DFW Area Landscaper
LawnSite Silver Member
- Location
- DFW, TX
Wondering what others are doing to reduce uncollectibles.
Advance Payments - Deposits - Credit Cards
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pjslawncare/landscap
LawnSite Bronze Member
- Location
- Southern Indiana
No deposite or prepay for mowing. At least half down for landscape services. No credit cards. Check or even better cash. Cha ching!
lawnman_scott
LawnSite Fanatic
- Location
- st pete, FL
pay in advance one month. no credit cards
thill
LawnSite Member
- Location
- Central Texas
Scheduled lawn service, pay one month in advance - credit cards OK
Landscape installs, deposit required payment due upon completion.
Landscape installs, deposit required payment due upon completion.
jajwrigh
LawnSite Bronze Member
- Location
- Martinsville, IN
This year I have been trying to push the paying in advance issue...we will see how it goes
1MajorTom
Former Moderator
- Location
- Pennsylvania
Depends upon what service you are referring to.
For lawn mowing - no advanced payments. Pay at the end of each month. Do not accept credit cards.
For fertilization packages we like prepay and give a discount if paid early before March 1st.
For anything that requires materials, we like to get a deposit before we purchase what we need. (Not talking about a yard or two of mulch, I'm talking about larger jobs.)
For lawn mowing - no advanced payments. Pay at the end of each month. Do not accept credit cards.
For fertilization packages we like prepay and give a discount if paid early before March 1st.
For anything that requires materials, we like to get a deposit before we purchase what we need. (Not talking about a yard or two of mulch, I'm talking about larger jobs.)
proenterprises
LawnSite Silver Member
- Location
- Connecticut
i voted for the #1 option. seems to work fine...i have had minimal deadbeats thus far.
SodKing
LawnSite Bronze Member
- Location
- New Hampshire
Lawn programs - prepay or pay as you go
Mowing - billed monthly
Irrigation - turn on/ blow down = pay once at the end of the year
landscaping - 50% down/10%when 50%completed/remainder due upon completion
Plowing - billed monthly
Add on services - billed at time of service
Credit cards welcome (preferred for plowing since many clients don't occupy the house in the winter)
Cash welcome (what cash?)
Checks welcome
Mowing - billed monthly
Irrigation - turn on/ blow down = pay once at the end of the year
landscaping - 50% down/10%when 50%completed/remainder due upon completion
Plowing - billed monthly
Add on services - billed at time of service
Credit cards welcome (preferred for plowing since many clients don't occupy the house in the winter)
Cash welcome (what cash?)
Checks welcome
NCSULandscaper
Banned
- Location
- Henderson, NC
Maintenance i just bill at the first of the month, for that month. Landscape installs i require a deposit for work thats more than $2,000. So far, knock on wood, ive never been stiffed with this method.
impactlandscaping
LawnSite Silver Member
- Location
- Morgantown, WV
We bill after the month's services, take credit cards, and rarely need a pre payment / deposit for anything other than installs. Installs we get 30% down at contract signing,30% the first day our trucks pull into the site, and the remaining 40% net 14-30 days on completion without a pre arranged payment plan.