That makes sense.....if we are only talking about final bills.....yeah, that's a one-time deal per customer, and it doesn't make sense to collect X number of dollars on one occasion, if it's going to cost X+Y dollars to do so.
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > How about .05? > > And ... I'd be willing to wager, the average consumer, would NEVER of > thought about trying to find that limit. > > Because think about it a second longer. > > Say 100,000 people didn't pay their bill correctly to the tune of 5 cents > left over , AND it was a final bill, because that's what we are talking > about there. Final bills. Active accounts don't count, because they add the > amount on to the next bill. Anyway, that's $5,000. > > Cost of bulk postage: approx 35 cents. > > 35 x 100,000 = $35,000 > > Cost of paper + envelope to mail out said bill: approx 25 cents > > 25 x 100,000 = $25,000 > > Then you got countless hours of labor collecting that last nickel. > > Total cost to collect $5,000? Over $60,000 minimum > > You still going to tell me that it doesn't make business sense to have a > fail-safe in place? > > > No wonder some businesses need bailouts ... :) > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:21 PM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Oh? As the gal correctly asked: "Where do you set your limit?" 5 cents? > 10 > > cents? > > > > As I said, I would make it my mission to figure out what that limit is, > and > > short every single bill by that amount. I'm not sure this is such a good > > idea for the company. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280657 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
