finish the job etc. Least with half the price in your pocket you've got some platform to argue back with.

If only everything was hassle free eh lol.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Sometimes getting money off people can be an absolute nightmare. Anytime i do a homer now I make sure I get half the price upfront then if half way through the job they start acting the **** you have at least some money and can refuse to finish the job etc. Least with half the price in your pocket you've got some platform to argue back with.

If only everything was hassle free eh lol.

Aye, that's the way we work it now materials + a wee bit up front then the balance on completion

 

[helpsy]

I don't take ANY money up front regardless of job until customer is happy.

 

[helpsy]

4 1/2 years so far.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

I don't take ANY money up front regardless of job until customer is happy.

That good mate, I'd love to be as trusting as you but unfortunately not all customers are perfect. I've lost a fair few £ in the near 3 years I've been going due to guys going bust or just plain being cheap and not wanting to pay.

 

[johnnyplumb]

Looking forward to taking payment with my new card machine...less messing about chasing.

maybe so, maybe not
The problem is though, someone's gotta pay for these card charges,
either you or the customer, so someone is paying more than they need to.

If your paying, all these charges add up, along with your other overheads,
and if you've got more cash going out, than's coming in, your finished

lets say it's a 2.75% charge, on a £2500 boiler change job that's nearly £70,
it's a hefty amount

25 years in business and i've never had any of these cards, but each to there own.

 

[basildog]

It is only the way of the world as people are either too stupid or just go with the flow ?
No one is having 2.5 percent of my nothing just like they will never get council tax rent or utility bills out of me anymore !
We all ride the treadmill but you really can get off if you want !

 

[Gray0689]

It is only the way of the world as people are either too stupid or just go with the flow ?
No one is having 2.5 percent of my nothing just like they will never get council tax rent or utility bills out of me anymore !
We all ride the treadmill but you really can get off if you want !

Lol
And how will you manage that one

 

[basildog]

I already do !
Not had a house for coming up 7 years !
Did not choose that way but have realised you enter this world with nothing and you will leave the same way nothing is surer than that ?
Is there any prize for the richest man in the grave yard ?
Seen all the guys work their guts out to make it then not have a chance to enjoy as dead at 51 Then you get the others that employ their oxygen thief kids who think the world owes them a living ?
Had my boy working in the summer he was bored after 10 minutes creosoting a fence so told him put on the radio get in the zone and dance as you paint if you have to or go sit in the van all day up to you sunshine ?
The lad worked his guts out and would not even et us help with the high bits so maybe taught him something ? I hope