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Old 01-13-2013, 08:28 PM
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who drops a bill off after every mow.

I was thinking about giving my guys bills for each lawn they mow and have them drop off with customer after every cut. what do you think?
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Old 01-13-2013, 08:31 PM
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What if they are not home? Seems like alot of extra work.... I invoice out once a month works good.
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i do that on one commerical account i have. i just walk in and hand it to the secretary. pretty easy to do. no need to pay for postage lol.
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Old 01-13-2013, 08:35 PM
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That sounds like a pain in the butt.
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Old 01-13-2013, 08:37 PM
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this year money is going to be hard, so i was thinking of instead of waiting to get paid. I used to send out invoice every 2 cuts, i would just drop off after each one.
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If things are that tight ,you better re think your business plan. I think you'll spend more time chasing your money that way.
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If money is tight why would you want to spend four times as much as you should on printing invoices??
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Old 01-14-2013, 01:10 AM
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I bill monthly but for one-time work will collect at completion. I have started sending out invoices after the last scheduled cut of the month rather than waiting til the end to bill everyone. I still put the 1st of the following month as the invoice date so it's still due when it normally would be, but a lot of people will pay them when they get them anyway. Weekly billing would create a lot more accounting work for me that I don't want to deal with. I make my money working on properties, not in my office.
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if you bill no need to do it weekly. i just hand them the bill once a month. most of my customers pay with cash or a check and those pay every cut. that's the best way to me. you get your money right away and don't have to wait on it. i just go to the bank at the end of each week to make my deposit. i only have a few that want to be billed monthly.
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I was thinking about giving my guys bills for each lawn they mow and have them drop off with customer after every cut. what do you think?
What were you doing before?
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