I agree with the "work with them" part here.  I am not totally 
heartless.  People have problems and I am understanding but when people 
stop communicating the buck stops there.

Marlon...If I had half of your money I would give everyone free Internet 
service!

:-)

-B-



Marlon K. Schafer wrote:
> We learned this lesson too.
>
> You'll be lucky to get half of the money.
>
> What we do is shut them off until payment comes in.  They don't have to pay 
> it all at once, but we require at least double the monthyly fee.  If they 
> miss, we shut them off right away.  Takes a while to get them caught back 
> up, but they usually do this way, those that will anyway.
>
> The most important part?  NEVER let them get this far behind.....  30 days 
> late and you're cut off here.  Well, when the girls remember to do it, 
> sometimes it goes twice that, but they get their tails chewed when I find 
> out people are hundreds behind....
>
> One thing we DO do for folks is work with them.  If they come to us and tell 
> us that they are out of work, just got a divorce etc. etc. we will let them 
> go way out.  I think we've only been burnt once or twice on this.  Most of 
> the time people are soooooo thankful for what we've done to help.  The girls 
> can raise that issue if, during a collections call, people tell them what's 
> going on other than "I don't have the money" or "I forgot".
>
> marlon
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Hogg" <[email protected]>
> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 6:40 AM
> Subject: [WISPA] Handling Non-paying Subs
>
>
>   
>> I've got a few non-paying subs, that we would like to get payment on.
>> It has reached over $1k from 4 subs over the past 6 months.  Do you just
>> cut your losses and move on or what do you do?  I'm contemplating small
>> claims court as it should be an open and shut case, but it's $91 in fees
>> per person.  We've done the collection letter and it hasn't worked.
>>
>>
>>
>> We got the please don't turn it off, I'm coming to pay...and it never
>> happened.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Chuck Hogg
>>
>> Shelby Broadband
>> 502-722-9292
>> [email protected]
>>
>> http://www.shelbybb.com
>>
>>
>>
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