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Does anyone charge interest on late payments for invoices?
I have a company that is really taking the piss they haven't paid me for about 6 months! They owe about two hundred quid I know its not loads but they've had the goods they should pay what they owe! Their account is on hold till they pay so no more flowers off me but I've sent them letters threatening interest charges.. made loads of phone calls but I'm getting nowhere.

It's so frustrating cos they are a massive company but they just seem to not want to cough up...now they have sent me a 'new' supplier form to fill in the cheeky b!**$!*ds!

I've looked into it a bit, unless you have written terms and conditons the default one by law applies which says that you are entitled to charge interest after 30 days, might ask my solicitor first though

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Sarah Creating Bespoke Wedding Flowers Cheshire

It's always the big companies too!! Why is that? I usually write a letter threatening to charge interest at which point they pay up so I've never actually charged anyone more.

You could try sending them a statement with an interest payment added and see what happens?

dont your bank provide a service where they chase late payments for you for a small fee?

ooh don't know that sounds like a good idea....would speak to boyfriend about it since he used to work for them...but i've just shouted at him oh well

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Sarah Creating Bespoke Wedding Flowers Cheshire

my o/h said his bank do that

Have you tried calling the person who originally placed the order, or their manager? I used to find invoices would go missing in big cos, as they had to be sent to the person who placed the order for authorisation before the accounts dept can process them, and if they were disorganised or careless or whatever the invoice would just vanish.

yeah i have the porblem is its a massive company and the orders came to us from a man that used to have his own shop and is now retired, he passes them onto us and we fulfill them.

They have now sent me a letter saying they require purchase order numbers for all the orders, which had never been mentioned before and I have no way of getting them. The person from the company has basically said its not really my job to sort it out!!

charming I know, anyway another letter is on the way to them saying that if payment is not made within seven days interest will be charged going back to Nov!! and if not.. think i'll just pass it on to a debt collector company for the amount inc interest!! sod them!!

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Sarah Creating Bespoke Wedding Flowers Cheshire

I love this forum.

It just reassures me that everyone else is in the same boat!

We're chasing a very large company for late payment of a bill and have been wondering the same sort of things - can we backdate interest etc.

Interesting tip re the bank though, I'll have to ask them about that.

If we don't get the money off this lot by next week then I'm sorely tempted to pass the debt on for collection.

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this handy website does all the sums for you about for much they owe you just put in all the dates etc

http://www.payontime.co.uk/calculator/index_new.html

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Sarah Creating Bespoke Wedding Flowers Cheshire

yes you can! that perfectly legal. but it becomes much easier if you have written terms and conditions already with the order. you can pass the debt on for collection.
Vik
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