[SiliconBeach] Re: Letter of Demand

2008-11-15 Thread alan.jones
...I should say that Freshbooks has some of the best invoice customisation I've seen and for a small additional payment it will even send out a paper invoice in a nice professional windowed envelope. Clients were very impressed to receive it from the US! There's Win/Mac/iPhone widgets for tracking

[SiliconBeach] Re: Letter of Demand

2008-11-15 Thread alan.jones
For a while there I was using Freshbooks for timesheeting and invoicing, and it has the neato ability to allow your clients to pay online. US/CA users of Freshbooks can have clients pay their invoice online using their credit card via a number of different payment gateways. Here in Australia, you

[SiliconBeach] Re: Letter of Demand

2008-11-13 Thread Phil Sim
Interested if anyone has had much success automating their accounts receivable process - ie send out x email at 30 days, sounds out y email at 45 days, alert admin with email to call at 60 days I've been hoping that Saasu (which we use and I highly recommend) would build this into their platform b

[SiliconBeach] Re: Letter of Demand

2008-11-13 Thread spellrus
My experience re debt collection: - If you regularly invoice the client, get them used to the fact that you always stay on top of your invoices, and most will get to understand that if they don't pay on time, they start getting hassled. - It helps if you have good relationship with the client. I

[SiliconBeach] Re: Letter of Demand

2008-11-12 Thread Elias Bizannes
It is a great resource :) But we need to translate this knowledge as well into a permanent resource. Once again I will make the offer: my old man is an experienced lawyer, I am a chartered accountant. My old man works for fun now, not money; and I've got a stupid charity gene from my mothers side t

[SiliconBeach] Re: Letter of Demand

2008-11-12 Thread alan.jones
What a great resource we're building here. It's worth more than a month's worth of conferences, and considerably cheaper. The only thing I'd add is: once you've decided it's worth pursuing, don't forget you may not have to take it all the way to the bitter end, and it may not cost any more than a

[SiliconBeach] Re: Letter of Demand

2008-11-11 Thread Phil Sim
My advice on this front is the very first thing you do before you make any sale is invest in getting proper, lawyer-speak terms and conditions drawn up. If you don't have proper terms and conditions in place then your contracts are pretty useless and subsequently your ability to recoup any costs vi

[SiliconBeach] Re: Letter of Demand

2008-11-11 Thread Mark Neely
Nic, Some great suggestions from the list thus far. Two additional points: 1. Send the LOD via registered mail (you may need to prove the demand for payment has been made, which will require proof the letter has been sent). 2. Don't bother sending the LOD if you don't intend to follow through.

[SiliconBeach] Re: Letter of Demand

2008-11-11 Thread Kim Heras
Yeah - what Mike said too... Stupid boss interupted me half way through my post :( On Nov 12, 9:28 am, Kim Heras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whether or not they're worth the effort depends, inter alia (I chucked > that one in for the law students :) on the size of the debt, your > intentions

[SiliconBeach] Re: Letter of Demand

2008-11-11 Thread Kim Heras
Whether or not they're worth the effort depends, inter alia (I chucked that one in for the law students :) on the size of the debt, your intentions re: starting legal proceedings if the debt remains unpaid and whether or not you think the debtor will act differently once they receive it. Sure you

[SiliconBeach] Re: Letter of Demand

2008-11-11 Thread Mike Nicholls
Letter of Demand prior to making a Statement of Claim, fill in the bold italics bits, but dont use it unless you mean to take the legal proceedings. *Letter of Demand* To: *Person Name,* Company Secretary or Managing Director of: *XYZ Pty Limited, Address * We refer to the following particulars

[SiliconBeach] Re: Letter of Demand

2008-11-11 Thread Elias Bizannes
I don't but I think letters arn't worth the effort - that's why companies have accounts receivable clerks, whose job is literally, is to just ring hassle and yell. If you want to send a letter, a polite one reminding them is all you need and that you will be following up with them x days from now s