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Originally Posted by vtec to vvel
My old job's AP Team was notorious for late payments. One of the contractors we used was a mom-pop's place and each payment was crucial for their operations and ability to stay open. Their specialty was fencing and installation, and I remember one payment was almost a year past due, and they ended up going back to the site and dug up their fence and took it back.
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Yea, I was always jealous of owners that could do that stuff! I sold printed material. Once it was out of my hands it was almost impossible to get back. Not that id want somebody's brochures back! LOL.
I went to see a customer once and demanding a check. He wouldn't come out of his office and I got so pissed I unplugged his copy machine and wheeled it out of his office. I got all the way to the parking lot when the cops showed up. They weren't mad and understood why I did what I did, but told me I really needed to put the copier back. I thanked them and told them I wouldn't go any further with it, but I wasn't taking it back in. They said fine and I left it in the parking lot. ��
The judge wasn't happy with me when we finally got to court but I did win my BS judgement.
I always felt that there were too many of us chasing the same dollars.
They'd run up a tab with me, stiff me, and then move on to the next guy.
I was friendly with a lot of owners in the profession and we used to share our black lists. Most of our competitors didnt. It was like they wanted everyone to get burned because they got burned.