bad customers?

[exotion]

Unfortunately I've been burned a lot.... It happens but I take my losses and move on or if I can I use my local collections you can make home made work orders that's what I do and they sign agreeing to have the.work done and 2 before and after pics can go a long way

 

[reynoldston]

Have you tried sending her a bill in the mail?

 

[Carscw]

We go out and do yard work and if the homeowner is not happy they just don't pay us. But go to a restaurant and the food sucks and the waitress only has two teeth we still have to pay.

 

[metz12]

I did a lawn for one guy and he asked me if i could sharpen the chain on his chainsaw. i took the bar off and flipped it around, cleaned it up with some wd40 and sharpened the chain. I put the bar on upside down because i figured it had never been used on that side, then when i gave it too him the next day he complained that i put the bar on upside down. he had obviously never read the owners manual for any stihl product because they say in the book that you are supposed to flip the bar around to create even wear after every chain sharpening. he said i was so "incompetent to not pay attention and not go back and do something right the first time and just leave it". i told him that i have lost alot of money by going back and fixing something instead of leaving it. but his wife likes me so much i still cut their grass and plow their driveway in the winter:laughing:

 

[exotion]

We go out and do yard work and if the homeowner is not happy they just don't pay us. But go to a restaurant and the food sucks and the waitress only has two teeth we still have to pay.

Funny that's about it. That's why I do what I do to many people think they don't have to pay us because we can't do anything about it. If I do the work I send a bill if they don't pay I send a second with a 30% late fee if they don't pay I knock on the door then I send a 3 rd bill with notice of collections then I call my place they are called valley empire collections the whole process takes like 4 months I have payment plans and all sorts of optionally before I go to my last resort I try very hard before I just sell it.

One lady I did a month of mowing with a signed agreement was 75$ she had always before and just decided to stop paying me I waited 5 months before selling the debt for 15 dollars she called me after I sold it and asked why I would destroy her credit.for 75$ I asked why didn't you pay me? She didn't answer she just Hung up lost that customer and another customer that was her friend but I don't like getting cheated they are taking food away from my children there is no point in letting people f you .... That's all find a local collection place near you walk into the office and see what you need to do to set up an account and whY information they need

 

[Mike88se]

I figured you guys had some stories ;0
I got a snarky little text from the lady this morning about my sarcasm for wishing her good luck finding a suitable lawn service and for my negative attitude. She finished off by saying there is a black bag waiting for me on the side door. Can't wait to see what's in there.

 

[Mike88se]

Okay there was no black bag hanging on the side door. After looking around I found a plastic grocery bag that looked like trash that had blown up under some hedges. It had a $150 check inside. I deposited it and if she doesn't put a stop payment on it that's the end of that. She paid with her office acct... tax writeoff I suppose

Have you tried sending her a bill in the mail?

Sorry I missed this. No, didn't send her a bill. I rarely have problem with payment.

 

[davbell22602]

Okay there was no black bag hanging on the side door. After looking around I found a plastic grocery bag that looked like trash that had blown up under some hedges. It had a $150 check inside. I deposited it and if she doesn't put a stop payment on it that's the end of that. She paid with her office acct... tax writeoff I suppose Sorry I missed this. No, didn't send her a bill. I rarely have problem with payment.

Well if the check bounces then you can put her jail for writing a bad check.

 

[exotion]

Well if the check bounces then you can put her jail for writing a bad check.

I've never had that happen to me lol I think I would be knocking on their door if that happened

 

[Mike88se]

Well if the check bounces then you can put her jail for writing a bad check.

I don't think it will bounce.

I've never had that happen to me lol I think I would be knocking on their door if that happened

I've worked as a subcontractor in construction. I got a bad check once from a contractor. I called and he said don't worry about it I'll cut you another check I said no lets go to your bank together and you can get some cash to pay me or I'll cash the new check while we're there. I got my money and that was the last work I did for that guy.