The email that is sent contains the following information (along with other stuff):
Account Number: XXXXXXXXXX Account Reference: XXXXXXXXXX Invoice Number: XXXXXXXXXX The total amount due is: $XX.XX The due date is 14-Oct-2008 Account Balance: $XX.XX Presumably the SMS contains at the very least the invoice amount and account balance. The email doesn't include the PDF invoice as well - you still have to log into the VF website to get that. It would be much easier for me if they'd email it... 2008/10/21 chris burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I don't (yet) have a mobile account with VFNZ, but for our home/internet we > get the option of email, which suits fine. Presumably the TXT option only > applies if your account is a mobile one? Is there an option to have the > invoice delivered by email? > > If invoice notification is coming via TXT, I'd definitely want it to show > the balance, and I think it's only really a practical way of receiving an > invoice if you can pay the bill via the same medium. For that reason I > wouldn't choose to invoice via SMS. > > From your original description Gold, it sounds like it just gives you > notification of the invoice being available, without a $$$ figure - is that > true? > > No, I don't think anyone's obligated to send a physical invoice, and I think > that would be a wasteful requirement. I'm all for one less envelope to > recycle and piece of paper to file, so the emailed invoices we get work for > us. > > FWIW, I have a single customer who requests a printed copy (annually, mind), > and another one who insists on printing out invoices and mailing them back > to us (each month - gee, thanks for that!). Old habits die hard I guess :) > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> >> I'm sure it's very legal. VF wouldn't be so stupid to implement such a >> >> massive infrastructure change without doing their legal homework. I >> >> beleive >> > >> > Heh. I think you have too much faith in the ability of larger >> > companies. My experience is that they tend to think "some other >> > department must have approved that". >> >> Ha, yeah I guess I do. But this thing has been in the press a few times >> and >> no one in the legal know or the IRD has bought up a problem yet. So I'm >> assuming it's A-OK. >> >> >> the only legal requirement for invoices is that it contains the word >> >> "Tax >> >> Invoice" on it somewhere, and the details of both yourself, and the >> >> customer. >> > >> > Really? Cool. I'll start drawing up invoices to them for the time it >> > takes to go to their site, download and print the invoices. I'll make >> > them available on my site. All they need to do is log in, identify >> > themselves and download them. If not paid I'll bundle them up each 6 >> > months and pass them on to baycorp or someone... ;) >> >> You know what? When you put it that way, it really is a pain in the ass >> and >> simply passing extra costs onto customers. I wonder how much of my printer >> cartridges they are going to chew up. If these new bills are colour, then >> VF >> are total bastards for making me have to remember to push the B&W button >> on >> my printer too. Easy to see that giving a discount incentive for people to >> opt-out of paper is the least they can do after feilding the entire cost >> of >> invoicing since the beginning. >> >> Pretty valid points about simply changing this though. I have read however >> that this change is only going to apply to Personal and Home Business >> customers. So there may be a way for you to go status quo depending on how >> your account is structured. >> >> You do have to admit. Most personal account owners read the bill, pay it >> and >> bin it. It's probably only the home business people who are going to have >> a >> wide spread problem with this as they need to store the bills for >> taxation. >> >> I myself will simply be paying mine as usual, and printing the lot out at >> the end of the fiscal year. (They are storing 13 months worth at a time) >> >> Aaron >> >> >> > > > > > -- Chris Hope The Electric Toolbox Ltd Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.electrictoolbox.com Phone: +64 9 522 9531 Mobile: +64 21 866 529 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
