Thread: how to handle?

Originally Posted by treeclimber101

And not to tell ya how run your business but when you start slapping mechanics liens on guys they will start talking about ya the word gets around quick and that may black ball for other jobs just make sure it's worth it that's all

Like some of my clients have said to me in the past... "you did the work, you deserve to be paid."

Originally Posted by treeman82

Like some of my clients have said to me in the past... "you did the work, you deserve to be paid."

Absolutely it's all about how you go about getting it

We do 90% residential & 10% commercial, no municipality work. Not sure why some of you like the "slow payers" b/c that makes no sense to me. I'd rather get paid ASAP. Most commercial jobs we do pay w/in 90 days. We had one HOA property management company take 110 days last year and that was a record breaker for us. They gave us the run-around about some changes in their accounting dept. yadayadayada, I don't care what the excuse it. When bidding commercial jobs, we bid accordingly & don't plan on receiving payment soon after completion.

Back to your question, if you've completed the project to contract specs, I wouldn't grind the stump no charge unless it's a quick job and you're close-by. Someone also mentioned other companies getting word of you placing liens & harming your rep, funny, a peer of mine & I were discussing the same thing a few months ago.

Originally Posted by coolbrze

Not sure why some of you like the "slow payers" b/c that makes no sense to me.

Well, if you have only eaten hamburger, how do you know you won't like a steak?
Jeff

Originally Posted by coolbrze

We do 90% residential & 10% commercial, no municipality work. Not sure why some of you like the "slow payers" b/c that makes no sense to me. I'd rather get paid ASAP. Most commercial jobs we do pay w/in 90 days. We had one HOA property management company take 110 days last year and that was a record breaker for us. They gave us the run-around about some changes in their accounting dept. yadayadayada, I don't care what the excuse it. When bidding commercial jobs, we bid accordingly & don't plan on receiving payment soon after completion.

Back to your question, if you've completed the project to contract specs, I wouldn't grind the stump no charge unless it's a quick job and you're close-by. Someone also mentioned other companies getting word of you placing liens & harming your rep, funny, a peer of mine & I were discussing the same thing a few months ago.

Because there are times when I don't need the money but if I had it I would squander it on something dumb , its almost like xmas morning when you go get the mail one day and there's a surprise in it a check that you expected 5 months ago I jus take that check and save it

I spoke with the town the other day, the contractor that I worked for was paid early in August. I called the contractor on Friday, they cried again... oh our system is down, our vendors aren't paying, blah blah blah. I told them I want my money. They alleged that they will cut the check by Friday of this coming week, or sooner if possible. I informed them that if I didn't have my money by Friday that I would go to the next level of collections.

Ran into a client last night who is a lawyer, he said that I should send a certified letter to both the contractor and the town threatening small claims court and a lein on the property if payment is not recieved by Friday.

Filing your lean papers is SOP on large jobs. Don't worry about people that don't want to pay, and not working for them again. You should not have to work harder to collect, than you did on the job.