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polr · 29-06-09, 14:50

We've only had two bad paying clients (the rest are all lovely!) and each of them has been someone starting up a business after coming form a large corporate compay.

We had one who paid 85% of a completed/live project and when it came to paying the rest told us we had 'made too much profit and were just chasing the VAT element anyway'!!!

What in the world...!?

Apart from making no sense whatsoever, whether a profit is made is irrelevant when the cost has previously been agreed and they are happily using the completed product (still). Mind you, it did provide a great deal of hilarity in the office when that gem landed in our inboxes!

It's given me an idea though, next time I head into ASDA I'm going to eat a sandwich on the way round then offer them a % of the cost at the till as they must make a decent profit on sandwiches...Actually, no I won't, that would be immoral. ;-)

29-06-09, 14:50	#7 (permalink)
polr SBF Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Glasgow Posts: 97 Thanks: 9 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Late payers deserve contempt not credit We've only had two bad paying clients (the rest are all lovely!) and each of them has been someone starting up a business after coming form a large corporate compay. We had one who paid 85% of a completed/live project and when it came to paying the rest told us we had 'made too much profit and were just chasing the VAT element anyway'!!! What in the world...!? Apart from making no sense whatsoever, whether a profit is made is irrelevant when the cost has previously been agreed and they are happily using the completed product (still). Mind you, it did provide a great deal of hilarity in the office when that gem landed in our inboxes! It's given me an idea though, next time I head into ASDA I'm going to eat a sandwich on the way round then offer them a % of the cost at the till as they must make a decent profit on sandwiches...Actually, no I won't, that would be immoral. ;-) __________________ PoLR Web Design & Internet Marketing PoLR Blog 0141 221 0233 @polrweb Last edited by polr; 29-06-09 at 14:52. Reason: As always, it was my spelling.