Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-29 Thread Christopher Gray
Thanks for the feedback everyone. Not only will I stick to pre billing... it is time to start charging late fees. It's hard to imagine I used to do all the billing manually. On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote: > I'll bet I may have credited a dozen

Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-28 Thread Lewis Bergman
I'll bet I may have credited a dozen account late fees in all the time we charged it. On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 1:34 PM Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 6/28/16 11:18, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > I found a high proportion of people would pay the bill, ignore the late > > fee. Then you

Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-28 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 6/28/16 11:18, Ken Hohhof wrote: I found a high proportion of people would pay the bill, ignore the late fee. Then you would have to decide whether to void it or enforce it. Paperwork hassle either way. I treat it as a partial payment and it'll be auto disconnected for nonpayment like

Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-28 Thread Adam Moffett
oviders and not pay you what they owe. From:Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 7:23 AM To:af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance? In the end, it doesn’t matter if it is pre or post billing. It may give you heartburn to see non-pays getting something for

Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-28 Thread SmarterBroadband
Ours is $10 also. Still same people late and pay it most months…. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 11:06 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance? Our late fee is $10I thought that was low. I

Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
ouse [Brazos WiFi] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 7:23 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance? In the end, it doesn’t matter if it is pre or post billing. It may give you heartburn to see non-pays getting something for nothing for a month but i

Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-28 Thread Jeremy
s in their economic best interest to switch >> providers and not pay you what they owe. >> >> >> *From:* Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi] <j...@brazoswifi.com> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 28, 2016 7:23 AM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs

Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-28 Thread Lewis Bergman
nterest to switch > providers and not pay you what they owe. > > > *From:* Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi] <j...@brazoswifi.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 28, 2016 7:23 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance? > > > In the

Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance? In the end, it doesn’t matter if it is pre or post billing. It may give you heartburn to see non-pays getting something for nothing for a month but in the grand scheme of things, it makes no difference because we have fixed monthly costs

Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-28 Thread Josh Luthman
ay or not doesn’t affect our OPEX. >> >> >> >> Jim Bouse >> >> Owner >> >> Mobile IT Pro - Brazos WiFi >> >> 979-985-5912 >> >> j...@brazoswifi.com >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun

Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-28 Thread Lewis Bergman
-5912 > > j...@brazoswifi.com > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Lewis Bergman > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 28, 2016 6:15 AM > > > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance? > > > > Prebillin

Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-28 Thread Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi]
Owner Mobile IT Pro - Brazos WiFi 979-985-5912 j...@brazoswifi.com From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Lewis Bergman Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 6:15 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance? Prebilling would be the preferred method I would

Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-28 Thread Lewis Bergman
.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance? > > If you do not "pre" bill for service, such as internet access, > there is little to no chance of collection after the fact if > they decide not to pay... We pre-bill for the "next" month &

Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-27 Thread Ken Hohhof
Exactly. And most communications services (phone, cable TV, etc.) are prepaid for monthly charges and postpaid for usage based charges. -Original Message- From: Larry Smith Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 2:41 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill

Re: [AFMUG] Postpaid vs Prepaid / Bill in Advance?

2016-06-27 Thread Larry Smith
If you do not "pre" bill for service, such as internet access, there is little to no chance of collection after the fact if they decide not to pay... We pre-bill for the "next" month on the 20th, due by the 1st, suspend services on the 6th for CC, ACH, etc (auto payments) that fail, then suspend