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Poll: Would you give a discount on an overdue payment to ensure it is made? 投稿者: ProZ.com Staff
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Katrin Bosse (X) 
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| No, it sends the wrong message | Jul 4, 2016 |
M. Anna Kańduła wrote: Helen Hagon wrote:
If you do it once, you'll probably find yourself doing it again. It sends the customer a message that it's ok to pay late, and even encourages them to delay payment. That was my first thought.
Mine, too.
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Edith van der Have-Raats wrote:
Ridiculous... to even suggest such a thing.
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| Not only no... | Jul 4, 2016 |
....I do the opposite.
If I have to send a late payment notice it comes with a warning that a penalty will be added if payment is not received within 14 days.
I only ever had to send a notice once and the bill was promptly paid with apologies. Still on good terms with that particular client.
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A discount of +10%, taking an initial invoice of €100 to €110... I'm kind enough to give them this discount for every month they play silly muggers
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maryblack
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Don't give lousy clients bad ideas!
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If you were late paying your rent, would your landlord/lady give you a discount or rather send you an eviction notice?!
I am baffled by whoever came up with this question.
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Sara Maghini wrote:
If you were late paying your rent, would your landlord/lady give you a discount or rather send you an eviction notice?!
I am baffled by whoever came up with this question.
Sara, it's Proz.com staff (see the start of the thread). I am sure their intention was to provoke rather than to offend us.
Up to the subject:
I never do like this, too. And I am with those who believe such behaviour is likely to encourage lousy payment practices.
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Mario Chavez (X)
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| Jumpin' beans! | Jul 4, 2016 |
Interesting case shared by lady boho. In the words of Han (a fictional character from the Fast & Furious movie series): it's better to have 50% of something than 100% of nothing.
As a rule, internal logic and external good business practices would tell us not to offer a discount in case of overdue payments. Platon is right: the purpose of the question is to provoke [a discussion] not to offend us.
By the way, why take certain things personally? Well, besides the fact th... See more Interesting case shared by lady boho. In the words of Han (a fictional character from the Fast & Furious movie series): it's better to have 50% of something than 100% of nothing.
As a rule, internal logic and external good business practices would tell us not to offer a discount in case of overdue payments. Platon is right: the purpose of the question is to provoke [a discussion] not to offend us.
By the way, why take certain things personally? Well, besides the fact that we are human, fallible and react with our gut [heart] first instead of using our head?
Maybe I woke up a bit more even-tempered today.
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My first instinct would be to say "No," second instinct, "Are you crazy?" But depending on the amount overdue, the size of the discount and my chances of seeing any money at all without offering a discount I very well might give a little discount to get a lot of money. Please be gentle when lynching me.
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| Depends on the client | Jul 4, 2016 |
My first thought was to say "NO" too, but I then realized that I have done it. I have a client with whom I have a relationship of many years and was having a lot of problems to get my invoices paid on time (sometimes it would take 3 months or more to receive payment).
About a year ago the client asked to lower my rate. I agreed to make a deduction, but with the promise that my invoices get paid within 30-45 days. I have to say that they have kept their end of the bargain and I d... See more My first thought was to say "NO" too, but I then realized that I have done it. I have a client with whom I have a relationship of many years and was having a lot of problems to get my invoices paid on time (sometimes it would take 3 months or more to receive payment).
About a year ago the client asked to lower my rate. I agreed to make a deduction, but with the promise that my invoices get paid within 30-45 days. I have to say that they have kept their end of the bargain and I don't even feel the discount because I get my payments on time! And most importantly, I did not lose the client. I have even started working for them in-house as a Trainer 2 days a week. ▲ Collapse
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Edith van der Have-Raats wrote:
... to even suggest such a thing.
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| Quite the opposite | Jul 5, 2016 |
Late payments must be added to fines, interests, etc. in anything and any service you ever buy in this wide market. Why should we give a discount to receive something that is late? The only exception here is if you know the client is going bankrupt and you run the risk of receiving nothing if you don't accept a discount.
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Is this a serious question?
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Of course not. What, reward a client for paying late? No.
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| "Dear client, | Jul 5, 2016 |
I advise you not to pay this invoice within the first 30 days. The longer you leave it, the higher the discount I will offer you."
Has anyone ever heard of a business saying anything like that?
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