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Thinking about how I used to be too nice about overdue accounts
I remember starting out and just sending bills without any follow-up plan... if someone didn't pay, I'd shrug and figure they'd get to it eventually. It meant some payments took months, and I was always short on cash for supplies. After a really slow season, I decided to stop that and put a late fee rule in my terms. Now, I send a polite reminder email a week after the due date, and add a fee if it's over 30 days late. The first client I charged the fee to actually apologized and paid the same day... my income is way more steady now. I don't have to play the guessing game with my budget anymore.
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valcampbell6mo ago
Clear rules from day one make all the difference, don't they? I started adding late fees to my contracts and now payments come in like clockwork.
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kim2686mo ago
How much do you charge?
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oliviajenkins6mo ago
Last Tuesday, @kim268, I paid $50 for a coffee in Manhattan, no joke.
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colegarcia5mo ago
That's brutal, man. Manhattan prices are no joke lol.
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