When you have more than one office scattered hours apart how do you handle check payments at each office? how do you handle cash payments? do you locate a bank with a presence in each location? (this is difficult here, small towns, very local banks) in fact - we have no fewer than 8 banks here in my home town, three are local that I know of. In the town we've just acquired assets and geeks of a wisp they also have their local bank - but none of our local banks. it is about an hour away.
do you: 1) have regular meetings where supplies are exchanged for cash/check payments? (we have had a large coverage area for a while but we usually drop ship equipment) 2) open a bank account at the local bank at the new town and have the office deposit payments there, then weekly run a report and write a check on that account to your main company bank account? We have discussed shutting down the office but the local folks have won - it is a small rural town, they like the people (and we have kept some of them) - they like to do business face to face and largely in cash! ahhh - rural america. gotta love it! thanks!
