Re: Doc always seems to be on vacation on previously proposed paydays

I'm SURE they would have ahard time replacing someone of your caliber. If quality matters to their clients, they are screwed if they can't find a contractor who can deliver it.



DJGordon wrote:
I have seriously thought about it. If I wouldn't lose my house over losing this job I would be so tempted. But this is my bread and butter account and while I don't kowtow, I am a bit deferential to them. Of course, here lately I've noticed they are (no other way to describe it) kissing my feet for some reason. Heck, got this last check on the 2nd. They've been super nice about me saying they aren't going to get some of the files when they say they want theme. They got burned by the first two companies they used when they got started and swore they would never have just one transcription company on retainer again and have been using that Indian (now U.S.-based of course) company that I have mentioned for things that don't need to be back within a month and crappy QA.... but all of a sudden I notice they haven't been given anything since March, so I'm wondering if they think the same way I do and we're both just too "scared" to talk about it. I can't risk losing their account, and maybe by some small chance they actually think they could risk losing me. Nice to think of, they are always sending me thank you notes, cards, goodies in the mail, etc. so maybe I just worry too much.

Dani

"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:jNCAe.33842$0i3.12487@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Wonder how they would feel if the check was late and you decided to hold work? Just amazing that companies are like that especially when you know they have the money.

DJGordon wrote:

Amen. My main client used to be wonderful. I turned my invoice in on the 1st, my check was cut within two days and sent out. Then they decided I had to turn them in by the 23rd to get paid by the first. Well, check started getting later and later, sometimes after the tenth. I would email and complain and now they say that their other "vendors" have net 45 days. I said, well, that's fine and dandy but I'm not other "vendors". Now the promise is I turn in on the 23rd and it is cut sometime between the 6th and the 10th, best deal I could get. I still have to get on them sometimes about remembering me and there's always an excuse. The sad thing is that my client is a multibillion dollar audiovisual production company and I happen to know that they are always late paying bills such as their Earthlink internet account. Truly poor accounting going on. But, oh boy, like right now, they sure do want their files back on time if not before time. They send them to me, then a day later say, oh yeah, those are rush, we need them yesterday. And these aren't 5-10 recordings. These are 149 minute conferences on pediatric epilepsy, clinical trial training, everything under the sun....oh woe is me LOL I'm just feeling sorry for myself since the main subs I use all decided to go on vacation at the same time and I'm working 18-hour days to stay caught up. {sigh}

Dani

"Gisele" <Gisele.1s10wh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Gisele.1s10wh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


My big client does not sign his own checks, and I get 'em like
clockwork.  I let go a client a couple of years ago because she was a
doc signing her own checks, would never stiff me on an invoice, but I
always had to send the invoice, wait X number of days, call/email to
inquire if the dang thing had been paid, and I just got sick of it, so
I gave her 30 days' notice.  She was also dictating all over creation
on a cell phone, and I just got tired of listening to the static, so
those two problems combined made me happy to give her up.  What I tell
them is, they don't have to ask where the transcription is (it's
delivered every day!), so I shouldn't have to ask where my pay is.


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Gisele




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