[plug][OT] Daylight Rubbish

[caston at arach.net.au]

Quoting "Daniel Pearson \\(Flashware Solutions\\)" <daniel at flashware.net>:

> caston at arach.net.au wrote:
> >> <snip>
> >>     
> >
> > Even one of the ladies at the IGA was complaining that she had to work
> later now
> > because of DST.
> >
> > Sure you might have more time to go out to shops and restaurants and stuff
> but
> > someone has to staff them. Just like people now consider they have more
> time for
> > a computer tech to come around after they finish work. 
> >
> > I'm trying to stop taking machines home to rebuild/upgrade them because I
> end up
> > working:
> >
> > * During business hours
> > * Evenings and weekends /public hols when people need aren't at work and
> they
> > need someone to look at their home PC
> > * All night because of fixing that damn PC that absoustely needs to be back
> tomorrow
> >
> > I recently had one customer underpay one of by invoices for $50 because he
> > thought that one of my 7's was a 2 when I did a rebuild on his machine
> including
> > a new 80gb HD for $75. He claims he thought it was $25 and now doesn't want
> to
> > pay the remainder. 
> >
> > After that I sent a feedback form to Maccas telling that I live near their
> Perth
> > head office and would be happy to help them with their IT requirements.
> >
> > I've decided that I should just get 2 or 3 very big corporate customers
> spend
> > most of my time supporting them at a higher rate per hour.
> >
> > best regards,
> >
> > Chris
> That's fine if he doesn't want to pay - give him a month, maybe 2 and if 
> there is still no payment you can chase through small claims court. I'd 
> suggest giving the Small Business Development Centre a visit, they have 
> some great information as to how you should go about things.
> 
> Cheers; Dan
> 


My policy is to blacklist customers that refuse to pay rather than pursue it
legally. I think he might change his mind though as I looked him in the eye and
said "You can't buy a 80gb HD for $25 in this day and age and you know that" and
he didn't say anything after that.

regards,

Chris